List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. managers
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This is a List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. managers. Their first and longest serving manager was Arthur Dickinson who was appointed in 1891. There have been a total of 27 managers appointed to the role on a permanent basis and a further four have taken the position in a caretaker role. The vast majority have been English and the club are yet to hire a manager from outside of the United Kingdom. Many of the managerial changes have taken place in recent years including eight different managers between 1995 and 2004.[1]
Arthur Dickinson is also the club's most successful manager so far, winning two First Division titles (1902–03 and 1903–04) and the same number of FA Cups (1896 and 1907).[2] Bob Brown was in charge during Wednesday's two other league championship successes in 1928–29 and 1929–30.[3] The last FA Cup was won during Billy Walker's reign at the end of the 1935 season.[4] Ron Atkinson masterminded the club's only League Cup triumph in 1991.[5]
The current manager is Brian Laws who was appointed on 11 November 2006.[6] His assistant is Russ Wilcox and Billy Mercer is the goalkeeping coach. Sean McAuley, the caretaker manager before the appointment of Brian Laws, is the Academy Manager. He is assisted by Neville Burbeary.[7]
[edit] List of Managers
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | L | D | Win % |
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| Arthur Dickinson |  England |
August 1891 | May 1920 | 919 | 393 | 338 | 188 | 42.27% |
| Bob Brown | England |
June 1920 | December 1933 | 600 | 266 | 199 | 135 | 44.33% |
| Billy Walker | England |
December 1933 | November 1937 | 187 | 66 | 68 | 53 | 35.29% |
| Jimmy McMullan |  Scotland |
December 1937 | April 1942 | 77 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 42.85% |
| Eric Taylor | England |
April 1942 | July 1958 | 539 | 196 | 215 | 128 | 36.36% |
| Harry Catterick | England |
August 1958 | April 1961 | 138 | 77 | 30 | 31 | 55.79% |
| Vic Buckingham | England |
May 1961 | March 1964 | 134 | 63 | 47 | 24 | 47.01% |
| Alan Brown | England |
July 1964 | February 1968 | 174 | 60 | 70 | 44 | 34.48% |
| Jack Marshall | England |
February 1968 | April 1969 | 48 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 25.00% |
| Danny Williams | England |
August 1969 | January 1971 | 67 | 16 | 35 | 16 | 23.88% |
| Derek Dooley | England |
January 1971 | 24 December 1973 | 130 | 41 | 54 | 35 | 31.53% |
| Steve Burtenshaw | England |
29 January 1974 | 1 October 1975 | 68 | 13 | 38 | 17 | 19.11% |
| Len Ashurst | England |
15 October 1975 | 5 October 1977 | 92 | 31 | 34 | 27 | 33.69% |
| Jack Charlton | England |
8 October 1977 | 27 May 1983 | 269 | 105 | 77 | 87 | 39.03% |
| Maurice Setters (caretaker) | England |
27 May 1983 | 24 June 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Howard Wilkinson | England |
24 June 1983 | 10 October 1988 | 255 | 114 | 73 | 68 | 44.70% |
| Peter Eustace | England |
28 October 1988 | 14 February 1989 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11.11% |
| Ron Atkinson | England |
14 February 1989 | 6 June 1991 | 118 | 49 | 34 | 35 | 41.52% |
| Trevor Francis | England |
7 June 1991 | 20 May 1995 | 214 | 88 | 58 | 68 | 41.12% |
| David Pleat | England |
14 June 1995 | 3 November 1997 | 102 | 32 | 40 | 30 | 31.37% |
| Peter Shreeves (caretaker) | England |
3 November 1997 | 14 November 1997 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Ron Atkinson | England |
14 November 1997 | 17 May 1998 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 33.33% |
| Danny Wilson |  Northern Ireland |
6 July 1998 | 21 March 2000 | 80 | 23 | 40 | 17 | 28.75% |
| Peter Shreeves (caretaker) | England |
21 March 2000 | 21 June 2000 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 33.33% |
| Paul Jewell | England |
21 June 2000 | 12 February 2001 | 38 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 31.57% |
| Peter Shreeves | England |
12 February 2001 | 17 October 2001 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 35.48% |
| Terry Yorath |  Wales |
17 October 2001 | 31 October 2002 | 56 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 28.57% |
| Bill Green | England |
1 November 2002 | 7 November 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00.00% |
| Chris Turner | England |
7 November 2002 | 19 September 2004 | 96 | 29 | 36 | 31 | 30.20% |
| Mark Smith (caretaker) | England |
20 September 2004 | 22 September 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00.00% |
| Paul Sturrock | Scotland |
23 September 2004 | 19 October 2006 | 104 | 35 | 40 | 29 | 33.65% |
| Sean McAuley (caretaker) | England |
19 October 2006 | 6 November 2006 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% |
| Brian Laws | England |
6 November 2006 | Present | 82 | 30 | 30 | 22 | 36.59% |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; D = Matches drawn; Won % = Percentage of matches played that resulted in a win
[edit] References
- ^ The Managerial Merry-Go-Round. Sheffield Wednesday F.C. (2007-06-17). Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Farnsworth, Keith (1982). Wednesday. Sheffield City Libraries, 49,64, 76. ISBN 0 900660 87 2.
- ^ Farnsworth, Keith (1982). Wednesday. Sheffield City Libraries, 111. ISBN 0 900660 87 2.
- ^ Farnsworth, Keith (1982). Wednesday. Sheffield City Libraries, 135. ISBN 0 900660 87 2.
- ^ "Profile: Ron Atkinson", BBC, 2004-04-22. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
- ^ First Team Coaching Staff. Sheffield Wednesday F.C. (2008-01-14). Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Academy Management Staff. Sheffield Wednesday F.C. (2008-01-24). Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Manager History. Soccerbase.
- ^ The Managers. The Sheffield Wednesday Archive.
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