List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. managers

Brian Laws was the 27th manager of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. He was succeeded by Alan Irvine.

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 30 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] Robert 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] His successor, Trevor Francis, took the club to third place in Football's top tier in the 1991–92 season, before he became the only manager to lose both the FA Cup and League Cup finals in the same year in 1993.

The most-recent full-time manager of the club was Dave Jones.

List of Managers

As of 10 February 2015
Name Nationality From To P W L D Win %
(1) Dickinson, ArthurArthur Dickinson  England August 1891 May 1920 919 393 338 188 42.76
(2) Brown, RobertRobert Brown  England June 1920 December 1933 600 266 199 135 44.33
(3) Walker, BillyBilly Walker  England December 1933 November 1937 187 66 68 53 35.29
(4) McMullan, JimmyJimmy McMullan  Scotland December 1937 April 1942 77 33 21 23 42.86
(5) Taylor, EricEric Taylor  England April 1942 July 1958 539 196 215 128 36.36
(6) Catterick, HarryHarry Catterick  England August 1958 April 1961 138 77 30 31 55.80
(7) Buckingham, VicVic Buckingham  England May 1961 March 1964 134 63 47 24 47.01
(8) Brown, AlanAlan Brown  England July 1964 February 1968 174 60 70 44 34.48
(9) Marshall, JackJack Marshall  England February 1968 April 1969 48 12 20 16 25.00
(10) Williams, DannyDanny Williams  England August 1969 January 1971 67 16 35 16 23.88
(11) Dooley, DerekDerek Dooley  England January 1971 24 December 1973 130 41 54 35 31.54
(12) Burtenshaw, SteveSteve Burtenshaw  England 29 January 1974 1 October 1975 68 13 38 17 19.12
(13) Ashurst, LenLen Ashurst  England 15 October 1975 5 October 1977 92 31 34 27 33.70
(14) Charlton, JackJack Charlton  England 8 October 1977 27 May 1983 269 105 77 87 39.03
(15) Wilkinson, HowardHoward Wilkinson  England 24 June 1983 10 October 1988 255 114 73 68 44.71
(16) Eustace, PeterPeter Eustace  England 28 October 1988 14 February 1989 18 2 9 7 11.11
(17) Atkinson, RonRon Atkinson  England 14 February 1989 6 June 1991 118 49 34 35 41.53
(18) Francis, TrevorTrevor Francis  England 7 June 1991 20 May 1995 214 88 58 68 41.12
(19) Pleat, DavidDavid Pleat  England 14 June 1995 3 November 1997 102 32 40 30 31.37
(20) Atkinson, RonRon Atkinson  England 14 November 1997 17 May 1998 27 9 11 7 33.33
(21) Wilson, DannyDanny Wilson  Northern Ireland 6 July 1998 21 March 2000 80 23 40 17 28.75
(22) Jewell, PaulPaul Jewell  England 21 June 2000 12 February 2001 38 12 21 5 31.58
(23) Shreeves, PeterPeter Shreeves  England 12 February 2001 17 October 2001 31 11 11 9 35.48
(24) Yorath, TerryTerry Yorath  Wales 17 October 2001 31 October 2002 56 16 25 15 28.57
(25) Turner, ChrisChris Turner  England 7 November 2002 19 September 2004 96 29 36 31 30.21
(26) Sturrock, PaulPaul Sturrock  Scotland 23 September 2004 19 October 2006 104 35 40 29 33.65
(27) Laws, BrianBrian Laws  England 6 November 2006 13 December 2009 154 52 60 42 33.77
(28) Irvine, AlanAlan Irvine  Scotland 8 January 2010 3 February 2011 59 24 22 13 40.68
(29) Megson, GaryGary Megson  England 4 February 2011 29 February 2012 62 28 22 12 45.16
(30) Jones, DaveDave Jones  England 1 March 2012 1 December 2013 81 29 30 22 35.80
(31) Gray, StuartStuart Gray  England 1 December 2013 present 68 26 19 23 38.24

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; D = Matches drawn; Won % = Percentage of matches played that resulted in a win

References

  1. ↑ "The Managerial Merry-Go-Round". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 2007-06-17. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  2. ↑ Farnsworth, Keith (1982). Wednesday. Sheffield City Libraries. pp. 49,64, 76. ISBN 0-900660-87-2.
  3. ↑ Farnsworth, Keith (1982). Wednesday. Sheffield City Libraries. p. 111. ISBN 0-900660-87-2.
  4. ↑ Farnsworth, Keith (1982). Wednesday. Sheffield City Libraries. p. 135. ISBN 0-900660-87-2.
  5. ↑ "Profile: Ron Atkinson". BBC. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2008.