List of Newcastle United F.C. managers
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Newcastle United F.C. season 2008-09
The 2008–09 season was Newcastle United's 16th consecutive season in the top division of English football. This season saw the club relegated from the Premier League to the Championship, the first time the club had been relegated since 1989....
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Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
have had 24 full-time and 5 caretaker manager
Caretaker manager
In association football, a caretaker manager is someone who takes temporary charge of the management of a football club, usually when the regular manager is dismissed or leaves for a different club. However, a caretaker may also be appointed if the regular manager is ill or unable to attend to his...
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The club's longest-serving manager is Stan Seymour
Stan Seymour
Stan Seymour was a footballer who played, managed, chairmanned, and directed Newcastle United. Born in Kelloe, Seymour is one of the all-time Newcastle United greats, and was known as 'Mr. Newcastle United' after the various years and roles he delivered for the club...
, who had three spells managing the club from 1939 to 1958, totalling almost 14 years.
Managerial history
From 1892 to 1929, the team was selected by a committee whose secretary had the same powers and role as a manager has today.Statistics
Information correct as of match played 28 August 2011. Only competitive matches are counted- (n/a) = Information not available
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| Selection committee | (n/a) | 1892 | 31 December 1929 | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | Football League First Division Football League First Division The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship.... Champions: 1904/05, 1906/07, 1908/09, 1926/27 Football League Second Division Football League Second Division From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams... Runners-up: 1897/98 Northern League Northern League (football) The Northern League is a football league in North East England for semi-professional and amateur teams. Having been founded in 1889, it is the oldest surviving football league in the world after the Football League.... Champions: 1902/03, 1903/04, 1904/05 FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... Winners: 1910, 1924 FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... Runners-up: 1905, 1906, 1908, 1911 FA Community Shield FA Community Shield The Football Association Community Shield is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition... Winners: 1909 Sheriff of London Charity Shield Sheriff of London Charity Shield The Sheriff of London Charity Shield was an English football competition played once a year between an amateur and a professional side in England.The first game was played on March 19, 1898, after being devised by Sir Thomas Dewar... Winners: 1907 |
| Andy Cunningham Andy Cunningham (footballer) Andy Cunningham was a Scottish footballer. His position was striker.-Playing career:Born in Galston, Ayrshire, Cunningham began his career with Newmilns FC before moving to Kilmarnock in 1909. After six seasons at Rugby Park he joined Rangers in 1915. He made his Rangers debut on 5 April 1915 in a... |
1 January 1930 | 31 May 1935 | 251 | 105 | 45 | 101 | 41.83 | FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... Winners: 1932 FA Community Shield FA Community Shield The Football Association Community Shield is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition... Runners-up: 1932 |
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| Tom Mather Tom Mather Tom Mather , was a football player and manager.-Career:Mather was assistant secretary of both Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers before taking the manager's job at Bolton at the beginning of the First World War, remaining at the club until 1915 when he was called up by the Royal Navy... |
1 June 1935 | 1 September 1939 | 179 | 78 | 32 | 69 | 43.57 | ||
| Stan Seymour Stan Seymour Stan Seymour was a footballer who played, managed, chairmanned, and directed Newcastle United. Born in Kelloe, Seymour is one of the all-time Newcastle United greats, and was known as 'Mr. Newcastle United' after the various years and roles he delivered for the club... |
1 September 1939 | 1 June 1958 | 338 | 130 | 74 | 134 | 38.46 | FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... Winners: 1951, 1952 FA Community Shield FA Community Shield The Football Association Community Shield is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition... Runners-up: 1951, 1952 |
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| George Martin George Martin (footballer) George Martin was a Scottish footballer and manager who won a First Division Championship medal with Everton in 1928.-Playing career:Born in Glasgow, Martin started his career with Hamilton Academicals before moving south to join Hull City... |
1 May 1947 | 1 December 1950 | 155 | 76 | 40 | 39 | 49.03 | Football League Second Division Football League Second Division From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams... Runners-up: 1947/48 |
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| Doug Livingstone Doug Livingstone Dugald Livingstone was a Scottish football player and manager.He played fullback for Parkhead, Ashfield, Celtic, Dumbarton Harp , Everton, Plymouth Argyle, Aberdeen and Tranmere Rovers during an illustrious playing career before hanging up his boots and going into management.During his managerial... |
1 December 1954 | 1 January 1956 | 99 | 43 | 20 | 36 | 43.43 | FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... Winners: 1955 FA Community Shield FA Community Shield The Football Association Community Shield is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition... Runners-up: 1955 |
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| Charlie Mitten Charlie Mitten Charles "Charlie" Mitten was an English football player, who came through the junior ranks at Manchester United... |
1 June 1958 | 1 October 1961 | 145 | 53 | 28 | 64 | 36.55 | ||
| Norman Smith | 1 October 1961 | 1 June 1962 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 34.28 | ||
| Joe Harvey Joe Harvey Joe Harvey was an English football player and later manager. He spent much of his career at Newcastle United; he was the club's longest serving captain, manager, and, as of the 2009 – 10 season the last to win a major trophy.... |
1 June 1962 | 1 June 1975 | 591 | 224 | 152 | 215 | 37.90 | Football League Second Division Football League Second Division From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams... Champions: 1964/65 FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... Runners-up: 1974 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials... Winners: 1969 Anglo-Italian Cup Anglo-Italian Cup The Anglo-Italian Cup is a defunct European football competition that was played intermittently between 1970 and 1996 between clubs from England and Italy. Founded by Gigi Peronace in 1970, following the success of the Anglo-Italian League Cup, it was played as a professional tournament until 1973... Winners: 1973 Texaco Cup Texaco Cup The Texaco Cup was an association football competition involving clubs from England, Ireland and Scotland that had not qualified for European competitions. Irish clubs withdrew from the competition after 1971-72 due to political pressure, and in 1973-74 and 1974-75 competed in a separate Texaco Cup... Winners: 1974, 1975 |
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| Gordon Lee Gordon Lee (footballer) Gordon Francis Lee is a former English footballer and football manager.A right-back during his playing days, he moved from Hednesford Town to Aston Villa in 1955... |
12 June 1975 | 30 January 1977 | 74 | 28 | 20 | 26 | 37.83 | Football League Cup Football League Cup The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis... Runners-up: 1976 |
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| Richard Dinnis Richard Dinnis Richard Dinnis is a radio football commentator who was briefly manager of Newcastle United in 1977. He currently works as a football commentator for BBC Radio Lancashire, commentating on local football games in North West England.-Background:... |
2 February 1977 | 9 November 1977 | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 30.00 | ||
| Bill McGarry Bill McGarry (footballer) William Harry "Bill" McGarry was an English international football player and manager.A right-half as a player, he joined Port Vale following the end of World War II, and spent the next six years with the club. He then moved on to Huddersfield Town in 1951, where he would spend the next ten years... |
18 November 1977 | 31 August 1980 | 118 | 37 | 33 | 48 | 31.35 | ||
| Arthur Cox Arthur Cox (footballer) Arthur Cox is a former English football manager.Cox has managed a number of clubs including Chesterfield, Newcastle United, where he won promotion to the First Division and introduced future international players such as Peter Beardsley and Chris Waddle... |
1 September 1980 | 24 May 1984 | 169 | 76 | 42 | 51 | 44.97 | Kirin Cup Kirin Cup The Kirin Cup is an annual association football tournament sponsored in Japan by the Kirin Brewery Company. The host, Japan, is a participant in every edition. The tournament was founded in 1978 as an international club competition. From 1992 onwards the format was changed to a round robin national... Winners: 1983 |
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| Jack Charlton Jack Charlton John "Jack" Charlton, OBE, DL is a former footballer and manager who played for Leeds United in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and was part of the England team who won the 1966 World Cup... |
14 August 1984 | 10 August 1985 | 48 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 31.25 | ||
| Willie McFaul Willie McFaul William Stewart McFaul, known as Willie and Iam, is a former Northern Irish football player and now coach.... |
10 September 1985 | 10 October 1988 | 140 | 47 | 39 | 54 | 33.57 | ||
| Colin Suggett Colin Suggett Colin Suggett is a former professional football player and manager.During the late 1960s he began his career playing for Sunderland, with whom he twice won the FA Youth Cup. He moved to West Brom in July 1969 for a club record fee of £100,000. He then joined Norwich for a £70,000 fee in February... |
2 November 1988 | 4 December 1988 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| Jim Smith Jim Smith (footballer) James Michael "Jim" Smith is a retired English footballer and manager. As a player, he made 249 appearances in the Fourth Division of The Football League, representing Aldershot, Halifax Town, Lincoln City and Colchester United, and played for three-and-a-half years for Boston United of the... |
14 December 1988 | 26 March 1991 | 121 | 44 | 38 | 39 | 36.36 | ||
| Osvaldo Ardiles Osvaldo Ardiles Osvaldo César Ardiles , often referred to in Britain as Ossie Ardiles, is a football coach, pundit and former midfielder who won the 1978 World Cup as part of the Argentine national team... |
26 March 1991 | 5 February 1992 | 47 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 21.27 | ||
| Kevin Keegan Kevin Keegan Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United.... |
5 February 1992 | 8 January 1997 | 251 | 138 | 51 | 62 | 54.98 | FA Premier League FA Premier League The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier... Runners-up: 1995/96 Football League First Division Football League First Division The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship.... Champions: 1992/93 FA Community Shield FA Community Shield The Football Association Community Shield is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition... Runners-up: 1996 |
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| Terry McDermott Terry McDermott Terence "Terry" McDermott is a former football midfielder and current coach. He is currently the assistant manager at League One side Huddersfield Town.He is the father of Newcastle United player Greg McDermott and Marsaxlokk player Neale McDermott-Early career:McDermott joined Bury as a youngster... |
8 January 1997 | 14 January 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Kenny Dalglish Kenny Dalglish Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and... |
14 January 1997 | 27 August 1998 | 78 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 38.46 | FA Premier League FA Premier League The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier... Runners-up: 1996/97 FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... Runners-up: 1998 |
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| Ruud Gullit Ruud Gullit OON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the... |
28 August 1998 | 28 August 1999 | 52 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 34.61 | FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... Runners-up: 1999 |
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| Steve Clarke Steve Clarke Stephen "Steve" Clarke is a Scottish association football player and coach, currently the assistant manager at Liverpool. He played for St. Mirren, Chelsea and Scotland, winning three major trophies with Chelsea towards the end of his career... |
28 August 1999 | 2 September 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Sir Bobby Robson Bobby Robson Sir Robert William "Bobby" Robson, CBE was an English footballer and manager, who coached seven European clubs and the England national team during his career.... |
2 September 1999 | 30 August 2004 | 255 | 119 | 64 | 72 | 46.66 | UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued... Runners-up: 2001 Premier League Asia Trophy Premier League Asia Trophy The Premier League Asia Trophy is a friendly four-team pre-season football tournament held in Asia every two years. The competition is contested by three Premier League football clubs and the home team... Runners-up: 2003 |
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| John Carver John Carver (footballer) John William Carver is a former English footballer and current assistant manager of Newcastle United.-Biography:... |
11 September 2004 | 13 September 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| Graeme Souness Graeme Souness Graeme James Souness is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.Souness was the captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s and player-manager of Rangers in the late 1980s as well as captain of the Scottish national team. He also played for Tottenham Hotspur,... |
13 September 2004 | 2 February 2006 | 87 | 39 | 19 | 29 | 44.82 | ||
| Glenn Roeder Glenn Roeder Glenn Victor Roeder is an English football manager and former player, most recently in charge at Norwich City. As a player, Roeder represented England B on 7 occasions... |
2 February 2006 | 6 May 2007 | 72 | 33 | 15 | 24 | 45.83 | UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued... Winners: 2006 |
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| Nigel Pearson Nigel Pearson Nigel Graham Pearson is an English football manager and former professional player. He is currently in his second spell as manager of Leicester City, having previously managed Hull City, Southampton and Carlisle United, and been assistant manager for England Under-21s and Newcastle United... |
6 May 2007 | 15 May 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Sam Allardyce Sam Allardyce Samuel "Sam" Allardyce , nicknamed "Big Sam", is an English football manager and former professional player. In June 2011 he was appointed as manager of West Ham United.... |
15 May 2007 | 9 January 2008 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 33.33 | ||
| Nigel Pearson Nigel Pearson Nigel Graham Pearson is an English football manager and former professional player. He is currently in his second spell as manager of Leicester City, having previously managed Hull City, Southampton and Carlisle United, and been assistant manager for England Under-21s and Newcastle United... |
9 January 2008 | 16 January 2008 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | ||
| Kevin Keegan Kevin Keegan Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United.... |
16 January 2008 | 4 September 2008 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 28.57 | ||
| Chris Hughton Chris Hughton Christopher William Gerard "Chris" Hughton is a professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Birmingham City F.C.... |
8 September 2008 | 28 September 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| Joe Kinnear Joe Kinnear Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kinnear is an Irish football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Newcastle United.... |
29 September 2008 | 1 April 2009 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 22.22 | ||
| Alan Shearer Alan Shearer Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team... |
1 April 2009 | 24 May 2009 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12.50 | ||
| Chris Hughton Chris Hughton Christopher William Gerard "Chris" Hughton is a professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Birmingham City F.C.... |
24 May 2009 | 6 December 2010 | 64 | 38 | 11 | 15 | 59.38 | Football League Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... Winners: 2009/2010 |
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| Alan Pardew Alan Pardew Alan Scott Pardew is an English football manager and former player, currently the manager of Newcastle United.... |
9 December 2010 | Present | 39 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 35.89 |
Nationalities
As of 14 December 2010. English (23) Scottish (5) Irish (2) Northern IrishNorthern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
(1) Dutch
Netherlands
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(1) Argentinian
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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Most games
As of 4 September 2008. Joe HarveyJoe Harvey
Joe Harvey was an English football player and later manager. He spent much of his career at Newcastle United; he was the club's longest serving captain, manager, and, as of the 2009 – 10 season the last to win a major trophy....
: 591 games. Stan Seymour
Stan Seymour
Stan Seymour was a footballer who played, managed, chairmanned, and directed Newcastle United. Born in Kelloe, Seymour is one of the all-time Newcastle United greats, and was known as 'Mr. Newcastle United' after the various years and roles he delivered for the club...
: 338 games. Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....
: 272 games. Sir Bobby Robson : 255 games. Andy Cunningham
Andy Cunningham (footballer)
Andy Cunningham was a Scottish footballer. His position was striker.-Playing career:Born in Galston, Ayrshire, Cunningham began his career with Newmilns FC before moving to Kilmarnock in 1909. After six seasons at Rugby Park he joined Rangers in 1915. He made his Rangers debut on 5 April 1915 in a...
: 251 games.