List of Blackburn Rovers F.C. managers

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John Eustace is the current manager of Blackburn Rovers, an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire.

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Founded on 5 November 1875, the club was one of the first to become professional. The club first played in the FA Cup in 1879 and managed to reach the final of the competition in 1882. Blackburn was one of the twelve founding member of the Football League in 1888.

The club have been champions of England three times, in 1911–12, 1913–14 and 1994–95. They have won the FA Cup six times, in 1884, 1885, 1886, 1890, 1891 and 1927–28. The club has also won one Football League Cup in 2001–02, one FA Charity Shield in 1912, [1] and one Full Members' Cup, in 1986–87.

The club was initially managed by a committee of players whose secretary had the same powers and role as a manager has today. In 1884, Scottish-born Thomas Mitchell became secretary-manager. Under Mitchell, Blackburn won the FA Cup three times in a row; 1884, 1885 and 1886. Mitchell would guide Blackburn to a further two FA Cup wins in 1890 and 1891 before he left the club in 1896. His five FA Cups make him the most successful manager in Blackburn's history.

The longest-serving person to manage Blackburn is Robert Middleton, who was in charge of the club for 22 years and 3 months: from 1 August 1903 to 1 February 1922; a total of 605 competitive matches. [2] During his tenure Middleton won two First Division titles (1912, 1914) and one FA Charity Shield in 1912. The shortest serving manager is Henning Berg who was manager from 31 October 2012 to 27 December 2012, a total of 57 days and 10 competitive matches. [3]

There have been a total of 39 permanent managers at Blackburn and 5 caretakers. Two managers have held the position twice, Bob Crompton (December 1926 – February 1931 and June 1938 – March 1941) and Johnny Carey (June 1953 – October 1958 and October 1970 – June 1971), while Tony Parkes has been caretaker 4 separate times. [4]

Every manager has come from the UK except for Johnny Carey and Owen Coyle who are both Irish, Henning Berg who is Norwegian, and Jon Dahl Tomasson who is Danish.

Jon Dahl Tomasson was manager for 18 months having taken over from Tony Mowbray in June 2022 during the close season. [5] He enjoyed a modicum of success in his first season but his second season proved more difficult due to financial difficulties at the club resulting in budgets cuts.

The club's current manager is John Eustace, who took over from Jon Dahl Tomasson on 9 February 2024.

List of managers

Information correct after match played on 26 October 2024. [6] Only competitive matches are counted, except the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and matches in Wartime Leagues and Cups.

Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and the names of caretaker managers are highlighted in italics and marked with an asterisk (*).

List of Blackburn Rovers F.C. managers
NameNationalityFromToMatchesWonDrawn [lower-alpha 1] LostWin% [lower-alpha 2] HonoursRefs.
Thomas Mitchell Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1 August 188431 May 18962631275383048.29 FA Cup winners: 1884, 1885, 1886, 1890, 1891 [7]
Joseph Warmsley Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 189631 May 19032488948111035.89 [8]
Robert Middleton Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 19031 February 1922605238155212039.34 First Division champions: 1911-12, 1913-14
FA Charity Shield winners: 1912 		[2]
Jack Carr Flag of England.svg  England 1 February 19221 December 1926217766081035.02 [9]
Bob Crompton Flag of England.svg  England 1 December 19261 February 1931198844173042.42 FA Cup winners: 1927-28 [10]
Arthur Barritt Flag of England.svg  England 1 February 193130 April 19362388647105036.13 [11]
Reg Taylor Flag of England.svg  England 1 October 19361 April 193872231831031.94 [12]
Bob Crompton Flag of England.svg  England 1 June 193831 March 19415732916056.14 Second Division champions: 1938-39 [10]
Eddie Hapgood Flag of England.svg  England 1 June 194428 February 19473410816029.41 [13]
Will Scott Flag of England.svg  England 1 April 19471 December 1947288416028.57 [14]
Jack Bruton Flag of England.svg  England 1 December 194731 May 194970221632031.43 [15]
Jackie Bestall Flag of England.svg  England 1 June 194931 May 1953179723572040.22 [16]
Johnny Carey Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1 June 19531 October 19582351194967050.64 [17]
Dally Duncan Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1 October 19581 June 196085361534042.35 [18]
Jack Marshall Flag of England.svg  England 1 June 19601 February 196732912279128037.08 [19]
Eddie Quigley Flag of England.svg  England 1 February 196721 October 1970168654162038.69 [20]
Johnny Carey Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 21 October 19708 June 1971315917016.13 [17]
Ken Furphy Flag of England.svg  England 4 August 19715 December 1973119503039042.02 [21]
Richard Dinnis *Flag of England.svg  England 5 December 197314 January 19749414044.44 [22] [23]
Gordon Lee Flag of England.svg  England 14 January 197412 June 197582342721041.46 Third Division champions: 1974–75 [24]
Jim Smith Flag of England.svg  England 20 June 197512 March 1978128463547035.94 [25]
Norman Bodell *Flag of England.svg  England 13 March 197814 April 19788224025.00 [26]
Jim Iley Flag of England.svg  England 14 April 19781 November 197816268012.50 [27]
John Pickering Flag of England.svg  England 1 November 197815 May 197961151531024.59 [28]
Howard Kendall Flag of England.svg  England 1 June 19791 June 1981105483324045.71 Third Division runners-up/promoted: 1979–80 [29]
Bobby Saxton Flag of England.svg  England 31 May 198130 December 1986257937391036.19 [30]
Tony Parkes *Flag of England.svg  England 30 December 19863 February 19876321050.00 [31]
Don Mackay Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3 February 19872 September 1991232916477039.22 Full Members' Cup winners: 1986-87 [32]
Tony Parkes *Flag of England.svg  England 2 September 199112 October 19919522055.56 [31]
Kenny Dalglish Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 12 October 199125 June 19951961034647052.55 Second Division promoted: 1991-92
Premier League champions: 1994-95 		[33]
Ray Harford Flag of England.svg  England 25 June 199525 October 199664241327037.50 [34]
Tony Parkes *Flag of England.svg  England 25 October 19961 June 19973010119033.33 [4]
Roy Hodgson Flag of England.svg  England 1 June 199721 November 199863221823034.92 [35] [36] [37]
Tony Parkes *Flag of England.svg  England 21 November 19984 December 19982002000.00 [4]
Brian Kidd Flag of England.svg  England 4 December 19983 November 199944121814027.27 [38] [39]
Tony Parkes *Flag of England.svg  England 2 October 199914 March 2000261187042.31 [4]
Graeme Souness Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 14 March 20006 September 2004212866165040.57 First Division runners-up/promoted: 2000-01
Football League Cup winners: 2001-02 		[40] [41]
Tony Parkes *Flag of England.svg  England 6 September 200415 September 20041001000.00 [4]
Mark Hughes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 15 September 20044 June 2008188824759043.62 [42] [43] [44]
Paul Ince Flag of England.svg  England 22 June 200816 December 2008216411028.57 [45] [46] [47]
Sam Allardyce Flag of England.svg  England 17 December 200813 December 201090322434035.56 [48] [49] [50]
Steve Kean Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 13 December 201028 September 201274211637028.38 [51] [52] [53]
Eric Black *Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 28 September 201231 October 20126231033.33 [54] [55] [56]
Henning Berg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 31 October 201227 December 201210136010.00 [57] [58] [3]
Gary Bowyer *Flag of England.svg  England 27 December 201211 January 20134310075.00 [55] [59]
Michael Appleton Flag of England.svg  England 11 January 201319 March 201315456026.67 [60] [61] [62]
Gary Bowyer *Flag of England.svg  England 19 March 201324 May 20139333033.33 [63] [59]
Gary Bowyer Flag of England.svg  England 24 May 201310 November 2015118414334034.75 [64] [65] [59]
Paul Lambert Flag of England.svg  England 15 November 20157 May 20163312813036.36 [66] [67] [68]
Owen Coyle Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2 June 201621 February 20173711818029.73 [69] [70] [71]
Tony Mowbray Flag of England.svg  England 22 February 201730 May 20222671087089040.45 League One runners-up/promoted: 2017–18 [72] [73]
Jon Dahl Tomasson Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 14 June 20229 February 202490401436044.44 [5] [74]
Damien Johnson *Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 10 February 202410 February 20241100100.00
John Eustace Flag of England.svg  England 11 February 2024 [lower-alpha 3] 319139029.03 [75] [76]

Records

Nationalities

As of 25 February 2024 (including caretakers)

Notes

  1. ↑ Drawn matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
  2. ↑ Win% is rounded to two decimal places.
  3. ↑ Eustace's Blackburn appointment was announced on 9 February, but first-team coaches David Lowe and Damien Johnson took charge of the following day's match.

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