List of Stockport County F.C. managers

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Jim Gannon celebrating winning the National League North as Stockport County manager in April 2019. Gannon had three spells managing Stockport. JimGannon2.jpg
Jim Gannon celebrating winning the National League North as Stockport County manager in April 2019. Gannon had three spells managing Stockport.

Stockport County F.C. is an English professional association football club based in the town of Stockport. Founded in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers the clubs first manager was Fred Stewart who would manage Stockport for over 16 years making him the longest-serving manager in the clubs history.

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The club has had 51 permanent managers. The first foreign manager of the club was the German, Bert Trautmann who was appointed in 1965.

The club's current manager is Dave Challinor, who took over from Simon Rusk in November 2021. [1]

List of managers

Information correct after match played on 15 July 2024. [2] [3] Only competitive matches are counted, except the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and matches in Wartime Leagues and Cups.

Key
List of Stockport County F.C. managers
NameNationalityFromToMatchesWonDrawn [lower-alpha 1] LostWin% [lower-alpha 2] HonoursRefs.
Fred Stewart Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 189431 May 191137311176186029.76 Lancashire League winners: 1899–1900
Lancashire Combination winners: 1904–05 		[4] [5]
Harry Lewis 1 June 19111 April 1914110293051026.36 [6] [7]
David Ashworth Flag of England.svg  England 1 April 19141 December 191961251224040.98 [8] [9]
Albert Williams 1 December 19191 November 1924204705183034.31 Third Division North champions: 1921-22 [10] [11]
Fred Scotchbrook Flag of England.svg  England 1 November 19241 February 192660171330028.33 [12] [13]
Lincoln Hyde 1 April 19261 April 19312211283558057.92 [14] [15]
Andrew Wilson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1 July 19321 May 193343211210048.84 [16] [17]
Fred Westgarth Flag of England.svg  England 1 May 19341 September 193695461633048.42 [18] [19]
Bob Kelly Flag of England.svg  England 1 November 19361 January 193852241612046.15 Third Division North champions: 1936-37 [20] [21]
George Hunt 1 January 19391 March 193910424040.00 [22] [23]
Bob Marshall Flag of England.svg  England 1 March 193928 February 1949141602853042.55 [24] [25]
Andy Beattie Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1 March 19491 April 1952150712851047.33 [26] [27]
Dick Duckworth Flag of England.svg  England 1 October 195231 May 1956181744265040.88Cheshire Bowl winners: 1952–53, 1955–56 [28] [29]
Billy Moir ‡Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1 June 19561 July 1960196794275040.31 [30] [31]
Reg Flewin Flag of England.svg  England 1 October 19601 September 1963137472763034.31 [32] [33]
Trevor Porteous ‡Flag of England.svg  England 1 September 19631 October 1965107312155028.97 [34] [35]
Bert Trautmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1 October 19651 April 19662912512041.38 [36] [37]
Eddie Quigley Flag of England.svg  England 1 April 19661 October 19666528829043.08 [38] [39] [40]
Jimmy Meadows Flag of England.svg  England 1 October 19661 April 1969135563841041.48 Fourth Division winners: 1966-67 [41] [42]
Walter Galbraith Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1 August 19691 April 19704661228013.04 [43] [44]
Matt Woods Flag of England.svg  England 1 April 19701 December 197171221732030.99 [45] [46]
Brian Doyle Flag of England.svg  England 1 March 19721 May 1974122354047028.69 [47] [48]
Jimmy Meadows Flag of England.svg  England 1 May 19745 August 197549121522024.49 [41] [42]
Eddie Hopkinson *Flag of England.svg  England 5 August 197531 May 19753111033.33 [49] [50]
Roy Chapman Flag of England.svg  England 31 August 19751 May 197646121123026.09 [51] [52]
Eddie Quigley Flag of England.svg  England 1 May 197621 April 197747151715031.91 [39] [40]
Alan Thompson ‡Flag of England.svg  England 1 March 197817 October 197940141412035.00 [53] [54]
Mike Summerbee ‡Flag of England.svg  England 1 March 197817 October 1979130402961030.77 [55] [56]
Jimmy McGuigan Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 13 November 197923 April 1982130402961030.77 [57] [58]
Eric Webster Flag of England.svg  England 23 April 19821 May 1985152483767031.58 [59] [60]
Colin Murphy Flag of England.svg  England 8 August 198524 October 198515357020.00 [61] [62]
Les Chapman ‡Flag of England.svg  England 1 October 19851 July 198639141114035.90 [63] [64]
Jimmy Melia Flag of England.svg  England 9 July 19861 November 1986182412011.11 [65] [66]
Colin Murphy Flag of England.svg  England 1 November 198626 May 19873412913035.29 [61] [62]
Asa Hartford ‡Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 12 June 19871 April 198993243435025.81 [67] [68]
Danny Bergara Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1 April 198931 March 19953191378399042.95 Fourth Division runners-up/promoted: 1990-91
Third Division Playoff Finalists: 1991-92
Second Division Playoff Finalists: 1993-94
Football League Trophy runner-up:1991-92, 1992-93 		[69] [70]
Dave Jones Flag of England.svg  England 31 March 199523 June 1997117573228048.72 Second Division runners-up/promoted: 1996-97 [71] [72]
Gary Megson Flag of England.svg  England 1 July 199725 June 1999102352740034.31 [73] [74]
Andy Kilner Flag of England.svg  England 28 June 199929 October 2001119294248024.37 [75] [76]
Craig Madden *Flag of England.svg  England 29 October 20016 November 20012002000.00 [77] [78]
Carlton Palmer ‡Flag of England.svg  England 6 November 200118 September 200392251750027.17 [79] [80]
John Hollins *Flag of England.svg  England 18 September 200316 October 20037223028.57 [81] [82]
Sammy McIlroy Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 16 October 200325 November 200458141826024.14 [83]
Mark Lillis *Flag of England.svg  England 25 November 200418 December 20046114016.67 [84] [85]
Chris Turner Flag of England.svg  England 19 December 200426 December 20055171529013.73 [86] [87]
Jim Gannon *Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 26 December 200517 January 20065221040.00 [88]
Jim Gannon Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 17 January 20066 May 2009182794261043.41 League Two play-off winners: 2007–08 [89] [90]
Gary Ablett Flag of England.svg  England 9 July 200917 June 20105171034013.73 [91] [92]
Paul Simpson Flag of England.svg  England 12 July 20104 January 20112751012018.52 [93] [94]
Peter Ward Flag of England.svg  England 4 January 20119 March 201113229015.38 [95] [96]
Ray Mathias Flag of England.svg  England 9 March 20111 July 201110244020.00 [97] [98]
Dietmar Hamann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5 July 20117 November 2011203107015.00 [99] [100]
Jim Gannon Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 14 November 201116 January 20132331126259048.07 [89] [90]
Darije Kalezić Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 24 January 201320 March 201312327025.00 [101]
Ian Bogie Flag of England.svg  England 31 March 201315 October 201316448025.00 [102] [103]
Alan Lord Flag of England.svg  England 16 October 201317 May 201580272231033.75 [104] [105]
Neil Young Flag of England.svg  England 17 May 201513 January 2016268810030.77 [106] [107] [108]
Jim Gannon Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 20 January 201627 January 20212331126259048.07 National League North champions: 2018-19
Cheshire Senior Cup winners: 2015-16 		[89]
Simon Rusk Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 27 January 202127 October 20214221129050.00 [109] [110]
Dave Conlon *Flag of England.svg  England 27 October 20213 November 2021 [109] [1]
Dave Challinor Flag of England.svg  England 3 November 2021Present151853333056.29 National League Champions: 2021-22
Cheshire Senior Cup winners: 2021-22
League Two play-off finalist: 2022-23 		[1] [111]

Notes

  1. ↑ Drawn matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
  2. ↑ Win% is rounded to two decimal places.

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