List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. managers
This is a list of former and current managers of Crewe Alexandra Football Club. Since 1892, 29 men have managed Crewe; Ernie Tagg had two spells in charge, and Dario Gradi four (including one spell co-managing with Steve Holland). Gradi holds the record for the most games: 1,359 first team games.[1]
Two Crewe managers have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame: Gradi in 2004[2] and Harry Catterick, posthumously, in 2010.[3]
Managers
- Key
- Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and periods of caretaker-management are highlighted in italics and marked †
- P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win % = win percentage
- Win percentage is rounded to two decimal places
- Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 27 April 2024
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% | Honours | Notes |
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W.C. McNeill[a] | England | August 1892 | May 1894 | 50 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 024.00 | ||
J.G. Hall[a] | England | August 1895 | May 1896 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 016.13 | ||
Robert Roberts[a] | Wales | January 1897 | December 1897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— | ||
John B. Blomerley[b] | England | January 1898 | May 1925 | 169 | 56 | 44 | 69 | 033.14 | 4 Cheshire Senior Cups | |
Tom Bailey | England | August 1925 | May 1938 | 578 | 223 | 113 | 242 | 038.58 | 2 Welsh Cups | |
George Lillycrop | England | August 1938 | July 1944 | 45 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 044.44 | ||
Frank Hill | Scotland | July 1944 | October 1948 | 102 | 45 | 19 | 38 | 044.12 | ||
Arthur Turner | England | October 1948 | December 1951 | 149 | 56 | 39 | 54 | 037.58 | ||
Harry Catterick | England | December 1951 | June 1953 | 74 | 31 | 11 | 32 | 041.89 | ||
Ralph Ward | England | June 1953 | May 1955 | 96 | 25 | 28 | 43 | 026.04 | ||
Maurice Lindley | England | August 1955 | May 1958 | 143 | 23 | 28 | 92 | 016.08 | ||
Harry Ware | England | August 1958 | May 1960 | 100 | 36 | 22 | 42 | 036.00 | ||
Jimmy McGuigan | Scotland | June 1960 | November 1964 | 222 | 87 | 85 | 50 | 039.19 | ||
Ernie Tagg | England | November 1964 | October 1970 | 273 | 105 | 69 | 99 | 038.46 | ||
Tom McAnearney | Scotland | October 1970 | July 1971 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 038.46 | ||
Dennis Viollet | England | August 1971 | November 1971 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 026.67 | ||
Jimmy Melia | England | May 1972 | December 1973 | 70 | 16 | 23 | 31 | 022.86 | ||
Ernie Tagg | England | January 1974 | December 1974 | 48 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 027.08 | ||
Harry Gregg | Northern Ireland | January 1975 | May 1978 | 163 | 53 | 53 | 57 | 032.52 | ||
Warwick Rimmer | England | August 1978 | May 1979 | 46 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 013.04 | ||
Tony Waddington | England | June 1979 | July 1981 | 93 | 24 | 27 | 42 | 025.81 | ||
Arfon Griffiths | England | August 1981 | October 1982 | 59 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 015.25 | ||
Peter Morris | England | November 1982 | June 1983 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 024.24 | ||
Dario Gradi[6][c] | England | June 1983 | July 2007 | 1,241 | 464 | 476 | 301 | 037.39 | 2 Cheshire Senior Cups 1 Second Division play-off | |
Dario Gradi[d] Steve Holland[e] | England England | July 2007 | November 2008 | 72 | 19 | 16 | 37 | 026.39 | ||
Dario Gradi[6] † | England | November 2008 | December 2008 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 037.50 | ||
Guðjón Þórðarson | Iceland | December 2008 | October 2009 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 032.43 | ||
Dario Gradi[6] | England | October 2009 | November 2011 | 110 | 38 | 23 | 49 | 034.55 | 2 Cheshire Premier Cups | |
Steve Davis | England | November 2011 | January 2017 | 272 | 84 | 71 | 117 | 030.88 | 1 League Trophy 1 League Two play-off | [7] |
David Artell | Gibraltar | January 2017 | April 2022 | 274 | 100 | 51 | 123 | 036.50 | ||
Alex Morris | England | April 2022 | November 2022 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 020.83 | ||
Lee Bell | England | November 2022 | Present | 86 | 32 | 26 | 28 | 037.21 |
Notes
- ^ a b c Secretary-Manager
- ^ John Bradburn Blomerley (also among the club's first directors in 1899,[4] and, in 1902, chairman of the Cheshire F.A.)[5] was secretary-manager to 1911; honorary secretary to 1925
- ^ As sole Manager. Between 22 September and 17 October 2003, Gradi underwent heart surgery. Assistant Manager Neil Baker took charge of the team for this period (P6, W0, D1, L5).
- ^ As Technical Director
- ^ As First Team Coach
References
- ^ "Crewe Alexandra managers". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Hall of Fame: Dario Gradi". National Football Museum. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Everton FC legend Harry Catterick will gain Hall of Fame recognition at last". Liverpool Echo. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ Memorandum of Association of the Crewe Alexandra Football Club Company Limited, signed 29 May 1899. Companies House. Retrieved: 22 September 2021
- ^ "Football: Chester and District Association Annual Dinner". Cheshire Observer. 14 June 1902. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Dario Gradi". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "Steven Davis Managerial Statistics". Soccerbase. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
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