List of Notts County F.C. managers

Notts County Football Club, commonly known as Notts, is a professional football club based in Nottingham, England. Founded in 1862, Notts County are the oldest professional football club in the world. They first competed in the FA Cup in 1877 and in 1888 became one of the 12 founding members of the Football League. Notts County have been promoted 14 times, relegated 17 times and have played in each of the top 5 divisions of English football.

Managerial history Club legend Jimmy Sirrel was arguably Notts best manager, winning three promotions in the 1970s and 1980s to reach the First Division in 1981. Notts County's most recent season in the top division was 1991–92 under Neil Warnock, who had overseen back-to-back promotions via the play-offs at Wembley Stadium.

Under future England manager Sam Allardyce, Notts won the Third Division championship in 1997–98, becoming the first team since World War II to win promotion in March, and breaking several club records, including longest winning run (10 games). A 3–1 win at Bury on 9 October 1999 put the Magpies second in the Second Division, but Allardyce resigned shortly afterwards to become manager of Bolton, and Notts would ultimately finish the 1999–2000 season in eighth.

List of managers

NameNatFromToDays inchargeRecordPWDLWin %by committeeThe Official History of Notts County, Tony Brown, 1996 page 7318621913—Albert Fisher (secretary – manager)19131927—R.C.White (Fisher's absence due to WW1)19171919—Horace Henshall (secretary – manager)19271934—Charlie Jones19341935—David Pratt19351935—Percy Smith19351936—Jimmy McMullan19361937—Harry Parkes19381938—J.R. `Tony`Towers19391942—Frank Womack19421943—Frank Buckley19441946—Arthur Stollery19461949—Eric Houghton19491953—George Poyser19531957—Frank Broome (caretaker)19571957—Tommy Lawton7 May 1957 1 July 1958—Ernie Coleman (caretaker)19581958—Frank Hill19581961—Ernie Coleman19611963—Eddie Lowe19631965—Ernie Coleman19651965—Jack Burkitt19661967—Andy BeattieFebruary 1967September 1967—Billy Gray19671968—Jack Wheeler (caretaker)19681969—Jimmy Sirrel19691975—Ronnie Fenton19751977—Jimmy Sirrel19771982—Howard Wilkinson19821983—Larry Lloyd19831984—Richie Barker19841985—Jimmy Sirrel19851987—John Barnwell19871988—Neil Warnock5 January 198914 January 19931,470Mick Walker14 January 199314 September 1994608Russell SladeSeptember 1994January 1995—Howard Kendall12 January 19951 April 199579Steve Nicol20 January 19955 June 1995136Colin Murphy5 June 199523 December 1996567Sam Allardyce16 January 199719 October 19991,006Gary Brazil23 October 1999June 2000—Jocky Scott28 June 200010 October 2001469Gary Brazil10 October 20017 January 200289Bill Dearden7 January 20026 January 2004730Gary Mills9 January 20044 November 2004301Ian Richardson (Caretaker)4 November 200417 May 2005194Gudjon Thordarson17 May 200512 June 2006391Steve Thompson12 June 200616 October 2007491Ian McParland18 October 200712 October 2009725Dave Kevan /Michael Johnson (Caretakers)13 October 200927 October 200914Hans Backe27 October 200915 December 200949Dave Kevan (caretaker)15 December 200923 February 201070Steve Cotterill23 February 201027 May 201093Craig Short1 July 201024 October 2010115Paul Ince27 October 20103 April 2011158Carl Heggs (caretaker)3 April 201111 April 20118Martin Allen11 April 201118 February 2012313Keith Curle20 February 20122 February 2013348Chris Kiwomya2 February 201327 October 2013267Steve Hodge (caretaker)27 October 20136 November 201310Shaun Derry6 November 201323 March 2015502Paul Hart /Mick Halsall (caretakers)23 March 20157 April 201515Ricardo Moniz7 April 201529 December 2015266Mick Halsall /Richard Dryden (caretakers)29 December 201510 January 201612Jamie Fullarton10 January 2016 19 March 201669Mark Cooper20 March 20167 May 201648John Sheridan27 May 20162 January 2017220Alan Smith (caretaker)3 January 201712 January 201710Kevin Nolan12 January 201726 August 2018591Steve Chettle /Mark Crossley (caretakers)26 August 20181 September 20186Harry Kewell31 August 201813 November 201874Steve Chettle (caretaker)13 November 201827 November 201815Neal Ardley28 November 201824 March 2021855Ian Burchnall25 March 202127 May 2022428Luke Williams14 June 20225 January 2024570Jim O'Brien5 January 202418 January 202413Stuart Maynard18 January 202422 May 2025489Martin Paterson22 June 2025Present

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