List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. managers
Tranmere's most successful period came at the end of the twentieth century.
After
History
From their foundation in 1884 until they became a limited company, Tranmere Rovers were run under the presidency of local businessman
Tranmere rejoined the peacetime Football League in Division Three North and stayed there until the 1958 restructuring of the football league's lower divisions. Manager
In 1961, Dave Russell joined the club from Bury who were, at the time, two divisions above Tranmere.[14] Considered a shrewd businessman,[15] Russell made some revolutionary changes.[3] He developed a successful youth policy which included England international Roy McFarland among its graduates.[16] More visibly, he introduced an all-white kit to set the team apart from local rivals, Division One club Everton; these have been Tranmere's usual colours since.[17] He also took advantage of the floodlights, regularly arranging home fixtures on Friday evenings rather than the usual Saturday afternoon. This allowed supporters to watch Tranmere on Fridays and Everton or Liverpool on Saturdays; Friday night games continued until the 1990s.[18] Russell guided Rovers back to Division Three in 1967,[19] a year before a new 4,000-seater main stand was opened.[9] He became general manager in 1969, allowing Jackie Wright to take over.[7]
John King joined the club as manager in 1975, having already made 241 appearances as a player, and spent seven years as captain.[20] He secured promotion from the Fourth Division,[21] but was sacked following subsequent relegation.[22] However, in his second spell as manager from 1987, King took the team from the bottom of Division Four to the brink of English football's top league.[3] Under his leadership, they won the League Trophy in 1990,[23] and reached the play-offs for promotion to the newly formed Premier League in 1993,[24] 1994,[25] and 1995.[26] In 1996, King was given the position of director of football and replaced by player-manager John Aldridge.[7]
Aldridge had played a large part in Tranmere's success under King, retiring in 1998 with a total of 174 goals in 294 games.
In February 2014 it was reported that Moore was under investigation by
Managers
This list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Tranmere. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost). All full-time managers are listed, along with caretaker managers where known. Statistics are correct as at the end of the match played on 9 September 2023.
Manager | From | To | P | W | D | L | W% | Honours | Notes | References | |
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Bert Cooke | August 1912 | 30 April 1935 | 607 | 258 | 123 | 226 | 42.5 | Lancashire Combination champions 1913–14[5] |
[8][48][note 2] | ||
Jack Carr
|
28 May 1935 | November 1936 | 60 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 45.0 | [49][50] | |||
Jim Knowles
|
November 1936 | January 1939 | 98 | 38 | 16 | 44 | 38.8 | 1937–38[10]
|
[51] | ||
Bill Ridding[note 3] | January 1939 | May 1945 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15.0 | [54] | |||
Ernie Blackburn | September 1946 | 13 December 1955 | 421 | 172 | 83 | 166 | 40.9 | [55][56] | |||
Noel Kelly | 13 December 1955 | September 1957 | 107 | 26 | 25 | 56 | 24.3 | Player-manager | [56][57] | ||
Peter Farrell | 5 October 1957 | 12 December 1960 | 164 | 63 | 34 | 67 | 38.4 | Player-manager | [58][59] | ||
Walter Galbraith | 7 January 1961 | 25 November 1961 | 43 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 46.5 | [60][61] | |||
Dave Russell | 15 December 1961 | 23 December 1969 | 379 | 167 | 82 | 130 | 44.1 | 1966–67[19]
|
[15][62][63] | ||
Jackie Wright | 23 December 1969 | 9 April 1972 | 109 | 25 | 48 | 36 | 22.9 | [63][64] | |||
Ron Yeats | 10 April 1972 | 4 April 1975 | 141 | 42 | 41 | 58 | 29.8 | Player-manager | [65][66] | ||
John King
|
13 April 1975 | 30 September 1980 | 246 | 80 | 73 | 93 | 32.5 | 1975–76[21]
|
[67] | ||
Bryan Hamilton | 1 October 1980 | 7 February 1985 | 205 | 67 | 56 | 82 | 32.7 | Player-manager | [68] | ||
Frank Worthington | 9 July 1985 | 11 February 1987 | 83 | 24 | 23 | 36 | 28.9 | Player-manager | [69] | ||
Ronnie Moore | 11 February 1987 | 13 April 1987 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 25.0 | Player-manager | [70] | ||
John King
|
13 April 1987 | 12 April 1996 | 488 | 211 | 129 | 148 | 43.2 | 1990–91[71] Fourth Division promotion 1988–89[72] 1989–90[23] League Trophy finalists 1990–91[23]
|
[67] | ||
John Aldridge | 12 April 1996 | 17 March 2001 | 269 | 93 | 78 | 98 | 34.6 | 1999–2000[28]
|
Player-manager | [73] | |
Ray Mathias Kevin Sheedy |
18 March 2001 | 7 May 2001 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9.1 | Caretakers | [74][75] | ||
Dave Watson | 20 May 2001 | 1 August 2002 | 55 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 40.0 | [76] | |||
Ray Mathias | 1 August 2002 | 29 September 2003 | 66 | 29 | 18 | 19 | 43.9 | [74] | |||
John McMahon
|
29 September 2003 | 12 October 2003 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.3 | Caretaker (1st spell) | [77] | ||
Brian Little
|
12 October 2003 | 9 June 2006 | 147 | 61 | 43 | 43 | 41.5 | [78] | |||
Ronnie Moore | 9 June 2006 | 5 June 2009 | 158 | 65 | 38 | 55 | 41.1 | [70] | |||
John Barnes
|
14 June 2009 | 9 October 2009 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 21.4 | [79] | |||
Les Parry | 9 October 2009 | 4 March 2012 | 131 | 40 | 34 | 57 | 30.5 | [80] | |||
Ronnie Moore | 5 March 2012 | 17 February 2014 | 111 | 41 | 25 | 45 | 36.9 | [70] | |||
John McMahon
|
17 February 2014 | 27 May 2014 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16.7 | Caretaker (2nd spell) | [77] | ||
Rob Edwards | 27 May 2014 | 13 October 2014 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14.3 | ||||
Micky Adams | 16 October 2014 | 19 April 2015 | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 26.3 | [81] | |||
Alan Rogers | 19 April 2015 | 5 May 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | Caretaker | [82] | ||
Gary Brabin | 5 May 2015 | 18 September 2016 | 60 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 46.7 | [83] | |||
Paul Carden | 19 September 2016 | 7 October 2016 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.3 | Interim | [84] | ||
Micky Mellon | 7 October 2016 | 6 July 2020 | 198 | 91 | 45 | 62 | 46.0 | National League promotion 2017–18 League Two promotion 2018–19 |
[85] | ||
Mike Jackson | 18 July 2020 | 31 October 2020 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 23.1 | [86] | |||
Ian Dawes Andy Parkinson |
31 October 2020 | 21 November 2020 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | Caretakers | [87] | ||
Keith Hill | 21 November 2020 | 11 May 2021 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 50.0 | EFL Trophy finalists 2020–21 | [88] | ||
Ian Dawes | 11 May 2021 | 30 May 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | Caretaker | [87] | ||
Micky Mellon | 1 June 2021 | 19 March 2023 | 97 | 39 | 25 | 33 | 40.2 | [85] | |||
Ian Dawes | 20 March 2023 | 10 September 2023 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15.8 | [87] |
Notes
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- General
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- Wilson, Steve; Upton, Gilbert; Bishop, Peter (24 July 2009). Tranmere Rovers: The Complete Record. Breedon. ISBN 978-1-85983-711-5.
- Specific
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Bishop (1990). "Cooke, Bert". pp. 10–11.
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Bishop (1990). "Knowles, Jim". p. 24.
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Bishop (1990). "King, John". p. 24.
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- ^ Felton, Paul. "Season 1978–79". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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- ^ Felton, Paul. "Season 1992–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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- ^ a b Exenberger, Andreas (27 February 2000). "England League Cup 1999/2000". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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- ^ The Guardian, "Tranmere sack Ronnie Moore for breaching contract", 9 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014
- ^ BBC Sport, "Tranmere Rovers appoint Rob Edwards as new manager", 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014
- ^ BBC Sport, "Rob Edwards: Tranmere Rovers sack manager after five months", 13 October 2014
- ^ Micky Adams: Tranmere Rovers appoint ex-Port Vale manager - BBC Sport
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(help) - ^ "Bert Cooke". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Jack Carr". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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(help) - ^ "Jim Knowles". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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- ^ "Tranmere Manager History". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Bill Ridding". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Ernest Blackburn". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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(help) - ^ "Noel Kelly". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Peter Farrell". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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Bishop (1990). "Farrell, Peter". pp. 16–17.
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(help) - ^ "Walter Galbraith". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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Bishop (1990). "Galbraith, Walter". pp. 17–18.
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(help) - ^ "Dave Russell". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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Bishop (1990). "Wright, Jackie". p. 70.
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(help) - ^ "Jackie Wright". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Ron Yeats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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Bishop (1990). "Yeats, Ron". p. 71.
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(help) - ^ a b "John King". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Bryan Hamilton". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Frank Worthington". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ a b c "Ronnie Moore". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ Felton, Paul. "Season 1990–91". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ Felton, Paul. "Season 1988–89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "John Aldridge". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Ray Mathias". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Kevin Sheedy". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Dave Watson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ a b "John McMahon". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Brian Little". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "John Barnes". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Les Parry". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Micky Adams". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Alan Rogers". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Gary Brabin". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "Paul Carden". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Micky Mellon". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "Mike Jackson". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "Ian Dawes". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "Keith Hill". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 March 2023.