Ray Mathias

Ray Mathias
Personal information
Full name	Raymond Mathias
Date of birth	13 December 1946 (age 77)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1964–1985	Tranmere Rovers
Managerial career
1986–1989	Wigan Athletic
1998–1999	Wigan Athletic
2001	Tranmere Rovers (caretaker)
2002–2003	Tranmere Rovers
2004	Chester City (caretaker)
2011	Stockport County
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raymond Mathias (born 13 December 1946) is an English

English football. Mathias played for Tranmere Rovers between 1964 and 1985, and remains their record appearance holder having played 637 games for the club. After his retirement he spent three years as manager of Wigan Athletic, briefly returning to the role for the 1998–99 season; between these two spells he returned to Tranmere as a coach, and later managed the side before moving on to Chester City

in a caretaker role.

He was appointed interim manager of

Stockport County

on 9 March 2011 until the end of the season, when County were relegated from the Football League for the first time in 106 years. Owing in part to an impressive home record, Mathias was appointed full-time County manager in May 2011, but departed just two weeks later following the takeover of the club by Tony Evans.

Playing career

Born in

1975–76 season. He made 637 appearances for Tranmere in all competitions, a club record.^[1]

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Mathias joined the coaching staff at

Football League Trophy final at Wembley and the Second Division

play-offs he lost his job shortly afterwards.

After once again becoming part of the managerial set-up at Tranmere and spells as caretaker manager, he was finally handed the reins on a permanent basis in 2002 but sacked a year later. Mathias then had an unsuccessful caretaker spell at

League Two strugglers Macclesfield Town. The pair were able to guide the Silkmen to an unlikely survival before moving to Milton Keynes Dons where they achieved more success, winning the League Two championship and the Football League Trophy. They subsequently moved on to top-flight team Blackburn Rovers

in June 2008.

On 18 December 2008, Mathias was relieved of his duties along with

Peter Ward and Alan Lord.^[3]

Mathias was appointed manager of Stockport County on 9 March 2011 until the end of the season, with Peter Ward and Alan Lord stepping back to coaching roles. Mathias then became the first manager in Stockport County history to relegate the club from the Football League.[4] He was dismissed as manager in favour of Dietmar Hamann on 5 July 2011, and subsequently left the club.^{[citation needed]}

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Wigan Athletic	1 June 1986	15 March 1989	142	59	50	33	041.55
Wigan Athletic	4 August 1998	21 May 1999	62	32	17	13	051.61
Tranmere Rovers	18 March 2001	7 May 2001	11	1	7	3	009.09
Tranmere Rovers	1 August 2002	29 September 2003	66	29	19	18	043.94
Chester City	6 August 2004	30 August 2004	6	0	4	2	000.00
Stockport County	1 March 2011	5 July 2011	13	3	6	4	023.08
Total			297	123	101	73	041.41

Honours

Player

1975–76

Coach

2007–08
Football League Two: 2007–08

References

ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1
.

^ "Blackburn Rovers – News – Neil McDonald is new assistant manager". world.rovers.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

^ "Ray Mathias joins". Stockport County official website. 4 February 2011.

^ "Ray Mathias appointed manager". BBC Sport. 9 March 2011.

External links

Ray Mathias management career statistics at Soccerbase

Ray Mathias managerial positions

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Wigan Athletic F.C. – managers

Spencer (1932–37)

Milne (1946–47)

Pryde (1949–52)

Goodier (1952–54)

Crook (1954–55)

Suart (1955–56)

Cook (1956)

Barkas (1957)

Hitchen (1957–58)

Barrass (1958–59)

Shirley (1959)

Murphy (1959–60)

Chilton (1960)

Ball (1960–63)

Brown (1963–66)

Craig (1966–67)

Leyland (1967–68)

Saunders (1968)

McNeill (1968–70)

Milne (1970–72)

Rigby (1972–74)

Tiler (1974–76)

McNeill (1976–81)

Eyre (1981)

Lloyd (1981–83)

Charlton (1983)

McNally (1983–85)

Hamilton (1985–86)

Mathias (1986–89)

Hamilton (1989–93)

Philpotts (1993)

Swain (1993–94)

Barrow (1994–95)

Cribley (1995)

Deehan (1995–98)

Mathias (1998–99)

Benson (1999–2000)

B. Rioch (2000–01)

Greenall (2001)

Bruce (2001)

Jewell (2001–07)

Hutchings (2007)

Barlow (2007)

Bruce (2007–09)

Martínez (2009–13)

Coyle (2013)

Barrow (2013)

Rösler (2013–14)

Mackay (2014–15)

Caldwell (2015–16)

Joyce (2016–17)

Barrow (2017)

Cook (2017–20)

Richardson (2020)

Sheridan (2020)

Richardson (2020–22)

Kelly (2022)

Touré (2022–23)

Maloney (2023–)

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Tranmere Rovers F.C. – managers

Cooke (1912–35)

Carr (1935–36)

Knowles (1936–39)

Moreton (1939–42)

Ridding (1942–46)

T. Jones (1946)

Blackburn (1946–55)

Kelly (1955–56)

Blackburn (1956–57)

Farrell (1957–60)

Galbraith (1961)

Russell (1961–69)

Wright (1969–72)

Yeats (1972–75)

King (1975–80)

Hamilton (1980–85)

Worthington (1985–87)

Moore (1987)

King (1987–96)

Aldridge (1996–2001)

Mathias & Sheedy^c (2001)

Watson (2001–02)

Mathias (2002–03)

McMahon^c (2003)

Little
(2003–06)

Moore (2006–09)

Barnes (2009)

Parry (2009–12)

Moore (2012–14)

McMahon^c (2014)

Edwards (2014)

Adams (2014–15)

Rogers^c (2015)

Brabin (2015–16)

Carden^c (2016)

Mellon (2016–20)

Jackson (2020)

Hill (2020–21)

Dawes^c (2021)

Mellon (2021–23)

Dawes (2023)

Adkins (2023–)

(c) = caretaker manager (i) = interim manager

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Chester City F.C. – managers

Hewitt (1930–36)

Mansley (1936)

Raisbeck (1936–38)

F. Brown (1938–53)

Page (1953–56)

Harris (1956–59)

Pearson (1959–61)

Lambton (1962–63)

Hauser (1963–68)

Roberts (1968–76)

Oakes (1976–82)

Sear (1982)

Sainty (1982–83)

Storton (1983–84)

Sear (1984)

McGrath (1984)

Speight (1984–85)

McNally (1985–92)

Barrow (1992–94)

Pejic (1994–95)

Mann (1995)

Ratcliffe (1995–99)

Smith (1999–2000)

Atkins (2000)

Barrow (2000–01)

Hill (2001)

Mungall (2001)

Porter & Spink (2001–02)

O. Brown & Lewer (2002)

Wright (2002–04)

Mathias (2004)

Rush (2004–05)

Bell (2005)

Curle (2005–06)

Wright (2006–07)

Davies (2007)

Williamson (2007–08)

Davies (2008)

Wright (2008–09)

Wadsworth (2009)

Ryan (2009)

Harvey (2009–10)

Maison (2010)

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Stockport County F.C. – managers

Stewart (1894–1903)

Ormerod (1903–04)

Stewart (1904–11)

Lewis (1911–14)

Ashworth (1914–19)

Williams (1919–24)

Scotchbrook (1924–26)

Hyde (1926–31)

Wilson (1932–33)

Westgarth (1934–36)

Kelly (1936–38)

Hunt (1939)

Marshall (1939–49)

Beattie (1949–52)

Duckworth (1952–56)

Moir (1956–60)

Flewin (1960–63)

Porteous (1963–65)

Quigley (1965–66)

Meadows (1966–69)

Galbraith (1969–70)

Woods (1970–71)

Doyle (1972–74)

Meadows (1974–75)

Hopkinson (1975)

R. Chapman (1975–76)

Quigley (1976–77)

Thompson (1977–78)

Summerbee (1978–79)

McGuigan (1979–82)

Webster (1982–85)

Murphy (1985)

L. Chapman (1985–86)

Melia (1986)

Murphy (1986–87)

Hartford (1987–89)

Bergara (1989–95)

Jones (1995–97)

Megson (1997–99)

Kilner (1999–2001)

Madden (2001)

Palmer (2001–03)

Hollins (2003)

McIlroy (2003–04)

Lillis (2004)

Turner (2004–05)

Gannon (2005–09)

Ablett (2009–10)

Simpson (2010–11)

Ward (2011)

Mathias (2011)

Hamann (2011)

Gannon (2011–13)

Kalezić (2013)

Bogie (2013)

Lord (2013–15)

Brown & Conlon (2015)

Young (2015–16)

Gannon (2016–21)

Rusk (2021)

Challinor (2021–)

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Tranmere Rovers F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
2010

Aldridge

King

Mathias

Morrissey

Muir

Mungall

Nevin

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[1921-1997_data-1] ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1
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[2] "Blackburn Rovers – News – Neil McDonald is new assistant manager". world.rovers.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

[3] "Ray Mathias joins". Stockport County official website. 4 February 2011.

[4] "Ray Mathias appointed manager". BBC Sport. 9 March 2011.

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