Managers

Walter Rayner

Born: Wanstead, 10/4/1882

Died: Chorleywood, 2/10/1958

June 1920 – May 1925

Alex MacFarlane

Born: Airdrie, Scotland, circa 1878

Died: Preston, 22/12/1945

May 1925 – January 1928

June 1928 – December 1932

Albert Lindon

Born: Aston, 24/1/1891

Died: Dowlais, 1/10/1976

January 1928 – June 1928

December 1932 – May 1933

Jimmy Seed

Born: Blackhill, Co Durham, 25/3/1895

Died: Farnborough, Kent, 16/7/1966

May 1933 – September 1956

David Clark (Director)

Born:

September 1956

October 1961 – November 1961

Jimmy Trotter

Born: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, circa 1898

Died: Sittingbourne, 11/2/1985

September 1956 – October 1961

Frank Hill

Born: Forfar, Scotland, 21/5/1906

Died: California, USA, 26/8/1993

21 November 1961 – 3 August 1965

Bob Stokoe

Born: Prudhoe, Northumberland, 21/8/1930

Died: Hartlepool, 1/2/2004

August 1965 – September 1967

Eddie Firmani

Born: Cape Town, South Africa, 7/8/1933

11 September 1967 – 30 March 1970

Theo Foley

Born: Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 2/4/1937

1 April 1970 – 23 April 1974

Les Gore (Caretaker)

Born:

April 1974 – May 1974

Andy Nelson

Born: Custom House, 5/7/1935

17 May 1974 – 31 March 1980

Mike Bailey

Born: Wisbech, 27/2/1942

28 March 1980 – June 1981

Alan Mullery

Born: Notting Hill, 23/11/1941

June 1981 – June 1982

Ken Craggs

Born: circa 1936

June 1982 – 22 November 1982

Lennie Lawrence

Born: Brighton, 14/12/1947

22 November 1982 – July 1991

Alan Curbishley/Steve Gritt

Born: (Curbishley) Forest Gate, 8/11/1957

Born: (Gritt) Bournemouth, 31/10/1957

July 1991 – June 1995

Alan Curbishley

Born: Forest Gate, 8/11/1957

June 1995 – May 2006

Iain Dowie

Born: Hatfield, 9/1/1965

May 2006 – November 2006

Les Reed

Born: Wapping, 9/12/1952

November 2006 – December 2006

Alan Pardew

Born: Wimbledon, 18/7/1961

December 2006 – November 2008

Phil Parkinson

Born: Chorley, 1/12/1967

November 2008 – January 2011

Keith Peacock (Caretaker)

Born: Barnehurst, 2/5/1945

January 2011

Chris Powell

Born: Lambeth, 8/9/1969

January 2011 – March 2014

Jose Riga

Born: Liege, Belgium, 30/7/1957

March 2014 – May 2014

January 2016 – May 2016

Bob Peeters

Born: Lier, Belgium, 10/1/1974

May 2014 – January 2015

Damian Matthew/Ben Roberts (Caretakers)

Born: (Matthew) Islington, 23/9/1970

Born: (Roberts) Bishop Auckland, 22/6/1975

January 2015

Guy Luzon

Born: Petah Tikva, Israel, 7/8/1975

January 2015 – October 2015

Karel Fraeye (Interim)

Born: Brussels, Belgium, 16/11/1977

October 2015 – January 2016

Russell Slade

Born: Wokingham, 10/10/1960

June 2016 – November 2016

Kevin Nugent (Caretaker)

Born: Edmonton, 10/4/1969

November 2016

Karl Robinson

Born: Liverpool, 13/9/1980

November 2016 – March 2018

Lee Bowyer 

Born: Canning Town, 3/1/1977

March 2018 – March 2021

Johnnie Jackson (Caretaker)

Born: Camden, 15/8/1982

March 2021.

Nigel Adkins

Born: Birkenhead, 11/3/1965

March 2021 – October 2021

Johnnie Jackson

Born: Camden, 15/8/1982

October 2021 – December 2021 (Caretaker)

December 2021 – May 2022

Ben Garner

Born: Pembury, 19/5/1980

June 2022 – December 2022

Anthony Hayes (Caretaker)

Born: Athone, Ireland. 14/10/1986

December 2022

Dean Holden

Born: Swinton, Lancashire. 15/9/1979

December 2022 – ?