List of Port Vale F.C. managers

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The following is a list of Port Vale managers from 1876, when the club were founded, to the present day. It details the record of the managers and their honours.

Although the club were founded in 1876, they did not appoint a full-time manager until 1896, when Sam Gleaves was appointed as manager, a position he held for nine years. Before him, Enoch Hood was the club captain from between 1879 and 1896 (appointed age 18); in this role he acted much the same as a manager.

Vale's first major success was with Tom Morgan, who managed the club to the Third Division North title in the 1929–1930 season.

The first confirmed non-English manager during peacetime was Jock Cameron, who held the job for a year following World War I. Freddie Steele was a highly successful manager, who took the club to their second Third Division North title in 1953–54. In 1957 Scotsman Norman Low took the managerial reins, winning the Fourth Division title in 1958–59.

The next manager of note was Sir Stanley Matthews, who was full-time manager for less than a year; his resignation followed a scandal involving players' pay. Widely considered to be the club's greatest ever manager, John Rudge led the "Valiants" to cup glory in 1993; his best success was the league however, securing three promotions in his sixteen-year reign.

In all the club has had 31 full-time managers (excluding caretaker managers), with four managers having two separate reigns.

Managers

  • As of 3 May 2015. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.
Name Nationality From To Matches Won Drawn Lost Win %[1] Honours Notes
Sam Gleaves  England August 1896 May 1905 292 86 56 100 29.5 — [2]
Tommy Clare  England August 1905 May 1911 80 25 12 43 31.3 — [3]
Harry Myatt  England October 1913 May 1914 — — — — — Birmingham Cup winners [4]
Jock Cameron  Scotland August 1918 January 1919 — — — — — — —
Joe Schofield  England March 1920 October 1930 266 112 53 101 43.6 — [5]
Tom Holford  England 1919
June 1932		 March 1920
September 1935		 312 101 69 142 32.4 Staffs' Cup winners [6]
Warneford Cresswell  England July 1936 May 1937 40 16 9 15 40.0 — [7]
Tom Morgan  England October 1930
December 1937		 May 1932
April 1938		 125 55 48 22 44.0 Third Division North champions [8]
Jack Diffin  Northern Ireland August 1944 December 1944 0 0 0 0 0 — —
David Pratt  Scotland December 1944 August 1945 0 0 0 0 0 — —
Billy Frith  England August 1945 October 1946 13 5 5 3 38.5 — [9]
Gordon Hodgson  England October 1946 June 1951 222 84 54 84 37.8 — [10]
Ivor Powell  Wales June 1951 December 1951 19 2 8 9 10.5 — [11]
Norman Low  Scotland February 1957 October 1962 285 116 65 104 40.7 Fourth Division champions [12]
Freddie Steele  England December 1951
October 1962		 January 1957
February 1965		 367 143 104 120 39.0 Third Division North champions
Third Division North runners-up		 [13]
Jackie Mudie  Scotland March 1965 May 1967 101 34 25 42 33.7 — [14]
Stanley Matthews  England May 1967 April 1968 48 11 16 21 22.9 — [15]
Gordon Lee  England May 1968 January 1974 258 94 80 84 36.4 Fourth Division promotion [16]
Roy Sproson  England January 1974 October 1977 174 52 59 63 29.9 — [17]
Bobby Smith  England November 1977 May 1978 34 6 15 13 17.6 — [18]
Dennis Butler  England May 1978 August 1979 49 14 14 21 28.6 — [19]
Alan Bloor  England August 1979 December 1979 17 5 4 8 29.4 — [20]
John McGrath  England December 1979 December 1983 180 66 51 63 36.7 Fourth Division promotion [21]
John Rudge  England December 1983 January 1999 748 278 212 258 37.2 Third Division runners-up
Third Division play-offs
Fourth Division promotion
League Trophy winners		 [22]
Brian Horton  England January 1999 February 2004 262 84 67 111 32.1 Staffs' Cup winners
League Trophy winners		 [23]
Martin Foyle  England February 2004 September 2007 184 68 34 82 37.0 — [24]
Lee Sinnott  England November 2007 September 2008 44 9 11 24 20.5 — [25]
Dean Glover  England October 2008 May 2009 39 12 8 19 30.8 — [26]
Jim Gannon  Republic of Ireland January 2011 March 2011 15 4 4 7 26.7 — [27]
Micky Adams  England June 2009
May 2011		 December 2010
September 2014		 248 102 65 81 40.4 League Two promotion [28]
Rob Page  Wales September 2014 Present 40 14 7 19 35.0 — [29]

References

  1. ↑ Winning percentage is correct to one decimal place.
  2. ↑ Sam Gleaves management career statistics at Soccerbase
  3. ↑ Tom Clare management career statistics at Soccerbase
  4. ↑ Harry Myatt management career statistics at Soccerbase
  5. ↑ Joe Schofield management career statistics at Soccerbase
  6. ↑ Tom Holford management career statistics at Soccerbase
  7. ↑ Warney Cresswell management career statistics at Soccerbase
  8. ↑ Tom Morgan management career statistics at Soccerbase
  9. ↑ Billy Frith management career statistics at Soccerbase
  10. ↑ Gordon Hodgson management career statistics at Soccerbase
  11. ↑ Ivor Powell management career statistics at Soccerbase
  12. ↑ Norman Low management career statistics at Soccerbase
  13. ↑ Freddie Steele management career statistics at Soccerbase
  14. ↑ Jackie Mudie management career statistics at Soccerbase
  15. ↑ Stanley Matthews management career statistics at Soccerbase
  16. ↑ Gordon Lee management career statistics at Soccerbase
  17. ↑ Roy Sproson management career statistics at Soccerbase
  18. ↑ Bobby Smith management career statistics at Soccerbase
  19. ↑ Dennis Butler management career statistics at Soccerbase
  20. ↑ Alan Bloor management career statistics at Soccerbase
  21. ↑ John McGrath management career statistics at Soccerbase
  22. ↑ John Rudge management career statistics at Soccerbase
  23. ↑ Brian Horton management career statistics at Soccerbase
  24. ↑ Martin Foyle management career statistics at Soccerbase
  25. ↑ Lee Sinnott management career statistics at Soccerbase
  26. ↑ Dean Glover management career statistics at Soccerbase
  27. ↑ Jim Gannon management career statistics at Soccerbase
  28. ↑ Micky Adams management career statistics at Soccerbase
  29. ↑ Robert Page management career statistics at Soccerbase
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