List of Motherwell F.C. managers
Motherwell Football Club is an association football club from Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They were established on 10 May 1886 following a merger between Glencairn and Alpha. They play their home games at Fir Park Stadium.
This is an official list of the managers who have managed Motherwell, and the success that they have achieved, since 1911. Before that year, a committee was involved in the management of the club. The Club's first ever manager was John 'Sailor' Hunter, who would go on to become the club's longest-serving manager. It was during his tenure that Motherwell won their first, and to date, only Premier League title, in the 1931-32 season. This was the same year that The Steelmen had their greatest ever team, scoring a record 119 league goals in one season.
George Stevenson, who succeeded Hunter as Motherwell manager, is the club's most successful manager, winning the League Cup and Scottish Cup in 9 years at Fir Park.
Managerial Performances in the League
[edit]The following lists are broken down into the level of league that Motherwell were in at the time they were league winners or runners-up. In recent times up till now, the Scottish Premier League would be classed as the 1st tier of the Scottish football league system while the Scottish First Division would be classed as the 2nd, instead of the first as had been the case.
- First tier
Manager | Winner | Runner-up |
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John 'Sailor' Hunter | 1 (1931–32) | 4 (1926-27, 1929-30, 1932-33, 1933-34) |
Alex McLeish | 0 | 1 (1994-95) |
Stuart McCall | 0 | 2 (2012-13, 2013-14) |
- Second tier
Manager | Winner | Runner-up |
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George Stevenson | 1 (1953–54) | 0 |
Bobby Howitt | 1 (1968–69) | 0 |
David Hay | 1 (1981–82) | 0 |
Tommy McLean | 1 (1985–86) | 0 |
Managerial Performances in Domestic Cup Competitions
[edit]The following lists documents Motherwell's success in the two premier cup competitions in Scotland, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup, as per manager.
- Scottish Cup
Manager | Winner | Runner-up |
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John 'Sailor' Hunter | 0 | 3 (1930-31, 1932-33, 1938-39) |
George Stevenson | 1 (1951-52) | 1 (1950-51) |
Tommy McLean | 1 (1990-91) | 0 |
Stuart McCall | 0 | 1 (2010-11) |
Steve Robinson | 0 | 1 (2017-18) |
- Scottish League Cup
Manager | Winner | Runner-up |
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George Stevenson | 1 (1950-51) | 1 (1954-55) |
Terry Butcher | 0 | 1 (2004-05) |
Steve Robinson | 0 | 1 (2017-18) |
Managerial Statistics in the League
[edit]Below is the full Scottish league record of every Motherwell manager. Only league games are stated.[note 1][note 2]
As of 4 May 2024.[note 3]
Name | From | To | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Win% |
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1911 | 1946 | 1064 | 507 | 226 | 331 | 2073 | 1558 | 47.65 |
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1946 | 1955 | 270 | 108 | 43 | 119 | 517 | 515 | 40.00 |
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1955 | 1965 | 340 | 130 | 84 | 126 | 538 | 601 | 38.24 |
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1965 | 1972 | 249 | 95 | 55 | 101 | 416 | 394 | 38.15 |
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1972 | 1975 | 83 | 37 | 17 | 39 | 123 | 126 | 44.56 |
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1975 | 1978 | 98 | 39 | 27 | 42 | 159 | 161 | 39.80 |
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1978 | 1979 | 36 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 33 | 86 | 13.89 |
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1979 | 1981 | 78 | 35 | 22 | 21 | 124 | 99 | 44.87 |
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1981 | 1982 | 39 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 92 | 36 | 66.66 |
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1982 | 1983 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 39 | 73 | 30.56 |
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1983 | 1984 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 75 | 11.11 |
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1 June 1984 | 31 May 1994 | 403 | 123 | 111 | 169 | 450 | 528 | 30.52 |
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13 July 1994 | 10 Feb 1998 | 134 | 38 | 39 | 55 | 122 | 144 | 28.36 |
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25 Feb 1998 | 4 Oct 1998 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 32 | 23.81 |
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14 Oct 1998 | 18 Sept 2001 | 108 | 34 | 28 | 55 | 137 | 162 | 31.48 |
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2001 | 2001 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 66.66 |
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16 Oct 2001 | 30 June 2002 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 52 | 25.93 |
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24 April 2002 | 17 May 2006 | 154 | 47 | 36 | 71 | 192 | 232 | 30.52 |
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17 May 2006 | 30 June 2007 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 54 | 26.32 |
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1 July 2007 | 12 June 2009 | 76 | 31 | 15 | 30 | 96 | 97 | 40.79 |
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1 July 2009 | 28 Dec 2009 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 28 | 23.53 |
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29 Dec 2009 | 10 Dec 2010 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 42 | 45.14 |
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12 Dec 2010 | 30 Dec 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 00.00 |
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30 Dec 2010 | 2 November 2014 | 146 | 67 | 25 | 54 | 209 | 198 | 45.89 |
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2 November 2014 | 13 December 2014 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 25.00 |
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13 December 2014 | 23 September 2015 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 33 | 47 | 34.38 |
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23 September 2015 | 13 October 2015 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 50.00 |
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13 October 2015 | 28 February 2017 | 54 | 18 | 10 | 26 | 69 | 103 | 33.34 |
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28 February 2017 | 31 December 2020 | 137 | 50 | 26 | 61 | 163 | 187 | 36.49 |
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7 January 2021 | 29 July 2022 | 56 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 64 | 81 | 33.92 |
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29 July 2022 | 11 August 2022 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50 |
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11 August 2022 | 11 February 2023 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 36 | 18.18 |
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11 February 2023 | 22 February 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 100 |
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22 February 2023 | 47 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 72 | 65 | 34.04 |
Sources
[edit]- Jeffrey, Jim; Fry, Genge (2001). The Men Who Made Motherwell Football Club. Tempus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7524-2191-9.
- Wilson, Derek (2009). Motherwell FC Miscellany. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 978-1905411375.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Wilson 2009, p. 33
- ^ Caretaker managers are in Italics
- ^ All records are from Soccerbase and http://www.londonhearts.com.
- ^ Does not include the emergency games played as a result of the Second World War.
References
[edit]- ^ John 'Sailor' Hunter, Motherwell F.C. Official Website
- ^ "George Stevenson". Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ Bobby Ancell
- ^ Bobby Howitt
- ^ "Ian St. John". Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ Willie McLean
- ^ Roger Hynd
- ^ Ally McLeod
- ^ David Hay
- ^ Jock Wallace
- ^ Bobby Watson
- ^ "Tommy McLean". Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "Alex McLeish". Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ Harri Kampman
- ^ Billy Davies
- ^ Eric Black
- ^ Terry Butcher
- ^ Maurice Malpas
- ^ a b Mark McGhee
- ^ Jim Gannon
- ^ Craig Brown
- ^ Gordon Young Archived 5 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stuart McCall