List of Norwich City F.C. managers

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This is a list of Norwich City F.C. managers from the founding of Norwich City F.C. in 1902 until the present.

Division Three (South) (then the joint lowest tier of the Football League), a period that was distinguished by "a thrilling giant-killing sequence which took them to the FA Cup semi-finals" in 1959.^[1][2] Shortly thereafter, the club won its first major trophy, the 1962 League Cup.^[3] In 1972, the club finally reached the pinnacle of the league structure, with their first promotion to the top tier.

second major trophy, the League Cup in 1985,^[4] reaching two more FA Cup semi finals,^[5] finishing fifth, fourth and third in the top division and beating Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup.

Ken Brown holds the record for most games in charge—367 between 1980 and 1987.^[6], achieving xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Excluding caretaker managers, the shortest reigns were those of xxxxxx and xxxxxx, who both managed just 20 games, the latter of whom was unfortunate that his tenure was ended by the outbreak of World War II .

Norwich's managerial turnover has been ....

Unsurprisingly, most Norwich managers (xx/xx) have been English, but a notable minority have been Scots, dating from the very start....

xxx men have returned for a second spell as Norwich manager, most recently Gary Megson whose first spell was as caretaker, and also fulfilled roles as a player and an assistant manager at the club. Mike Walker's two spells ended very differently; success in the Premiership and UEFA Cup led to him being approached to be Everton boss. After his second spell, he left football...

Contents 1 Assessment 2 Managers 3 By nationality 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Assessment

While Norman Low and George Swindin won 50% of their games (see below), in 2002,^[7] as part of Norwich City's centenary celebrations, the Eastern Daily Press assessed Norwich's managers by awarding three points for each win and one point per draw. When the points were averaged, they revealed a top five of:

P W D L F A Av

1 George Swindin (1962) 20 10 5 5 41 25 1.75

2 Martin O'Neill (1995) 26 12 9 5 46 29 1.73

3 Norman Low (1950-55) 258 129 56 73 449 324 1.72

4 Archie Macaulay (1957-61) 224 105 60 59 394 296 1.67

5 John Bowman (1905-07) 78 31 23 24 114 92 1.49

The bottom five were:

27 Jimmy Jewell (1939) 20 6 4 10 23 37 1.10

28 Charles O'Hagan (1920-21) 21 4 9 8 17 24 1.09

29 John Deehan (1994-95) 58 13 22 23 65 84 1.05

30 Cyril Spiers (1946-47) 65 15 12 38 95 148 0.88

31 Gary Megson 32 5 10 17 31 41 0.78

^[6] The paper acknowledged the deficiencies of this rough and ready comparison between eras; regarding the highly placed Norman Low, they wrote "It’s only fair to point out that the Canaries never managed to get out of Division Three South during his stewardship", while for Ron Saunders, ranked 11th, "he ... spent the majority of his time rubbing shoulders with the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal").^[6]

[edit] Managers

As of 31 March 2008. Only professional, competitive matches are counted.^[8][9]

Name	Nationality	From	To	M	W	D	L	Win %	Honours	Notes
Bowman, JohnJohn Bowman	England	01905-08-01 1 August 1905	01907-07-31 31 July 1907	78	31	23	24	39.7	–	–
McEwen, JamesJames McEwen	Scotland	01907-08-01 1 August 1907	01908-05-31 31 May 1908	43	13	10	20	30.2	–	–
Turner, ArthurArthur Turner	England	01909-08-01 1 August 1909	01910-05-31 31 May 1910	86	27	22	37	31.4	–	–
Stansfield, BertBert Stansfield	England	01910-08-01 1 August 1910	01915-05-31 31 May 1915	248	78	75	95	31.5	–	–
Buckley, FrankFrank Buckley	England	01919-08-01 1 August 1919	01920-07-01 1 July 1920	43	15	11	17	34.9	–	–
O'Hagan, CharlesCharles O'Hagan	England	01920-07-01 1 July 1920	01921-01-01 1 January 1921	21	4	9	8	19.0	–	–
Gosnell, AlbertAlbert Gosnell	England	01921-01-01 1 January 1921	01926-02-28 28 February 1926	223	59	79	95	26.5	–	–
Stansfield, BertBert Stansfield	England	01926-03-01 1 March 1926	01926-11-01 1 November 1926	tbc	tbc	tbc	tbc	tbc	–	[10]
Potter, CecilCecil Potter	England	01926-11-01 1 November 1926	01929-01-01 1 January 1929	101	30	26	45	29.7	–	–
Kerr, JamesJames Kerr	England	01929-04-01 1 April 1929	01933-02-28 28 February 1933	168	65	43	60	38.7	–	–
Parker, TomTom Parker	England	01933-03-01 1 March 1933 1 May 1955	01937-02-01 1 February 1937 31 March 1957	271	104	69	98	38.4	Third tier Champions 1933–34	–
Young, BobBob Young	England	1 February 1937 1 September 1939	31 December 1938 31 May 1946	78	26	14	38	33.3	–	–
Jewell, JimmyJimmy Jewell	England	1 January 1939	1 September 1939	20	6	4	10	30.0	–	–
Lochhead, DuggieDuggie Lochhead	Scotland	1 December 1945	1 March 1950	104	42	28	34	40.4	–	–
Spiers, CyrilCyril Spiers	England	1 June 1946	1 December 1947	65	15	12	38	23.1	–	–
Low, NormanNorman Low	England	1 May 1950	30 April 1955	258	129	56	73	50.0	–	–
Macaulay, ArchieArchie Macaulay	Scotland	1 April 1957	1 October 1961	224	105	60	59	46.9	Third tier Runners-up 1959–60	–
Reid, WillieWillie Reid	Scotland	1 December 1961	1 May 1962	31	13	6	12	41.9	League Cup champions 1961–62[citation needed]	–
Swindin, GeorgeGeorge Swindin	England	1 May 1962	30 November 1962	20	10	5	5	50.0	–	–
Ashman, RonRon Ashman	England	1 December 1962	31 May 1966	162	59	39	64	36.4	–	–
Morgan, LolLol Morgan	England	1 June 1966	1 May 1969	127	45	47	35	35.4	–	–
Saunders, RonRon Saunders	England	1 July 1969	16 November 1973	221	84	61	76	38.0	Second tier Champions 1971–72 League Cup Runners up 1972–73	–
Bond, JohnJohn Bond	England	27 November 1973	31 October 1980	340	105	114	121	34.5	League Cup Runners up 1974–75	–
Brown, KenKen Brown	England	1 November 1980	9 November 1987	367	150	93	124	40.9	League Cup champions 1984–85[citation needed] Second tier Champions 1985–86[citation needed]	–
Stringer, DaveDave Stringer	England	9 November 1987	1 May 1992	229	89	58	82	38.9	–	–
Walker, MikeMike Walker	Wales	1 June 1992 21 June 1996	6 January 1994 30 April 1998	179	69	46	64	38.5	–	–
Deehan, JohnJohn Deehan	England	01994-01-12 12 January 1994	01995-07-31 31 July 1995	58	13	22	23	22.4	–	–
Megson, GaryGary Megson[iii]	England			tbc	tbc	tbc	tbc	tbc	–	–
O'Neill, MartinMartin O'Neill[ii]	Northern Ireland	August, 1995	December, 1995	26	12	9	5	46.2	–	–
Megson, GaryGary Megson	England	01995-12-01 1 December 1995[11]	01996-06-21 21 June 1996	32	5	10	17	15.6	–	–
Rioch, BruceBruce Rioch	Scotland	01998-06-12 12 June 1998	02000-03-13 13 March 2000	93	30	31	32	32.3	–	–
Hamilton, BryanBryan Hamilton	Northern Ireland	02000-04-05 5 April 2000	02000-12-04 4 December 2000	35	10	10	15	28.6	–	–
Worthington, NigelNigel Worthington	Northern Ireland	02000-12-04 4 December 2000	02006-10-02 2 October 2006	280	114	104	62	40.7	Second tier Champions 2003–04	–
Hunter, MartinMartin Hunter[iii]	England	02006-10-02 2 October 2006	02006-10-14 14 October 2006	1	0	1	0	00.0	–	–
Grant, PeterPeter Grant	Scotland	02006-10-13 13 October 2006	02007-10-09 9 October 2007	47	17	11	19	36.2	–	–
Duffy, JimJim Duffy[iii]	Scotland	02007-10-09 9 October 2007	02007-10-30 30 October 2007	3	0	0	3	00.0	–	–
Roeder, GlennGlenn Roeder	England	02007-10-30 30 October 2007	02009-02-14 14 February 2009	60	20	14	26	33.3	–	[12]

[edit] By nationality

This table lists the total number of managers of each nationality.

Nationality	Total	Notes
England	23	[13]
Northern Ireland	3
Scotland	6
Wales	1	[14]

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Norwich City official website

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