List of Liverpool F.C. managers

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Tom Watson, Liverpool's longest-serving manager

Liverpool Football Club is an English association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. The club was formed in 1892 following a disagreement between the board of Everton and club president John Houlding, who owned the club's ground, Anfield. The disagreement between the two parties over rent resulted in Everton moving to Goodison Park from Anfield, which left Houlding with an empty stadium. Thus, he founded Liverpool F.C. to play in the empty stadium.[1] Liverpool won the First Division title for the first time in 1901; since then, the club has won a further 17 league titles, along with seven FA Cups and Football League Cups each. They have also been crowned champions of European football on five occasions by winning the European Cup/UEFA Champions League in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 2005.[2] The club was one of 22 members of the Premier League when it was formed in 1992.

This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Liverpool since their foundation in 1892. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge. As of the end of the 2011–12 season, Liverpool have had 18 full-time managers. The most successful person to manage Liverpool is Bob Paisley, who won six Football League titles, five Charity Shields, three Football League Cups, three European Cups, one UEFA Super Cup and one UEFA Cup in his nine-year reign as manager. The club's longest-serving manager was Tom Watson, who managed the club from 1896 to 1915, totalling 19 years.

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Managerial history [edit]

The first Liverpool managers, W E Barclay and John McKenna, were appointed in 1892. Barclay acted as secretary-manager, overseeing the administrative side of the club, while McKenna took charge of matters on the field. The two worked in tandem as Liverpool won promotion from the Lancashire League in the club's first season[3] However, in 1896, McKenna appointed Tom Watson as manager.[4] He went on to win two Football League championships. As the First World War broke out, Watson was embarking on his nineteenth season in charge at Anfield. It was to be his last, as he died in May 1915, aged 56. David Ashworth was appointed manager when football resumed after the War.[5] Ashworth won one league title, but left for Oldham Athletic soon after this. He was replaced in February 1923 by a Liverpool director, Matt McQueen, who won one league title for the club. However, this marked the beginning of a barren spell spanning more than 20 years before Liverpool finally regained the title in 1947 under the stewardship of George Kay. Kay also led Liverpool to the FA Cup Final in 1950, but lost the game 2–0 to Arsenal. He retired the following year due to ill health.[6] The next manager, Don Welsh became the first Liverpool manager to be sacked after leading the club to relegation in 1954. His successor, Phil Taylor, also failed to win a trophy or gain promotion back to the top flight during his reign as boss.[7]

On 1 December 1959, Bill Shankly was appointed manager, beginning a fifteen-year spell as manager that brought two league titles, two FA Cups and a first European trophy, the UEFA Cup to Anfield.[8] Shankly's reign as manager is famous for the establishment of the Anfield boot room as the location for his tactical discussions with his coaches.[9] When he wasn't managing the club, Shankly was usually at his typewriter, personally replying to the letters which arrived at Melwood. Shankly even called some supporters at home to discuss the previous day's game, while the accounts of him providing tickets for fans are endless.[10] When Shankly retired in 1974, he was replaced by his assistant, Bob Paisley. During the next nine seasons, Paisley proceeded to win six league titles and three European Cups to become the most successful manager in the history of the club.[11] When Paisley retired in 1983, his assistant Joe Fagan took over, and continued the Boot Room tradition, and winning a treble of League, European Cup and League Cup in his first season. He again guided Liverpool to a European Cup Final, but the match was overshadowed by the Heysel stadium disaster, and he retired soon after.[12] Striker Kenny Dalglish was then made the club's first player-manager and in his first season in charge, Dalglish led the club to a League and FA Cup double.[13] After that great first season, Dalglish led Liverpool to a further two league titles and another FA Cup. However, Dalglish's reign was also synonymous with the Hillsborough disaster and was one of the reasons for Dalglish resigning on 22 February 1991.[14]

First-team coach Ronnie Moran took charge of team affairs for several weeks before Graeme Souness was named as Dalglish's successor. Under Souness, Liverpool won the FA Cup in 1992, but nothing else. He made way for Roy Evans, who also won just one trophy, the League Cup, before Gérard Houllier was appointed joint manager with Evans in 1998. This arrangement lasted only 18 games before Evans resigned, leaving Houllier—Liverpool's first non-British manager—in sole charge. Houllier won nothing until the treble in 2001 consisting of the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup. Houllier underwent major heart surgery during the 2001–02 season, but the squad was unaffected and managed to hold on to a second-place finish. Although Phil Thompson stepped in as temporary manager while Houllier was recovering from heart surgery, the matches played under Thompson are included in Houllier's record.[15] Another League Cup was won in 2003, but this was to be Houllier's last trophy as Liverpool manager as he and the club parted by mutual consent at the end of the 2003–04 season,[16] to be replaced by Valencia manager, Rafael Benítez.[17]

In Benítez's first season in charge, Liverpool reached the UEFA Champions League Final, where they beat A.C. Milan on penalties, after the match finished 3–3 after extra time. The following season, Liverpool reached the FA Cup Final, where they beat West Ham United, again on penalties after a 3–3 draw. Benítez again guided Liverpool to a Champions League Final in 2007, but this time A.C. Milan beat them 2–1. On 3 June 2010, Benitez paid the price for a disappointing 2009–10 season when Liverpool announced he had left the club by mutual consent after six years in charge. Benitez, who was one year into a five-year contract, finalised his departure after agreeing a severance payment. Benitez's assistant Sammy Lee took over the reins at Liverpool until Managing director Christian Purslow and former manager Kenny Dalglish found a replacement. On 1 July 2010, former Fulham boss Roy Hodgson was confirmed as the new manager.[18] After a poor tenure, which included Liverpool being 18th after 6 games, and only one away win during Hodgson's time in charge, Hodgson was sacked on 8 January 2011 and was replaced by former manager Kenny Dalglish the day before a 3rd Round FA Cup game against Manchester United.[19] Dalglish signed a three-year contract as permanent manager in May, but was sacked a year later.[20] Although the 2011/12 season ended with a poor 8th place finish in the Premier League, Dalglish guided Liverpool to two Cup finals at Wembley, ending a six year trophy drought by winning the League Cup. The second Cup final appearance was the FA Cup, which Liverpool lost to Chelsea. He was replaced by Brendan Rodgers on 1 June 2012.[21]

Key [edit]

Key to record:

  • P = Matches played
  • W = Matches won
  • D = Matches drawn
  • L = Matches lost
  • Win % = Win ratio

Key to honours:

Managers [edit]

Information correct as of 29 April 2013. Only competitive matches are counted

Key
dagger Caretaker manager
List of Liverpool F.C. managers
Name Nationality From To P W D L Win % L1 L2 FA FL CS EC UC US Notes
Record Honours
Barclay, W. E.W. E. Barclay
John McKenna		  England
Ireland Ireland		 01892-02-1515 February 1892 01896-08-1616 August 1896 7002127000000000000127 700177000000000000077 700120000000000000020 700130000000000000030 700160630000000000060.63 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 [22][A]
Watson, TomTom Watson  England 01896-08-1717 August 1896 01915-05-066 May 1915 7002742000000000000742 7002329000000000000329 7002141000000000000141 7002272000000000000272 700144340000000000044.34 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 [23]
Ashworth, DavidDavid Ashworth Ireland Ireland 01919-12-1818 December 1919 01923-02-1212 February 1923 7002139000000000000139 700170000000000000070 700140000000000000040 700129000000000000029 700150360000000000050.36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [24]
McQueen, MattMatt McQueen  Scotland 01923-02-1313 February 1923 01928-02-1515 February 1928 7002229000000000000229 700193000000000000093 700160000000000000060 700176000000000000076 700140610000000000040.61 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [25]
Patterson, GeorgeGeorge Patterson  England 01928-03-077 March 1928 01936-08-066 August 1936 7002366000000000000366 7002137000000000000137 700185000000000000085 7002144000000000000144 700137430000000000037.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [26]
Kay, GeorgeGeorge Kay  England 01936-08-066 August 1936 01951-01-01 January 1951 7002357000000000000357 7002142000000000000142 700193000000000000093 7002122000000000000122 700139780000000000039.78 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [27]
Welsh, DonDon Welsh  England 01951-03-2323 March 1951 01956-05-044 May 1956 7002232000000000000232 700181000000000000081 700158000000000000058 700193000000000000093 700134910999999999934.91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [28]
Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor  England 01956-05-01 May 1956 01959-11-1717 November 1959 7002150000000000000150 700176000000000000076 700132000000000000032 700142000000000000042 700150670000000000050.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [29]
Shankly, BillBill Shankly  Scotland 01959-12-011 December 1959 01974-07-1212 July 1974 7002783000000000000783 7002407000000000000407 7002198000000000000198 7002178000000000000178 700151980000009999951.98 3 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 [30]
Paisley, BobBob Paisley  England 01974-08-2626 August 1974 01983-07-011 July 1983 7002535000000000000535 7002308000000000000308 7002131000000000000131 700196000000000000096 700157570000000000057.57 6 0 0 3 5 3 1 1 [31]
Fagan, JoeJoe Fagan  England 01983-07-011 July 1983 01985-05-2828 May 1985 7002131000000000000131 700171000000000000071 700136000000000000036 700124000000000000024 700154200000000000054.20 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 [32]
Dalglish, KennyKenny Dalglish  Scotland 01985-05-3030 May 1985 01991-02-2121 February 1991 7002307000000000000307 7002187000000000000187 700178000000000000078 700142000000000000042 700160910000000000060.91 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 [33]
Moran, RonnieRonnie Morandagger  England 01991-02-2222 February 1991 01991-04-1515 April 1991 700110000000000000010 70004000000000000004 70001000000000000001 70005000000000000005 700140000000000000040.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [34]
Souness, GraemeGraeme Souness  Scotland 01991-04-1616 April 1991 01994-01-2828 January 1994 7002157000000000000157 700166000000000000066 700145000000000000045 700146000000000000046 700142040000000000042.04 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 [35][B]
Evans, RoyRoy Evans  England 01994-01-3131 January 1994 01998-11-1212 November 1998 7002226000000000000226 7002117000000000000117 700156000000000000056 700153000000000000053 700151770000000000051.77 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 [36]
Evans, RoyRoy Evans
Houllier, GérardGérard Houllier		  England
 France		 01998-07-1616 July 1998 01998-11-1212 November 1998 700118000000000000018 70007000000000000007 70006000000000000006 70005000000000000005 700138890000000000038.89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [37]
Houllier, GérardGérard Houllier  France 01998-07-1616 July 1998 02004-05-2424 May 2004 7002307000000000000307 7002160000000000000160 700173000000000000073 700174000000000000074 700152120000000000052.12 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 [38][C]
Benítez, RafaelRafael Benítez  Spain 02004-06-1616 June 2004 02010-06-033 June 2010 7002350000000000000350 7002197000000000000197 700174000000000000074 700179000000000000079 700156290000000000056.29 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 [39]
Hodgson, RoyRoy Hodgson  England 02010-07-011 July 2010 02011-01-088 January 2011 700131000000000000031 700113000000000000013 70008000000000000008 700110000000000000010 700141940000000000041.94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [40]
Dalglish, KennyKenny Dalglish  Scotland 02011-01-088 January 2011 02012-05-1616 May 2012 700174000000000000074 700135000000000000035 700117000000000000017 700122000000000000022 700147300000000000047.30 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 [41]
Rodgers, BrendanBrendan Rodgers  Northern Ireland 02012-06-011 June 2012 Present 700151000000000000051 700123000000000000023 700114000000000000014 700114000000000000014 700145100000000000045.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [42]

Notes [edit]

A. ^ The official Liverpool website lists Barclay and McKenna as joint managers. Barclay held the post of "secretary-manager" and McKenna held the post of "coach-manager".

B. ^ Souness underwent heart surgery in April 1992, and Ronnie Moran took charge of the team until the 1992 FA Cup Final.

C. ^ Houllier was absent from October 2001 to February 2002, due to illness. During this time, Phil Thompson stepped in as temporary manager (P33 W16 D12 L5). These matches are included in Houllier's record.

Footnotes [edit]

General
  • "Managers". LFC History. Retrieved 29 September 2007. 
Specific
  1. ^ "Liverpool Football Club is formed". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 15 January 2012. 
  2. ^ "Honours". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 15 January 2012. 
  3. ^ "William E. Barclay: 'Joint Manager' (1892–00)". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 24 May 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2006. 
  4. ^ Liversedge (1991). p. 28.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Liversedge (1991). p. 30.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Liversedge (1991). p. 31.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ Pead (1986). p. 387.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Pead (1986). p. 388.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ Shetty, Sanjav (21 December 2001). "The legacy of the boot room". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 March 2012. 
  10. ^ "Shankly – legend who forged the Liverpool way". icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2007. 
  11. ^ Pead (1986). p. 391.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ Pead (1986). p. 392.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ^ "Kenny Dalglish". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 4 March 2012. 
  14. ^ "The Kenny Dalglish story – an end of an era". LFC History. Retrieved 30 September 2007. 
  15. ^ "Gerard Houllier manager profile". LFC History. Retrieved 3 October 2007. 
  16. ^ McNulty, Phil (24 May 2004). "Houllier to leave Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 April 2007. 
  17. ^ "Rafael Benítez manager profile". LFC History. Retrieved 1 October 2007. 
  18. ^ Hunter, Andy (1 July 2010). "Roy Hodgson confirmed as new manager of Liverpool". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 1 July 2010. 
  19. ^ "Roy Hosgson exits and Kenny Dalglish takes over". BBC Sport. 8 January 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011. 
  20. ^ "Kenny Dalglish sacked as Liverpool manager". BBC Sport. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012. 
  21. ^ "Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers to 'fight for his life'". BBC Sport. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012. 
  22. ^ "John McKenna". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  23. ^ "Tom Watson". LFC History. Retrieved 22 April 2011. 
  24. ^ "David Ashworth". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  25. ^ "Matt McQueen". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  26. ^ "George Patterson". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  27. ^ "George Kay". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  28. ^ "Don Welsh". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  29. ^ "Phil Taylor". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  30. ^ "Bill Shankly". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  31. ^ "Bob Paisley". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  32. ^ "Joe Fagan". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  33. ^ "Kenny Dalglish". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  34. ^ "Ronnie Moran". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 September 2007. 
  35. ^ "Graeme Souness". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  36. ^ "Roy Evans". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  37. ^ "Evans/Houllier". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  38. ^ "Gérard Houllier". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  39. ^ "Rafael Benitez". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  40. ^ "Roy Hodgson". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  41. ^ "Kenny Dalglish (2nd term)". LFC History. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  42. ^ "Brendan Rodgers". LFC History. Retrieved 1 June 2012. 

References [edit]

  • Liversedge, Stan (1991). Liverpool:The Official Centenary History. Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. ISBN 0-600-57308-7. 
  • Pead, Brian (1986). Liverpool A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-15-1. 
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