List of Birmingham City F.C. managers

Birmingham City Football Club, an English professional football club based in the city of Birmingham, was founded in 1875. When league football began, the first team – then playing under the name Small Heath – competed in the Football Alliance before being elected to the newly formed Second Division of the Football League in 1892.[1] At that point, club secretary Alf Jones – its first paid official – assumed some of what are now seen as managerial responsibilities.

Steve Bruce oversaw Birmingham City's 2002 promotion to the Premier League.

There have been 37 full-time managers:[upper-alpha 1] the most recent appointment was that of Pep Clotet, whose caretaker head coach role was made permanent in December 2019.[upper-alpha 2] Bob McRoberts was appointed in 1910 as Birmingham's first manager whose role did not include secretarial duties. George Liddell has had the longest tenure, of six years and two months (267 matches) in the 1930s, while Trevor Francis has managed the team for most matches: 290 over five years and five months between 1996 and 2001. All three formerly played for the club. Under Arthur Turner, Birmingham won the 1954–55 Second Division title, followed up with what remains the team's highest league finish, sixth place in the 1955–56 First Division, and reached the 1956 FA Cup Final. Gil Merrick in 1963 and Alex McLeish in 2011 oversaw League Cup wins and Barry Fry led his team to a "double" of third-tier title and Football League Trophy in 1994–95.

All managers who have taken charge of at least one competitive match are listed below. 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 also included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge.

History

In the early days, team management was undertaken by a club committee. When payment of players was legalised in 1885, Alf Jones began to act as club secretary on a voluntary basis. Small Heath's election to the newly formed Second Division of the Football League in 1892 prompted the board of directors to appoint him as the club's first paid official, responsible as secretary-manager for matters on the field in addition to his administrative duties. In his first season the club won the inaugural Second Division championship, and gained promotion to the First Division for the first time the following year via the Test Match system. Jones's 16-year tenure saw three promotions and three relegations, after the last of which in 1908 he resigned.[2][1] Successor Alex Watson's two seasons in charge ended with the club having to apply for re-election to the league[3] and responsibility for team affairs passing to former player Bob McRoberts, who became the club's first dedicated team manager.[4]

Frank Richards succeeded Watson as club secretary in 1911, and when the First World War broke out he took over the managerial reins as well. Under Richards Birmingham won the Second Division title in 1921 and signed players such as Joe Bradford, Johnny Crosbie and Dan Tremelling who did much to keep the club in the top flight through the 1920s. He also forgot to enter them in the 1922 FA Cup.[5][6] Billy Beer[7] and Bill Harvey[8] kept them in the First Division, albeit in the lower half of the table, before former Arsenal manager Leslie Knighton took charge in 1928. He led them to their first FA Cup final in 1931 and a top-half league finish the following year, but left when Chelsea made him an offer Birmingham were unable to match.[9] Former Birmingham defender George Liddell kept them in the top tier until they were relegated in the last season completed before the Second World War, resigning in September 1939 when league football was suspended. His tenure of just over six years made him the club's longest-serving team manager.[10]

Harry Storer, appointed just before the war ended, won the championship of the 1945–46 Football League South wartime league and the Second Division title two years later.[11] Under Bob Brocklebank Birmingham were relegated from the First Division, but they reached the semifinal of the 1951 FA Cup and Brocklebank signed many of the players moulded by Arthur Turner into a successful team.[12] Turner won promotion in 1955, the next season led the team to their highest league finish of sixth place and their second FA Cup final,[13] and in 1957 reached the semifinals of both the FA Cup and the inaugural Inter-Cities Fairs Cup competition.[14] In 1958 the club experimented with a joint appointment, hiring Pat Beasley to work alongside Turner; the experiment annoyed Turner and after six months prompted his resignation.[15] Beasley and successor Gil Merrick took the club to successive finals of the Fairs Cup in 1960 and 1961. Merrick managed the club to their first major trophy, the League Cup in 1963, beating local rivals Aston Villa 3–1 on aggregate, but four years in the bottom six places earned him the sack.[16][17]

Jim Smith managed Birmingham between 1978 and 1982.

Joe Mallett presided over relegation before acting as assistant to Stan Cullis,[18] who laid the foundations for the team's future success before retiring from football in 1970.[19] Chosen only after abortive approaches were made to Don Revie, Brian Clough and Ronnie Allen,[20] Freddie Goodwin converted the attractive but inconsistent football of Cullis's teams to a skilful, aggressive game capable of winning promotion and maintaining top-flight status.[21] The side struggled after Goodwin sold Bob Latchford, so first-team coach Willie Bell was promoted to manager, initially in a caretaker capacity.[22] After achieving little in two years,[23] Bell was replaced by club director Sir Alf Ramsey, whose brief managerial tenure ended with him leaving the club entirely.[upper-alpha 3] Jim Smith brought experienced players to the club[26] but was sacked to make way for Ron Saunders, who had just walked out on league champions and local rivals Aston Villa.[upper-alpha 4]

Financial difficulties and instability at board level led to six managerial changes in seven years. Saunders resigned after FA Cup defeat to non-league Altrincham,[28] John Bond seemed out of touch,[29] and in April 1989, once relegation to the Third Division for the first time in the club's history was confirmed, the club's new owners replaced Garry Pendrey with Dave Mackay.[30] Within 18 months, with relegation to the Fourth Division a possibility, Mackay resigned.[31] Lou Macari came in, revitalised the side, won the Associate Members' Cup[upper-alpha 5] at Wembley, and three weeks later walked out to join Stoke City.[32] Terry Cooper won promotion back to the second tier and kept the team going during four months of administration before he quit, fearing new owner David Sullivan would want to bring in his own man.[33]

Alex McLeish faces the media after Birmingham's 2009 promotion.

Southend United manager Barry Fry, hired at the cost of a record fine for "poaching",[34] failed to avoid relegation but combined the Division Two title with another victorious trip to Wembley in the Football League Trophy[upper-alpha 5] in 1995. After one ineffectual season in the second tier which brought his total of players used up to 61, he was sacked.[35] Trevor Francis introduced Premier League players to the team and took them to the 2001 League Cup final, but three successive play-off semifinal defeats led to his departure by mutual consent.[36] Two months later, after the dispute over his release from previous employers Crystal Palace reached the High Court, Steve Bruce took charge.[37] Bruce, the ninth former player to have served as permanent manager, led the club to promotion via the play-offs in his first season; his tenure of nearly six years made him the club's longest-serving post-war manager.[38] After uncertainty surrounding a takeover bid for the club led Bruce to accept the managerial post at Wigan Athletic,[39] former Scotland manager Alex McLeish was appointed in November 2007.[40]

Unable to avoid relegation at the end of his first part-season,[41] McLeish led the team back to the Premier League at the first attempt in 2009,[42] then guided them to a 12-game unbeaten run, a club record in the top division,[43] and a ninth-place finish, their best since 1959.[44] McLeish led Birmingham to their first major trophy in 48 years, by beating Arsenal in the 2011 League Cup Final,[45] then took them back to the second tier.[46] Rumoured to be favourite for Aston Villa's managerial vacancy, McLeish resigned by email in June 2011.[47] His successor, former Newcastle United manager Chris Hughton, led the club into the Europa League group stage, narrowly failed to qualify for the knockout rounds, and reached the play-off semi-finals.[48] With the club in financial turmoil and under a transfer embargo, Hughton left for Premier League Norwich City.[49] Lee Clark, dismissed by Huddersfield Town earlier in 2012,[50] led Birmingham to a mid-table finish in his first season. They escaped relegation to the third tier on goal difference via Paul Caddis's stoppage-time equaliser at Bolton Wanderers in the last match of 2013–14,[51] but continuing poor form, with only one home league win in more than a year, brought Clark's dismissal in October 2014.[52]

Burton Albion manager and former Birmingham City player Gary Rowett achieved two tenth-place finishes before – on 14 December 2016, with the team just outside the play-off positions, and to widespread surprise – the club's new owners relieved him and his staff of their duties and, within hours, appointed former Italian international player Gianfranco Zola.[53] After four months and 24 matches, during which the team won just twice and dropped to 20th place, three points outside the relegation zone with three matches remaining, Zola resigned, to be replaced by Harry Redknapp, initially to the end of the season.[54]

Redknapp kept the team in the Championship, and signed a 12-month contract,[55] but six consecutive losses in the first eight games of 2017–18 season brought about his dismissal. Lee Carsley was placed in temporary change[56] until Redknapp's former assistant Steve Cotterill was appointed manager in late September on a two-and-a-half-year deal.[57]

He lasted five months before a run of six straight defeats ended his tenure.[58] Garry Monk kept the team out of the relegation places, repeated the feat in 2018–19 despite transfer restrictions and a nine-point deduction for failure to comply with the league's spending rules, and was popular with the fans, but he was sacked over disputes with the ownership over transfer strategy and style of play.[59] His assistant, Pep Clotet, spent five months as caretaker head coach before being appointed on a permanent basis.[upper-alpha 2] Before league football resumed after the COVID-19-related suspension, the club announced that he would leave at the end of the season, but after a series of poor results he left with four matches still to play.[60] Steve Spooner and Craig Gardner took charge for the final games, ending with the club finishing just outside the relegation zone.[61]

After much speculation, Aitor Karanka was named head coach on a three year deal [62]

Managers

All first-team matches in national or international competition are counted, except the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and matches in wartime leagues and cups.

Manager dates and statistics are sourced from Matthews (1995) for Jones and Watson,[63] The Birmingham City FC Archive for McRoberts to Francis,[64][65] and Soccerbase thereafter.[38] Omissions and other discrepancies are corrected with input from Matthews (1995), Matthews (2000) and elsewhere, and are noted in the table. Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and periods of caretaker-management are highlighted in italics and marked . Win percentage is rounded to one decimal place.

Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 2 February 2021.

Key

M: Matches played W: Matches won D: Matches drawn L: Matches lost

NameNationalityFromToMWDLWin%Honours and achievements[66]Notes
Alf Jones English July 1892 June 1908 566 260 108 198 045.9
[upper-alpha 6]
Alex Watson English July 1908 June 1910 78 22 16 40 028.2 [upper-alpha 6]
Bob McRoberts Scottish July 1910 May 1915 203 77 47 79 037.9 [upper-alpha 7][upper-alpha 8]
Frank Richards English May 1915 May 1923 173 78 36 59 045.1 Second Division championship 1920–21 [upper-alpha 6]
Billy Beer English May 1923 March 1927 163 62 36 65 038.0 [upper-alpha 8]
Bill Harvey English March 1927 May 1928 58 20 16 22 034.5 [upper-alpha 8]
Leslie Knighton English August 1928 May 1933 229 87 51 91 038.0 FA Cup runner-up 1930–31 [upper-alpha 6]
George Liddell English July 1933 September 1939 267 82 76 109 030.7 [upper-alpha 8]
Bill Camkin English September 1939 November 1944 0 0 0 0 !— [upper-alpha 6][upper-alpha 9]
Ted Goodier English November 1944 May 1945 0 0 0 0 !— [upper-alpha 9]
Harry Storer English June 1945 November 1948 114 59 30 25 051.8
[upper-alpha 10]
Walter Taylor November 1948 January 1949 9 3 1 5 033.3 [upper-alpha 11]
Bob Brocklebank English January 1949 October 1954 263 102 71 90 038.8
Arthur Turner English November 1954 February 1958 166 74 35 57 044.6
[upper-alpha 8][upper-alpha 12]
  • English
  • English
 February 1958 September 1958 17 6 5 6 035.3 [upper-alpha 13]
Pat Beasley English September 1958 May 1960 95 39 20 36 041.1 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup runner-up 1958–60 [upper-alpha 14]
Gil Merrick English May 1960 28 April 1964[71] 202 64 46 92 031.7
[upper-alpha 8]
Joe Mallett English July 1964 27 December 1965 66 15 16 35 022.7 [upper-alpha 15]
Stan Cullis English 27 December 1965 18 March 1970 214 87 51 76 040.7 [upper-alpha 15]
  • English
  • English
 18 March 1970 29 May 1970 6 1 0 5 016.7
Freddie Goodwin English 29 May 1970 18 September 1975 269 99 83 87 036.8 Second Division promotion 1971–72 [upper-alpha 16]
Willie Bell Scottish 18 September 1975 5 September 1977 91 28 20 43 030.8
Sir Alf Ramsey English 8 September 1977 6 March 1978 28 11 4 13 039.3
Jim Smith English 12 March 1978 15 February 1982 182 59 50 73 032.4 Second Division promotion 1979–80
Norman Bodell English 15 February 1982 22 February 1982 2 1 0 1 050.0 [upper-alpha 4]
Ron Saunders English 22 February 1982 16 January 1986 202 72 53 77 035.6 Second Division promotion 1984–85 [upper-alpha 4]
Keith Leonard English 16 January 1986 22 January 1986[75] 1 0 0 1 000.0
John Bond English 23 January 1986 27 May 1987 65 17 20 28 026.2
Garry Pendrey English 28 May 1987 26 April 1989 98 20 27 51 020.4 [upper-alpha 8]
Dave Mackay Scottish 26 April 1989 23 January 1991 91 34 27 30 037.4
Bill Coldwell English 23 January 1991 7 February 1991 3 2 1 0 066.7
Lou Macari Scottish 7 February 1991 18 June 1991 24 12 6 6 050.0 Associate Members' Cup 1990–91 [upper-alpha 5]
Terry Cooper English 9 August 1991 29 November 1993 135 48 36 51 035.6 Third Division promotion 1991–92
  • English
  • English
 29 November 1993 10 December 1993 1 0 0 1 000.0
Barry Fry English 10 December 1993 7 May 1996 156 68 44 44 043.6
[upper-alpha 5]
Trevor Francis English 10 May 1996 15 October 2001 290 139 70 81 047.9 League Cup finalist 2000–01 [upper-alpha 8]
  • English
  • English
 15 October 2001 12 December 2001 12 5 4 3 041.7
Steve Bruce English 12 December 2001 23 November 2007 270 100 70 100 037.0
[upper-alpha 8][upper-alpha 17]
Eric Black Scottish 23 November 2007 27 November 2007 1 0 0 1 000.0 [upper-alpha 17][upper-alpha 18]
Alex McLeish Scottish 28 November 2007 12 June 2011 168 62 51 55 036.9
Chris Hughton Irish 22 June 2011 7 June 2012 62 26 21 15 041.9
Lee Clark English 26 June 2012 20 October 2014 116 33 35 48 028.4 [upper-alpha 19]
  •  
  • English
 20 October 2014 27 October 2014 2 0 0 2 000.0 [upper-alpha 19]
Gary Rowett English 27 October 2014 14 December 2016 106 42 32 32 039.6
Gianfranco Zola Italian 14 December 2016 17 April 2017 24 2 8 14 008.3
Harry Redknapp English 18 April 2017 16 September 2017 13 4 1 8 030.8
Lee Carsley Irish 16 September 2017 1 October 2017 3 1 1 1 033.3 [upper-alpha 20]
Steve Cotterill English 2 October 2017 3 March 2018 27 7 5 15 025.9 [upper-alpha 20]
Garry Monk English 4 March 2018 18 June 2019 59 19 20 20 032.2
Pep Clotet Spanish 18 June 2019 8 July 2020 47 13 15 19 027.7 [upper-alpha 2]
 English 9 July 2020 30 July 2020 4 0 1 3 000.0
Aitor Karanka Spanish 31 July 2020 Present 29 6 10 13 020.7

Notes
  1. The figure of 37 full-time managers includes the early secretary-managers, but excludes Bill Camkin, whose tenure covered only wartime competition.
  2. Clotet was appointed caretaker head coach on 20 June 2019; the club stated it was "not actively seeking an alternative permanent Head Coach or Manager at this time". His position was made permanent on 4 December.[79]
  3. Ramsey's biographer has him "locked in an increasingly bitter three-way dispute with his star player, Trevor Francis, and the board". After initially accepting the player's transfer request, the board changed their minds, fearful they would "incur the wrath of already disgruntled fans". Ramsey duly handed in his notice.[24] The Times reported that "Sir Alf said he told the board two weeks ago that he intended to quit and sever his links with the club. ... He said at a board meeting on February 20 he recommended both Francis and the defender, Joe Gallagher, should be transfer listed. The board agreed but three days later changed their minds about Francis. Sir Alf said he then decided to opt out because of the board's policy."[25]
  4. Saunders was announced as Birmingham manager on Thursday 18 February 1982, having walked out on local rivals Aston Villa some two weeks earlier. As the Birmingham derby was scheduled for the Saturday, he took over formally as manager after the derby on Monday 22 February. "Mr Saunders said that the final formalities were in the hands of solicitors and accountants and, subject to completion of the details, he would be taking over on Monday, Norman Bodell, acting as manager since Jim Smith was suddenly dismissed on Monday, will be in charge of the side for the local derby."[27]
  5. The Associate Members' Cup was renamed the Football League Trophy in 1992 and the EFL Trophy in 2016. It is popularly known by its sponsored names, the Leyland DAF Cup in 1991 and the Auto Windscreens Shield in 1995.
  6. Secretary-manager.
  7. Club's first full-time manager.
  8. Formerly played for the club.
  9. Took charge of matches in wartime leagues/cups only.
  10. BCFC Archive totals omit ten games in 1945–46 FA Cup.
  11. The club's chief scout Walter Taylor was appointed assistant team manager shortly after Storer's resignation and acted as caretaker until Brocklebank's appointment.[67] As BCFC Archive doesn't specify detail for period between Storer and Brocklebank, statistics are sourced from Matthews (1995).[68]
  12. Turner was the first manager to manage an English club side in European competition, when Birmingham played their first group game in the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup on 15 May 1956, a goalless draw away at Internazionale. The competition lasted over three English seasons with the final not played until 1958. (The London XI, a representative side made up of players from several London clubs, were the first English team when they played their first group game in the same competition in 1955.)[69]
  13. Joint appointment.
  14. Beasley was appointed "acting manager" when Turner left in September 1958, becoming manager in January 1959.[70] He was the first manager to manage an English club side to the final of a European competition. The home leg of the 1960 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final against Barcelona, a goalless draw, was played on 29 March 1960; Barcelona won the away leg 4–1. (The London XI were the first English team when they reached the final of the 1955–58 Fairs Cup.)[69]
  15. Cullis accepted the managerial position on 7 December 1965,[72] but did not take up his duties until 27 December.[73]
  16. BCFC Archive totals include the away leg of the Texaco Cup quarter final match against Newcastle United, abandoned at 1–1 and later replayed.[74]
  17. Soccerbase has Bruce replaced by Black on 19 November 2007. Wigan Athletic announced Bruce as their new manager on that date, but a financial dispute meant he did not officially leave Birmingham until 23 November, when Eric Black was confirmed as caretaker.[39][76]
  18. Soccerbase has Black leaving on 28 November 2007, the date of McLeish's appointment, but in fact he left the day before.[77]
  19. Soccerbase has Clark still in post after his 20 October 2014 departure,[52] but any matches over and above his 116 are to the credit of joint caretakers Beale and Crosby.[78]
  20. Cotterill's appointment was announced on 29 September 2017 but did not take effect until 2 October.[57]

References

General

  • The Birmingham City FC Archive. (via archive.org).
  • Birmingham City managerial history at Soccerbase.
  • Birmingham City at Statto.
  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  • Matthews, Tony (2000). The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875–2000. Cradley Heath: Britespot. ISBN 978-0-9539288-0-4.

Specific

  1. Matthews (1995), pp. 8–9.
  2. Matthews (2000), "Jones, Alfred", p. 127.
  3. Matthews (2000), "Watson, Alexander", p. 231.
  4. Matthews (2000), "McRoberts, Bob", pp. 145–46.
  5. Matthews (2000), "Richards, Frank", p. 190.
  6. Matthews (1995), pp. 14–15.
  7. Matthews (2000), "Beer, Billy", pp. 27–28.
  8. Matthews (2000), "Harvey, Billy", p. 107.
  9. Matthews (2000), "Knighton, Albert Leslie", p. 130.
  10. Matthews (2000), "Liddell, George", p. 138.
  11. Matthews (2000), "Storer, Harry", p. 212.
  12. Matthews (2000), "Brocklebank, Bob", p. 42.
  13. Matthews (2000), "Turner, Arthur", p. 225.
  14. Matthews (1995), p. 29.
  15. Matthews (1995), pp. 61–62.
  16. Matthews (2000), "Merrick, Gil", p. 154.
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  18. Matthews (2000), "Mallett, Joe", p. 147.
  19. Matthews (2000), "Cullis, Stan", p. 63.
  20. Matthews (2000), "Managers", p. 147–48.
  21. Matthews (1995), pp. 37–38.
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  70. Matthews (1995), p. 62.
  71. "Birmingham City ask Merrick to resign". The Guardian. 29 April 1964. p. 16. Yesterday Mr W. Adams, the secretary of Birmingham City, issued the following statement: 'Mr Gil Merrick met the board this morning who notified him that changes and complete reorganisation of the club were to take place, and asked him to resign. To this Mr Merrick agreed.'
  72. "Cullis to manage Birmingham City". The Times. 8 December 1965. p. 4.
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