List of Bury F.C. managers

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Bury Football Club was founded in 1884 and joined the Football League in 1894. In its early years, team management was the responsibility of one or more members of the club committee and the first specialist manager was appointed in 1907. The table below provides a list of all the club's managers to date.

The Bury F.C. website contains a list, drawn from the club's own records, of first team managers from 1890 until David Flitcroft's appointment on 9 December 2013.[1] The page has not been updated since then so all later dates are individually sourced.

Manager Caretaker manager From To Notes
England Tom Hargreaves 1890 1891 Hargreaves was a member of the club committee given matchday charge of the team in 1890–91.
England John T. Ingham 1891 1892 Ingham was the club chairman but he acted as team manager in 1891–92, during which Bury won the Lancashire Cup and he originated the club nickname (see above).
England Albert Duckworth 1892 1893 Duckworth was a member of the club committee given matchday charge of the team in 1892–93.[1]
unknown 1893 1894 It is possible that more than one member of the club committee was responsible for the team in 1893–94.
England Albert Duckworth 1894 1895 For the club's first season in the Football League, sole responsibility reverted to Duckworth. The team won the Second Division championship.
management committee 1895 1907 Management of the team in this period, throughout which Bury were in the First Division, was the responsibility of a three-man committee.[1] According to a Sheffield newspaper report, the committee seems to have included, and may have been headed by, club secretary Harry Spencer Hamer.[2]
Scotland Archie Montgomery 1 February 1907 30 April 1915 The committee stepped aside and the first specialist manager was appointed. Montgomery, then aged 34, had been the club's goalkeeper. Like Cameron and Thompson who succeeded him, he was Scottish. Montgomery managed the team in 316 league games, a total beaten only by Dave Russell. The club site says that, technically, Montgomery was the first Bury manager to be sacked but the reason for it was the club's lack of income in wartime so it was effectively a redundancy.
none 1 May 1915 15 May 1919 The position was unfilled for the remainder of World War I.
Scotland William S. Cameron 16 May 1919 29 May 1923 Cameron was the club's first player-manager. He was banned from football in 1923 following a match-fixing scandal from three years earlier involving Bury.
Scotland James Hunter-Thompson 11 June 1923 10 February 1927 Hunter-Thompson was the first Bury manager to be sacked because of poor results. The team finished nineteenth in 1926–27, narrowly avoiding relegation.
England Percy J. Smith 24 May 1927 4 January 1930 Smith left to take over at Tottenham Hotspur.
England Arthur Paine 7 January 1930 29 December 1935 Arthur Paine joined Bury in 1923 as club secretary, but then served as team manager for nearly six years before reverting to secretary. Through the Second World War, he took additional employment as a company secretary in industry and decided after the war to remain there permanently. He resigned his job with Bury on 1 July 1946.[3]
England Norman Bullock 30 December 1935 21 June 1938 Bullock played for Bury as a forward from 1920 to 1935, representing England three times. He became a coach and then team manager after he retired from playing. He left to take over at Chesterfield.
England Charlie Dean 21 June 1938 14 March 1944 The club website does not name a manager in this period and it is possible that Dean was appointed on a temporary or part-time basis. He is listed by Soccerbase as manager from June 1938 to March 1944.[4] The club site confirms the exact dates of Bullock's departure and Porter's appointment.
Scotland Jimmy Porter 14 March 1944 14 June 1945 Porter played for Bury as a wing half from 1921 to 1935 and then became a coach. He appears to have been a stand-in as wartime manager because he stepped aside in June 1945 to become assistant manager on Norman Bullock's return. In 1949, Porter became manager at Accrington Stanley for two years.
England Norman Bullock 15 June 1945 30 November 1949 Bullock's second term as Bury manager. He was the first Bury manager to be given sole responsibility for team selection. He left to become manager of Leicester City.
Scotland Johnny McNeil 30 March 1950 28 November 1953 Formerly manager of Torquay United. McNeil left Bury for health reasons.
Scotland Dave Russell 1 December 1953 13 December 1961 Russell managed the team in 352 league games, more than any other manager. Bury were Third Division champions under him in 1960–61. He left to take over at Tranmere Rovers.
England Bob Stokoe 13 December 1961 11 August 1965 After Cameron and Bullock, Stokoe was the club's third player-manager. He left to take over at Charlton Athletic.
England Bert Head 16 August 1965 10 April 1966 Head left to take over at Crystal Palace.
England Les Shannon 11 July 1966 29 May 1969 Shannon managed the club's 1967–68 immediate re-promotion to the Second Division. He left to take over at Blackpool.
England Jack Marshall 1 July 1969 16 September 1969 Marshall was in charge for a mere seven games before being sacked and his term was the shortest of any Bury manager.
England Les Hart 16 September 1969 17 September 1970 Hart was only the third Bury manager to be sacked for poor results and there have been several more sackings since then.
England Colin McDonald 17 September 1970 10 November 1970 A local man whose career as a goalkeeper was mostly with Burnley. He held an executive post with Bury after he retired from playing and agreed to stand in as temporary team manager after Hart's dismissal, until McAnearney's appointment. He was afterwards the club's general manager for a time.
Scotland Tommy McAnearney 10 November 1970 8 May 1972 McAnearney left to take over at Aldershot.
Scotland Allan Brown 20 June 1972 19 December 1973 Brown left to take over at Nottingham Forest where, until 3 January 1975, he was Brian Clough's predecessor.
England Bobby Smith 19 December 1973 17 November 1977 Won promotion from Fourth Division in 1974. Sacked.
England Bob Stokoe 17 November 1977 21 May 1978 Stokoe's second term at Bury. He left to take over at Blackpool.
England Dave Hatton 1 June 1978 30 October 1979 Arrived as player-manager. Sacked.
England Dave Connor 9 November 1979 13 June 1980 Sacked.
England Jim Iley 1 July 1980 14 February 1984 Sacked.
England Martin Dobson 14 March 1984 1 April 1989 Arrived as player-manager. Won promotion from Fourth Division in 1985. Sacked.
England Sam Ellis 16 May 1989 11 December 1990 Ellis left to take over at Manchester City.
England Mike Walsh 11 December 1990 4 September 1995 Sacked.
England Stan Ternent 18 September 1995 30 May 1998 Arguably the club's most successful manager as he led the team to successive promotions from fourth tier to third in 1995–96 and, as champions, from third to second in 1996–97. He left to take over at Burnley.
England Neil Warnock 16 June 1998 2 December 1999 Warnock left to take over at Sheffield United.
England Andy Preece & England Steve Redmond 3 December 1999 1 June 2000 Preece and Redmond shared management duties after Warnock departed until Preece was formally appointed.
England Andy Preece 1 June 2000 16 December 2003 Initially player-manager. Sacked.
England Graham Barrow 16 December 2003 19 September 2005 Sacked.
England Chris Casper 19 September 2005 14 January 2008 Sacked.
England Chris Brass 15 January 2008 4 February 2008
England Alan Knill 4 February 2008 31 March 2011 Knill left to take over at Scunthorpe United.
England Richie Barker 1 April 2011 1 June 2011 Secured the club's 2010–11 promotion in the last month of the season.
England Richie Barker 14 June 2011 7 August 2012 Barker left to take over as manager of Crawley Town.
England Peter Shirtliff 7 August 2012[5] 26 September 2012 Shirtliff was the first-team coach and filled the gap between Barker and Blackwell as the 2012–13 season began.
England Kevin Blackwell 26 September 2012 14 October 2013 Sacked.
England Ronnie Jepson 14 October 2013 9 December 2013[6] Jepson was on a short-term caretaker contract which ended early when Flitcroft was appointed.
England David Flitcroft 9 December 2013 16 November 2016[7] Won promotion from League Two in 2015. Sacked.
England Chris Brass 15 December 2016[8] 15 February 2017[9] Brass was on a short-term contract as head coach, not manager as such, and this was terminated early when Lee Clark became available.
England Lee Clark 15 February 2017[9] 30 October 2017[10] Sacked.
England Ryan Lowe 30 October 2017[10] 22 November 2017[11]
England Chris Lucketti 22 November 2017[11] 15 January 2018[12] Sacked.
England Ryan Lowe 15 January 2018[12] 10 May 2018[13]
England Ryan Lowe 10 May 2018[13] 5 June 2019[14] Having won promotion to League One, accepted offer to manage Plymouth Argyle.
England Paul Wilkinson 2 July 2019[15] c. November 2019[citation needed] Formerly caretaker manager at Truro City. It is understood that Wilkinson left several weeks after the club was expelled from the EFL.[citation needed]
England Andy Welsh 29 July 2020 17 September 2023[16] On 5 June 2023, upon the merger of Bury F.C. and Bury A.F.C., the two team's histories were combined — retroactively counting A.F.C's seasons as seasons for Bury F.C. and also retroactively counting Welsh as Bury F.C. manager since 29 July 2020.
England Dave McNabb 26 September 2023[17] present

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Former Managers". Bury F.C. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. ^ Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 22 December 1913.
  3. ^ "Bury Record Score". Soccer Nostalgia. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Bury Manager History". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Crawley Town appoint Bury's Richie Barker as new manager". BBC Sport. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Bury appoint Ronnie Jepson as manager until January". BBC Sport. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  7. ^ "David Flitcroft: Bury part company". BBC Sport. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Chris Brass: Bury appoint new head coach". BBC Sport. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Lee Clark: Bury agree deal for Kilmarnock boss to join". BBC Sport. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Lee Clark: Bury sack manager after eight months in charge". BBC Sport. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Chris Lucketti: Bury appoint Scunthorpe United assistant as new manager". BBC Sport. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Chris Lucketti: Bury manager sacked after two months in charge". BBC Sport. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Ryan Lowe: Bury appoint caretaker boss as full-time manager". BBC Sport. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Ryan Lowe: Plymouth Argyle appoint Bury manager as new boss". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Paul Wilkinson: Bury appoint Truro City boss as manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Bury and Welsh part Ways". NWCFL. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  17. ^ Iles, Marc (26 September 2023). "Bury name Dave McNabb as new manager after Andy Welsh exit". Bury Times. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

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