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This page is about football managers, administrators, etc. For players, see Footballers.
Manager of Manchester United, immediately before Alex Ferguson; later became a media pundit, but was forced to resign in 2004 after a controversial aside about Chelsea's Marcel Desailly |
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Ron Atkinson | |
Assistant Manager of Aston Villa under Ron Saunders, 1982; appointed as manager in February 1982, after Saunders resigned; guided Villa to victory in the Quarter–Finals, Semi–Final and Final of the European Cup; sacked in 1984 after two disappointing League seasons; died in 1993 aged 56 |
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Tony Barton | |
Controversial Swiss President of FIFA, 1998–2015: banned from all football–related activities for 8 years, in December 2015 (along with Michel Platini) over a $2 million payment made to Platini by FIFA in 2011 |
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Sepp Blatter | |
MD of Birmingham City, 1993–2009 – appointed at age 23, and the first woman to hold such a post; vice–chairman of West Ham, 2010– |
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Karren Brady | |
Managed Huddersfield Town to one FA Cup win (1922) and three consecutive League championships (1924–6), before moving on to Arsenal |
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Herbert Chapman | |
Scored 251 goals in 274 games for Middlesbrough and Sunderland, 1955–62; played 2 games for England in 1959, but failed to score; sustained a cruciate ligament injury on Boxing Day 1962, which ended his career (aged 29); managed Derby County 1967–73, Nottingham Forest 1975–93; won the League title with both; also won two European Cups and four League Cups with Forest (but never won the FA Cup); underwent a liver transplant in 2003, but died in 2004 of stomach cancer (aged 69); the A52 road from Derby to Nottingham was named in his honour in 2005 |
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Brian Clough | |
Secretary of the FA, 1973–89; replaced by Graham Kelly as Chief Executive |
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Ted Croker | |
Manchester United manager when they were relegated in 1974 |
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Tommy Docherty | |
'Psychological coach' used by Glenn Hoddle during the 1998 World Cup |
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Eileen Drewery | |
The only manager to win league and cup doubles in three different countries |
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Sven–Göran Eriksson |
Brazilian President of FIFA, 1974–88 (succeeded Sir Stanley Rous, preceded Sepp Blatter). Also a member of the IOC |
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Joao Havelange | |
First overseas manager (i.e. not born in the British Isles) to win the FA Cup (1997) |
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Ruud Gullit | |
Dual Italian–Swiss national, elected in February 2016 to succeed Sepp Blatter as President of FIFA |
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Gianni Infantino | |
Secretary of the Football League, 1978–89; Chief Executive of the FA, 1989–1998 – resigned over a loan scandal (later cleared) |
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Graham Kelly | |
England physio, sent home from the 2014 World Cup after dislocating his ankle while celebrating Daniel Sturridge's equaliser against Italy |
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Gary Lewin | |
Arsenal manager 1966–76, including the 'double' season of 1970–1 |
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Bertie Mee | |
Chairman of the FA, 1981–96 (died in 2002) |
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Sir Bert Millichip | |
Tottenham manager 1958–74 – including the 'double' season of 1960–1, and 1962–3 when they became the first British club to win a major European trophy (Cup–Winners' Cup) |
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Bill Nicholson | |
President of UEFA, 2007–2015: banned from all football–related activities for 8 years (later reduced to 4 years), in December 2015 (along with Sepp Blatter) over a $2 million payment made to him by FIFA in 2011 |
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Michel Platini | |
Coach of the England women's football team, 1998–2013, and Great Britain & Northern Ireland's women's Olympic team (2012) |
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Hope Powell | |
English manager of Sweden's national team, 1946–54 and 1956–8; took them to the World Cup final in 1958 (when they were the host nation; they lost the final 5–2 to Brazil); also led them to Olympic gold in 1948 |
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George Raynor | |
Last English manager (up to and including 2017) to win the FA Cup (2008) |
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Harry Redknapp | |
Manager of Arsenal, immediately before Arsene Wenger |
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Bruce Rioch | |
English President of FIFA, 1961–74 – died 1986 aged 91 |
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Sir Stanley Rous | |
Manager of the England women's team, 2013–17: sacked following evidence of "inappropriate and unacceptable" behaviour towards female players in 2014, when he was manager at Bristol Academy |
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Mark Sampson | |
Only person to have managed Aston Villa (1974–82), Birmingham City (1982–6) and West Bromwich Albion (1986–7) |
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Ron Saunders | |
England trainer 1957–74, died 1995 |
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Harold Shepherdson | |
Manager of Celtic when they won the European Cup (1967) |
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Jock Stein | |
Controversial chairman (and majority shareholder) of Tottenham Hotspur FC, 1991–2001 |
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Alan Sugar | |
First woman to officiate in a Premiership game, 1997 (as referee's assistant) |
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Wendy Toms | |
Resigned as Welsh team manager after less than 50 days, 1994 |
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John Toshack | |
Aston Villa manager, 1990–1: the first overseas manager (i.e. not from the British Isles) of an English top–flight team – he is from Slovakia, and holds a doctorate in Physical Education |
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Dr. Josef Vengloš | |
First overseas–born manager to win English football's League and Cup double |
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Arsene Wenger | |
The only English manager to win the English Championship in the 1990s |
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Howard Wilkinson |
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