TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB MANAGERS

James Stevenson 1936-37 season (player/manager) Jos Stevenson Start of 1946-47 season to November 1946 Chester Twemlow November 1946 to January 1947 (coach) William Edwards January 1947 to end of 1948-49 season (player/manager) Bert Swindells May 1949 to October 1951 Jack Smith October 1951 to November 1955 (player/manager) Bert Swindells November 1955 to end of 1957-58 season Peter Robinson Start of 1958-59 season to 7 September 1959 (player/manager) No appointment September 1959 to end of 1959-60 season Frank Bowyer Start of 1960-61 season to end of 1962-63 season (player/manager) Albert Leake July 1963 to end of 1966-67 season (player/manager) Keith Goalen Start of 1967-68 season to end of 1967-68 season (player/manager) Frank Beaumont Start of 1968-69 season to April 1972 (player/manager) Billy Haydock April 1972 to January 1974 Eddie Brown January 1974 to 2 September 1974 John Collins 2 to 14 September 1974 14 September 1974 to December 1974 (player/manager) John Collins January 1975 to January 1976 (player/manager) Tony Coleman January 1976 to mid-February 1976 () Mid-February 1976 to October 1976 Brian Taylor October 1976 to November 1976 Dave Connor November 1976 to February 1978 Board of Directors February 1978 to March 1978 Derek Partridge April 1978 to September 1978 Phil Staley October 1978 to September 1980 Jimmy Williams October 1980 to February 1981 Brian Booth February 1981 to end of 1984-85 season Neil Griffiths Start of 1985-86 season to February 1986 (player/manager) Roy Campbell February 1986 to March 1986 (caretaker manager) Peter Wragg March 1986 to end of 1992-93 season Sammy McIlroy May 1983 to 8 January 2000 10 January 2000 to 30 December 2000 Gil Prescott 1 January 2001 to 8 October 2001 11 October 2001 to 9 November 2001 (acting manager) David Moss 13 November 2001 to 25 October 2003 26 October 2003 to 30 March 2004 1 April 2004 to 30 September 2006 6 October 2006 to 21 October 2006 (acting manager) 23 October 2006 to 25 June 2007 Ian Brightwell 25 June 2007 to 27 February 2008 Keith Alexander 27 February 2008 to 3 March 2010 (died) Gary Simpson 3 March 2010 to 18 March 2012 Brian Horton 19 March 2012 to 30 April 2012 Glyn Chamberlain 30 April 2012 to 16 May 2012 Steve King May 2012 to 3 April 2013 John Askey 3 April 2013 to 1 June 2018 19 June 2018 to 8 October 2018 Neil Howarth and 8 October 2018 to 27 November 2018 (Joint caretaker managers) 28 November 2018 to 15 August 2019 Danny Whitaker 15 to 19 August 2019 (caretaker manager) Daryl McMahon 19 August 2019 to 2 January 2020 Tobias Phoenix and 2 January 2020 to 16 January 2020 (joint caretaker managers) Danny Whitaker Mark Kennedy 16 January 2020 to 12 August 2020 28 August 2020 to 16 September 2020