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The Managers

A summary of the records of the Barnsley FC Managers since 1898 is presented below. For detailed statistics on the managers click here. Details are supplied courtesy of David Wood, Barnsley FC Historian.

Manager	Total Games Managed	Games Won	Games Drawn	Games Lost	Appointed	Departed	Comment
Arthur Fairclough	-	-	-	-	c. 1898	Apr 1901
John McCartney	-	-	-	-	Apr 1901	Jun 1904
Arthur Fairclough	-	-	-	-	Jun 1904	May 1912
John Hastie	-	-	-	-	25 May 1912	Apr 1914
Percy Lewis	-	-	-	-	Apr 1914	Apr 1919
Peter Sant	-	-	-	-	April 1919	cs 1926
John Commins	-	-	-	-	cs 1926	May 1928
Arthur Fairclough	-	-	-	-	May 1928	May 1930
Brough Fletcher	-	-	-	-	6 May 1930	Feb 1937
Angus Seed	-	-	-	-	Feb 1937	7 Feb 1953
Bob Shotton	8	0	3	5	7 Feb 1953	30 Mar 1953	Caretaker
Tim Ward	312	116	69	127	30 Mar 1953	04 Feb 1960
Directors (Richards, Raynor, Diggles)	6	2	3	1	4 Feb 1960	6 Mar 1960	Caretaker
Johnny Steele	596	207	158	231	7 Mar 1960	18 Sep 1971
John McSeveney	60	14	24	22	18 Sep 1971	26 Oct 1972
Johnny Steele	27	7	10	10	26 Oct 1972	Apr 1973
Jim Iley	253	93	67	93	9 Apr 1973	4 Apr 1978
Gerry Young	4	1	1	2	Apr 1978	Apr 1978	Caretaker
Allan Clarke	118	51	32	35	1 Jun 1978	16 Sep 1980
Norman Hunter	170	71	47	52	17 Sep 1980	08 Feb 1984
Bobby Collins	65	24	19	22	8 Feb 1984	25 Jun 1985
Allan Clarke	216	74	66	76	1 Jul 1985	8 Nov 1989
Eric Winstanley	9	3	1	5	08 Nov 1989	29 Dec 1989	Caretaker
Mel Machin	187	64	51	72	29 Dec 1989	05 May 1993
Mick Wadsworth	1	1	0	0	1st May 1993	30 May 1993	Caretaker
Viv Anderson	54	19	9	26	03 Jun 1993	26 May 1994
Danny Wilson	201	74	55	72	02 Jun 1995	06 Jul 1998
John Hendrie	54	19	18	17	06 Jul 1998	19 Apr 1999
Eric Winstanley	3	2	1	0	19 Apr 1999	27 May 1999	Caretaker
Dave Bassett	84	38	18	28	27 May 1999	19 Dec 2000
Eric Winstanley	5	1	1	3	19 Dec 2000	8 Jan 2001	Caretaker
Nigel Spackman	36	11	17	18	08 Jan 2001	25 Oct 2001
Glyn Hodges	4	1	1	2	25 Oct 2001	09 Nov 2001	Caretaker
Steve Parkin	44	12	14	18	09 Nov 2001	15 Oct 2002
Glyn Hodges	35	9	10	16	15 Oct 2002	30 Jun 2003	Caretaker
Gudjon Thordarsson	42	14	15	13	30 Jun 2003	04 Mar 2004
Paul Hart	50	14	18	18	04 Mar 2004	04 Mar 2005
Andy Ritchie	11	4	5	2	05 Mar 2005	07 May 2005	Caretaker
Andy Ritchie	76	25	25	26	13 May 2005	21 Nov 2006
Simon Davey	8	3	2	3	21 Nov 2006	31 Dec 2006	Caretaker
Simon Davey	138	45	30	63	31 Dec 2006	29 Aug 2009
Mark Robins					09 Sep 09

Detailed Manager Records

Mark Robins

Current Barnsley FC Manager

Simon Davey

Manager 1996-2009

Arthur Fairclough

Manager
1898 - 1901
1904 - 1912
1928 - 1930

Angus Seed

Manager
1937-1953