Managers

Elsewhere on this website is the Legends section detailing all the men who have played 200 or more senior matches for Wolverhampton Wanderers. We are now delighted to take the wraps off our Managers area, in which we list the club’s 11 longest-serving bosses – in other words, the only ones to have overseen 100 or more matches from the hot seat. Again, figures relate only to recognised peace-time competitions, with wartime football excluded, as are friendlies and the various local knock-outs launched in the 19th century. The number above the individual’s name is his position in the list of longest servants while the number on the same line as his name is the total of Wolves games of which he was in charge. In the listing of ‘other teams managed’, there may be some blurring between posts stated in some record books as coaching positions and others which were very much the top job. We have endeavoured, as ever, to be as accurate as possible but will gladly listen to anyone who begs to differ.

1-5 – 6-11
  1    
Name: Jack Addenbrooke 859  
Birthplace: Wolverhampton  
Birthdate: June 6, 1865  
Died: September 7, 1922  
Games in charge of (breakdown): 798 League, 61 FA Cup  
First game: Wolves 1 Derby 0; September 1, 1896  
Last game: Hull 2 Wolves 0; May 6, 1922  
Other teams managed: None  
 
  2    
Name: Stan Cullis 748  
Birthplace: Ellesmere Port  
Birthdate: October 25, 1916  
Died: February 27, 2001  
Games in charge of (breakdown): 680 League, 51 FA Cup, 12 Europe, 5 Charity Shield  
First game: Wolves 2 Birmingham 2; August 21, 1948  
Last game: Wolves 4 West Ham 3; September 14, 1964  
Other teams managed: Birmingham  
 
  3    
Name: Major Frank Buckley 542  
Birthplace: Urmston, Manchester  
Birthdate: November 9, 1882  
Died: December 21, 1964  
Games in charge of (breakdown): 507 League, 35 FA Cup  
First game: Wolves 2 Manchester City 2; August 27, 1927  
Last game: Blackpool 2 Wolves 1; Sept 2, 1939  
Other teams managed: Norwich, Blackpool, Notts County, Hull, Leeds, Walsall  
 
  4    
Name: Graham Turner 412  
Birthplace: Ellesmere Port  
Birthdate: October 5, 1947  
Games in charge of (breakdown): 346 League, 17 FA Cup, 19 League Cup, 30 Other  
 
First game: Wolves 2 Tranmere 1; October 11, 1986  
Last game: Portsmouth 3 Wolves 0; March 15, 1994  
Other teams managed: Shrewsbury (twice), Aston Villa, Hereford  
 
  5    
Name: Bill McGarry 410  
Birthplace: Stoke-on-Trent  
Birthdate: June 10, 1927  
Died: March 15, 2005  
Games in charge of (breakdown): 328 League, 21 FA Cup, 25 League Cup, 18 Europe, 18 Other  
First game: Manchester United 2 Wolves 0; November 30, 1968 and Bolton 4 Wolves 1; September 7, 1985  
Last game: Wolves 1 Liverpool 3; May 4, 1976 and Wolves 2 Darlington 1; November 2, 1985  
Other teams managed: Bournemouth (player-manager), Watford, Ipswich, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Newcastle, Power Dynamo, Zambia, Bophuthatswana  
 
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