The Greatest Manager?

[Basil Fawlty]

I would have to MA to be my greatest manager of all time. Who is yours?

 

[Simon Morgan]

i'd have to say adams as well with pints of whiskey coming a close second

 

[Gully]

Steve Gritt, he managed to enspire a quite awful Albion team to avoid the drop from the league, most of the others have had fairly decent squads to work with and have therefore achieved more in terms of winning things.

 

[Simon Morgan]

yeah know what you mean about gritt, gully and i would say he comes pretty high as well, but i'll admit it didn't mean as much to me then as i was only in my second season of watching the abion

 

[Gully]

...message understood Woody, I have been following the Albion for 30 years on that mad emotional rollercoaster, the draw at Hereford probably meant more to me and the future of the team that I support than even the Cup Final did!

 

[Northstander]

Gritt

then MA

but Mr Whiskey is fast catching up!!!

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Steve Gritt, he managed to enspire a quite awful Albion team to avoid the drop from the league, most of the others have had fairly decent squads to work with and have therefore achieved more in terms of winning things.

gritt did a fantastic short term job with an awful side, but couldn't sustain that really over the next season and never really progressed, and for that he will be overlooked in polls like this

adams took an average side(nowhere near as bad as the one gritt had), demolished it, put it back together and got us to the 1st division and for that he will always be my favourite(as i am too young to remember the mullery's etc.), the nucleus of that side was still here until very recently

 

[The Great Cornholio]

Here is the table by win percentage (lowest first) :-


Name Start End Played WinPercent
Martin Hinshelwood 04/12/1993 14/12/1993 1 0
Selection Committee 01/10/1968 01/11/1968 2 0
George Petchey 30/04/1986 12/05/1986 1 0
Martin Hinshelwood 15/07/2002 07/10/2002 14 14.3
Jeff Wood 22/01/1999 08/04/1999 13 15.4
Tommy Cook 01/05/1947 01/11/1947 17 17.6
Jimmy Case 21/11/1995 04/12/1996 60 20
George Curtis 01/06/1961 01/02/1963 75 21.3
Steve Gritt 11/12/1996 25/02/1998 64 23.4
Alan Mullery 12/05/1986 05/01/1987 27 25.9
Jimmy Melia 10/12/1982 19/10/1983 44 29.5
Mike Bailey 01/06/1981 06/12/1982 67 29.9
Brian Horton 26/02/1998 22/01/1999 43 30.2
Liam Brady 15/12/1993 20/11/1995 104 32.7
Alf Nelmes 02/12/1914 01/05/1915 21 33.3
Don Welsh 01/11/1947 01/03/1951 152 33.6
Brian Clough 01/11/1973 20/07/1974 34 35.3
Mark McGhee 28/10/2003 84 35.7
Pat Saward 17/06/1970 22/10/1973 159 35.8
Barry Lloyd 05/01/1987 04/12/1993 371 35.8
Steve Coppell 07/10/2002 09/10/2003 49 36.7
Frank Scott-Walford 01/08/1905 31/05/1909 168 36.9
Archie Macauley 01/04/1963 01/10/1968 286 37.4
Charlie Webb 01/06/1919 01/05/1947 1215 40
Bob Booker 10/10/2003 27/10/2003 5 40
Peter Taylor 20/07/1974 16/07/1976 104 40.4
Alan Mullery 16/07/1976 01/06/1981 249 43.8
Billy Lane 01/03/1951 31/05/1961 493 44.6
Chris Cattlin 19/10/1983 30/04/1986 134 44.8
John Jackson 01/08/1901 31/05/1905 125 45.6
Micky Adams 12/04/1999 10/10/2001 125 45.6
Fred Goodwin 01/11/1968 01/05/1970 85 45.9
John Robson 01/08/1908 31/05/1914 345 46.1
Glen Wilson 22/10/1973 01/11/1973 2 50
Peter Taylor 17/10/2001 31/05/2002 38 55.3
Martin Hinshelwood/Bob Booker 10/10/2001 17/10/2001 2 100
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And here is the table by average goals scored per game (lowest first):-

Name Start End Played FGPG
George Petchey 30/04/1986 12/05/1986 1 0
Selection Committee 01/10/1968 01/11/1968 2 0.5
Jeff Wood 22/01/1999 08/04/1999 13 0.54
Tommy Cook 01/05/1947 01/11/1947 17 0.76
Martin Hinshelwood 15/07/2002 07/10/2002 14 0.86
Alan Mullery 12/05/1986 05/01/1987 27 0.93
Mike Bailey 01/06/1981 06/12/1982 67 0.97
Jimmy Case 21/11/1995 04/12/1996 60 1
Alf Nelmes 02/12/1914 01/05/1915 21 1
Bob Booker 10/10/2003 27/10/2003 5 1
Steve Gritt 11/12/1996 25/02/1998 64 1.05
Mark McGhee 28/10/2003 84 1.07
George Curtis 01/06/1961 01/02/1963 75 1.09
Brian Clough 01/11/1973 20/07/1974 34 1.15
Liam Brady 15/12/1993 20/11/1995 104 1.23
Brian Horton 26/02/1998 22/01/1999 43 1.26
Barry Lloyd 05/01/1987 04/12/1993 371 1.29
Steve Coppell 07/10/2002 09/10/2003 49 1.29
Jimmy Melia 10/12/1982 19/10/1983 44 1.3
Pat Saward 17/06/1970 22/10/1973 159 1.3
Don Welsh 01/11/1947 01/03/1951 152 1.32
Frank Scott-Walford 01/08/1905 31/05/1909 168 1.37
Micky Adams 12/04/1999 10/10/2001 125 1.42
Fred Goodwin 01/11/1968 01/05/1970 85 1.42
Peter Taylor 17/10/2001 31/05/2002 38 1.42
Peter Taylor 20/07/1974 16/07/1976 104 1.43
Alan Mullery 16/07/1976 01/06/1981 249 1.47
Chris Cattlin 19/10/1983 30/04/1986 134 1.49
John Robson 01/08/1908 31/05/1914 345 1.51
Archie Macauley 01/04/1963 01/10/1968 286 1.53
Charlie Webb 01/06/1919 01/05/1947 1215 1.7
Billy Lane 01/03/1951 31/05/1961 493 1.86
Martin Hinshelwood 04/12/1993 14/12/1993 1 2
Glen Wilson 22/10/1973 01/11/1973 2 2
Martin Hinshelwood/Bob Booker 10/10/2001 17/10/2001 2 2
John Jackson 01/08/1901 31/05/1905 125 2.12

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[Screaming J]

Here is the table by win percentage (lowest first) :-


Name Start End Played WinPercent

Charlie Webb 01/06/1919 01/05/1947 1215 40
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And here is the table by average goals scored per game (lowest first):-

Name Start End Played FGPG
Charlie Webb 01/06/1919 01/05/1947 1215 1.7

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  That is one bloody amazing record when you think about it, isn't it? Can you imagine anyone ever coming that close in the modern game?

 

[Knightsworld]

That Hinshelwood/Booker combination is AWESOME

McGhee out, get these 2 in together.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Froma quick look at that it suggests that Peter Taylor and Mickey Adams were very good managers for us, whilst Jimmy Case, despite being a marvellous player, was an utter utter shite manager.

 

[Harty]

No way is it Mullery, a great motivator but got well and truly found out managing at a decent level, and not only at the Albion.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Mr S. Commitee's record wasn't too hot

 

[Hydro Driven]

Micky Adams!!!

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

No way is it Mullery, a great motivator but got well and truly found out managing at a decent level, and not only at the Albion.

But he did get us into the top flight (and it should have been a year earlier but for those cheating Saints and Spurs) and kept us there.

 

[Hunting 784561]

M Adams Esq, by a cuntry mile.

 

[perth seagull]

That is one bloody amazing record when you think about it, isn't it? Can you imagine anyone ever coming that close in the modern game?

Shame that no one is old enough to have seen him and he will just be forgotten, with a record like that he should be the greatest manager in Albion history.

 

[Yorkie]

But he did get us into the top flight (and it should have been a year earlier but for those cheating Saints and Spurs) and kept us there.

And won the vote in the Argus Dream Team (where most of the players were from Mullery's era)

 

[dougdeep]

Micky Adams. If he hadn't come here we would still be down with the Rochdales and Orients.

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Gone for Mullery, but for entertainment value - Brady.

Anyone remember the interview when he was told "if you'd scored more goals you would have won" - and he replied with "if my granny had balls she'd be my grandad" and walked off.....after an FA Cup exit, I think it was.

Mullery made the mistake of coming back (although the figures actually make it look like his second spell was better!). He was a star at the time we needed a big name, big personality to manage us, and he did wonders for us. MA pulled us back out of the barrel of shit we found ourselves in and deserves recognition for that. Taylor could have been a legend, but wouldn't stay with a club that had no ground, no cash, etc.