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Longest-Serving Manchester United Managers Of All Time

August 12, 2019

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Longest-Serving Manchester United Managers Of All Time

Longest-serving Manchester United managers of all-time? Which Manchester United managers have lasted the longest? Manchester United football managers? Matt Busby? David Moyes? Jose Mourinho? Who are the longest-lasting Manchester United managers?

Here, we look at the longest-serving Manchester United managers of all-time. We will look through the history of Manchester United managers to find out who was the best.

When you think of long-serving Manchester United football managers, you automatically think of Sir Alex Ferguson. Well, that is because he is among the top 10 longest-serving managers in the history of European football. No one has managed a club longer or more successfully in the Premier League than the Scotsman. The only person who gave him some competition in longevity was Arsene Wenger with Arsenal.

Being a manager is tough these days. The managerial turn-over is very high. It is not uncommon to see a manager get sacked after just a few bad results.

But back in the old days, Sir Alex Ferguson made himself absolutely indispensable up until the very day he chose to retire. You might find a second manager like him which is why it would be wise to manage your expectations. Managers such as David Moyes and
Louis van Gaal was sacked after a very short period wheres Ferguson was given a considerable bit of time to prove his worth early on. Now, he is one of the best coaches to have ever graced this beautiful game!

Manchester United Managers List

Manchester United Current Manager

Manchester United Football Club is a football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club was found in Newton Heath in 1878, initially known as Newton Heath LYR F.C. They played their first competitive match in October 1886 in the first round of the 1886/87 FA Cup. The club was renamed Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.

Manchester United have so far employed 22 full-time managers. Their current manager is Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who took over from Jose Mourinho in December 2018 as caretaker manager, before being appointed permanently in March 2019.

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
A. H. Albut	England	1892	1900	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)
James West	England	1900	Sep-03	113	46	20	47	159	147	40.7
Ernest Mangnall	England	10-Oct-03	09-Sep-12	373	202	76	95	700	476	54.2
T. J. Wallworth	England	09-Sep-12	20-Oct-12	6	3	2	1	11	7	50
John Bentley	England	28-Oct-12	28-Dec-14	82	36	16	30	127	110	43.9
Jack Robson	England	28-Dec-14	31-Oct-21	139	41	42	56	183	207	29.5
John Chapman	Scotland	31-Oct-21	08-Oct-26	221	86	58	77	287	274	38.9
Lal Hilditchp	England	08-Oct-26	13-Apr-27	33	10	10	13	38	47	30.3
Herbert Bamlett	England	13-Apr-27	09-Nov-31	183	57	42	84	280	374	31.2
Walter Crickmer	England	09-Nov-31	13-Jul-32	43	17	8	18	72	76	39.5
Scott Duncan	Scotland	13-Jul-32	07-Nov-37	235	92	53	90	371	362	39.2
Walter Crickmer	England	09-Nov-37	15-Feb-45	76	30	24	22	131	112	39.5
Matt Busby	Scotland	01-Oct-45	04-Jun-69	1,120	565	263	292	2,286	1,536	50.5
Jimmy Murphy(caretaker)	Wales	Feb-58	Jun-58	22	5	7	10	27	42	22.7
Wilf McGuinness	England	04-Jun-69	29-Dec-70	87	32	32	23	127	111	36.8
Matt Busby	Scotland	29-Dec-70	08-Jun-71	21	11	3	7	38	30	52.4
Frank O’Farrell	Ireland	08-Jun-71	19-Dec-72	81	30	24	27	115	111	37
Tommy Docherty	Scotland	22-Dec-72	04-Jul-77	228	107	56	65	333	252	46.9
Dave Sexton	England	14-Jul-77	30-Apr-81	201	81	64	56	290	240	40.3
Ron Atkinson	England	09-Jun-81	06-Nov-86	292	146	79	67	461	266	50
Alex Ferguson	Scotland	06-Nov-86	19-May-13	1,500	895	338	267	2,769	1,365	59.7
David Moyes	Scotland	01-Jul-13	22-Apr-14	51	27	9	15	86	54	52.9
Ryan Giggs (caretaker)	Wales	22-Apr-14	11-May-14	4	2	1	1	8	3	50
Louis van Gaal	Netherlands	16-Jul-14	23-May-16	103	54	25	24	158	98	52.4
José Mourinho	Portugal	27-May-16	18-Dec-18	144	84	32	28	244	121	58.3
Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Norway	19-Dec-18	Present	30	17	4	9	51	35	56.7

Manchester United Managers With Trophies

Name	Nationality	From	To	Win%	Honours
Ernest Mangnall	England	10-Oct-03	09-Sep-12	54.16	2 First Division titles


					1 FA Cup
					2 Charity Shields
Scott Duncan	Scotland	13-Jul-32	07-Nov-37	39.15	1 Second Division title
Matt Busby	Scotland	01-Oct-45	04-Jun-69	50.45	5 First Division titles


					2 FA Cups
					5 Charity Shields (inc. 2 shared)
					1 European Cup
Jimmy Murphy(caretaker)	Wales	Feb-58	Jun-58	22.73
Wilf McGuinness	England	04-Jun-69	29-Dec-70	36.78
Matt Busby	Scotland	29-Dec-70	08-Jun-71	52.38
Frank O’Farrell	Ireland	08-Jun-71	19-Dec-72	37.04
Tommy Docherty	Scotland	22-Dec-72	04-Jul-77	46.93	1 FA Cup



					1 Second Division title
Dave Sexton	England	14-Jul-77	30-Apr-81	40.3	1 Charity Shield (shared)
Ron Atkinson	England	09-Jun-81	06-Nov-86	50	2 FA Cups



					1 Charity Shield
Alex Ferguson	Scotland	06-Nov-86	19-May-13	59.67	13 Premier League titles



					5 FA Cups
					4 League Cups
					10 Community Shields (inc. 1 shared)
					2 UEFA Champions Leagues
					1 European Cup Winners’ Cup
					1 European Super Cup
					1 Intercontinental Cup
					1 FIFA Club World Cup
David Moyes	Scotland	01-Jul-13	22-Apr-14	52.94	1 Community Shield
Ryan Giggs (caretaker)	Wales	22-Apr-14	11-May-14	50
Louis van Gaal	Netherlands	16-Jul-14	23-May-16	52.43	1 FA Cup
José Mourinho	Portugal	27-May-16	18-Dec-18	58.33	1 UEFA Europa League



					1 League Cup
					1 Community Shield

Longest-Serving Manchester United Managers Ever

So, here we will list all Manchester United previous managers. In our Manchester United managers list, we will sort the managers from the longest time at the club down to the shortest.

Obviously, Sir Alex Ferguson is the longest-serving manager at Manchester United but who is second?

Matt Busby

Matt Busby was called upon to manage Manchester United and he oversaw the club through their most trying times in the entire history of the organization. Right before the end of the Second World War, the Red Devils approached Busby for the position after he turned down Liverpool.

Busby wanted more responsibility at Merseyside but his demands were met by the Old Trafford chiefs. He guided the club back to the first division and won their first-ever title in 1952, in five year’s time. He took on the initiative to change the working structure of the club, replacing ageing players with young and hungry prospects, who came to be known as the “Busby Babes”.

That rebuilt side went on to win two more consecutive league titles in 1956 and 1957 along with two FA Cup final appearances. Unfortunately, that was when the Munich disaster occurred which took the lives of so many players and club officials. Busby survived the crash but he was left fighting for his life at the hospital.

While he recovered, Jimmy Murphy served as a caretaker boss. Miraculously, Busby got back on his feet and he immediately thrust himself into the rebuilding process. Within just five years, he delivered the FA Cup in 1963 and then two league titles. The greatest achievement to top it all was the European Cup in 1968. After that season he left the managerial duties to Wilf McGuiness.

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