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Aston Villa Managerial Chronology

Every permanent first team manager for Aston Villa from 1879 to Date including Secretaries George Ramsay and Billy Smith

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1879-80

1879-86 Management Committee

Management Committee #1

From:

To:

13 Dec 1879

14 Nov 1885

1879-86 ๐Ÿ•’ 26 | ๐ŸŸฉ 16 | ๐ŸŸจ 4 | ๐ŸŸฅ 6 | 2.00 |

1886-87

1886-26 George Ramsay | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | Management Committee

Management Committee #2

From:

To:

30 Oct 1886

26 Apr 1926

1886-26 ๐Ÿ•’ 1324 | ๐ŸŸฉ 656 | ๐ŸŸจ 254 | ๐ŸŸฅ 414 | 1.68 |

1926-27

1926-34 Billy Smith | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Management Committee

Management Committee #3

From:

To:

28 Aug 1926

5 May 1934

1926-34 ๐Ÿ•’ 363 | ๐ŸŸฉ 176 | ๐ŸŸจ 67 | ๐ŸŸฅ 120 | 1.64 |

1934-35

1934-35 Jimmy McMullan | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |

Manager #1

From:

To:

25 Aug 1934

26 Oct 1935

1934-35 ๐Ÿ•’ 55 | ๐ŸŸฉ 17 | ๐ŸŸจ 15 | ๐ŸŸฅ 23 | 1.20 |

1935-36

1935-36 Management Committee

Management Committee #4

From:

To:

2 Nov 1935

25 Apr 1936

1935-36 ๐Ÿ•’ 31 | ๐ŸŸฉ 10 | ๐ŸŸจ 7 | ๐ŸŸฅ 14 | 1.19 |

1936-37

1936-39 Jimmy Hogan | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #2

From:

To:

7 Nov 1936

6 May 1939

1936-39 ๐Ÿ•’ 137 | ๐ŸŸฉ 62 | ๐ŸŸจ 31 | ๐ŸŸฅ 44 | 1.58 |

1945-46

1946-50 Alex Massie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |

Manager #3

From:

To:

5 Jan 1946

6 May 1950

1945-50 ๐Ÿ•’ 185 | ๐ŸŸฉ 74 | ๐ŸŸจ 45 | ๐ŸŸฅ 66 | 1.44 |

1950-51

1950 Management Committee

Management Committee #5

From:

To:

19 Aug 1950

25 Nov 1950

1950 ๐Ÿ•’ 22 | ๐ŸŸฉ 4 | ๐ŸŸจ 7 | ๐ŸŸฅ 11 | 0.86 |

1950-51

1950-53 George Martin | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |

Manager #4

From:

To:

23 Dec 1950

1 May 1953

1950-53 ๐Ÿ•’ 112 | ๐ŸŸฉ 45 | ๐ŸŸจ 29 | ๐ŸŸฅ 38 | 1.46 |

1953-54

1953 Management Committee

Management Committee #6

From:

To:

19 Aug 1953

2 Sep 1953

1953 ๐Ÿ•’ 5 | ๐ŸŸฉ 3 | ๐ŸŸจ 0 | ๐ŸŸฅ 2 | 1.80 |

1953-54

1953-58 Eric Houghton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #5

From:

To:

5 Sep 1953

15 Nov 1958

1953-58 ๐Ÿ•’ 247 | ๐ŸŸฉ 86 | ๐ŸŸจ 65 | ๐ŸŸฅ 96 | 1.31 |

1958-59

1958 Management Committee

Management Committee #7

From:

To:

22 Nov 1958

20 Dec 1958

1958 ๐Ÿ•’ 5 | ๐ŸŸฉ 2 | ๐ŸŸจ 1 | ๐ŸŸฅ 2 | 1.40 |

1958-59

1958-64 Joe Mercer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #6

From:

To:

26 Dec 1958

18 Apr 1964

1958-64 ๐Ÿ•’ 279 | ๐ŸŸฉ 119 | ๐ŸŸจ 62 | ๐ŸŸฅ 98 | 1.50 |

1964-65

1964-67 Dick Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #7

From:

To:

22 Aug 1964

13 May 1967

1964-67 ๐Ÿ•’ 146 | ๐ŸŸฉ 52 | ๐ŸŸจ 22 | ๐ŸŸฅ 72 | 1.22 |

1967-68

1967-68 Tommy Cummings | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #8

From:

To:

19 Aug 1967

9 Nov 1968

1967-68 ๐Ÿ•’ 64 | ๐ŸŸฉ 18 | ๐ŸŸจ 14 | ๐ŸŸฅ 32 | 1.06 |

1968-69

1968-70 Tommy Docherty | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |

Manager #9

From:

To:

21 Dec 1968

17 Jan 1970

1968-70 ๐Ÿ•’ 53 | ๐ŸŸฉ 16 | ๐ŸŸจ 17 | ๐ŸŸฅ 20 | 1.23 |

1969-70

1970-74 Vic Crowe | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |

Manager #10

From:

To:

31 Jan 1970

3 May 1974

1970-74 ๐Ÿ•’ 222 | ๐ŸŸฉ 99 | ๐ŸŸจ 62 ๐ŸŸฅ 61 | 1.62 |

1974-75

1974-82 Ron Saunders | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #11

From:

To:

17 Aug 1974

6 Feb 1982

1974-82 ๐Ÿ•’ 395 | ๐ŸŸฉ 181 | ๐ŸŸจ 106 | ๐ŸŸฅ 109 | 1.64 |

1981-82

1982-84 Tony Barton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #12

From:

To:

10 Feb 1982

12 May 1984

1982-84 ๐Ÿ•’ 137 | ๐ŸŸฉ 63 | ๐ŸŸจ 25 | ๐ŸŸฅ 49 | 1.56 |

1984-85

1984-86 Graham Turner | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #13

From:

To:

25 Aug 1984

13 Sep 1986

1984-86 ๐Ÿ•’ 107 | ๐ŸŸฉ 34 | ๐ŸŸจ 30 | ๐ŸŸฅ 43 | 1.23 |

1986-87

1986-87 Billy McNeill | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |

Manager #14

From:

To:

27 Sep 1986

4 May 1987

1986-87 ๐Ÿ•’ 43 | ๐ŸŸฉ 10 | ๐ŸŸจ 15 | ๐ŸŸฅ 18 | 1.05 |

1987-88

1987-90 Graham Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #15

From:

To:

15 Aug 1987

5 May 1990

1987-90 ๐Ÿ•’ 150 | ๐ŸŸฉ 69 | ๐ŸŸจ 34 | ๐ŸŸฅ 47 | 1.61 |

1990-91

1990-91 Jozef Vengloลก | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ |

Manager #16

From:

To:

25 Aug 1990

11 May 1991

1990-91 ๐Ÿ•’ 49 | ๐ŸŸฉ 16 | ๐ŸŸจ 15 | ๐ŸŸฅ 18 | 1.29 |

1991-92

1991-94 Ron Atkinson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #17

From:

To:

17 Aug 1991

9 Nov 1994

1991-94 ๐Ÿ•’ 180 | ๐ŸŸฉ 78 ๐ŸŸจ | 45 | ๐ŸŸฅ 57 | 1.55 |

1994-95

1994-98 Brian Little | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #18

From:

To:

27 Nov 1994

21 Feb 1998

1994-98 ๐Ÿ•’ 164 | ๐ŸŸฉ 69 | ๐ŸŸจ 45 | ๐ŸŸฅ 50 | 1.54 |

1997-98

1998-02 John Gregory | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #19

From:

To:

28 Feb 1998

21 Jan 2002

1998-02 ๐Ÿ•’ 189 | ๐ŸŸฉ 83 | ๐ŸŸจ 50 | ๐ŸŸฅ 56 | 1.58 |

2001-02

2002-03 Graham Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #20

From:

To:

9 Feb 2002

11 May 2003

2002-03 ๐Ÿ•’ 60 | ๐ŸŸฉ 19 | ๐ŸŸจ 14 | ๐ŸŸฅ 27 | 1.18 |

2003-04

2003-06 David O'Leary | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |

Manager #21

From:

To:

16 Aug 2003

7 May 2006

2003-06 ๐Ÿ•’ 131 | ๐ŸŸฉ 47 | ๐ŸŸจ 35 | ๐ŸŸฅ 49 | 1.34 |

2006-07

2006-10 Martin O'Neill | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง |

Manager #22

From:

To:

19 Aug 2006

9 May 2010

2006-10 ๐Ÿ•’ 190 | ๐ŸŸฉ 80 | ๐ŸŸจ 60 | ๐ŸŸฅ 50 | 1.58 |

2010-11

2010-11 Gรฉrard Houllier | ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท |

Manager #23

From:

To:

22 Sep 2010

16 Apr 2011

2010-11 ๐Ÿ•’ 34 | ๐ŸŸฉ 12 | ๐ŸŸจ 9 | ๐ŸŸฅ 13 | 1.32 |

2011-12

2011-12 Alex McLeish | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |

Manager #24

From:

To:

13 Aug 2011

13 May 2012

2011-12 ๐Ÿ•’ 42 | ๐ŸŸฉ 9 | ๐ŸŸจ 17 | ๐ŸŸฅ 16 | 1.05 |

2012-13

2012-15 Paul Lambert | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |

Manager #25

From:

To:

18 Aug 2012

10 Feb 2015

2012-15 ๐Ÿ•’ 115 | ๐ŸŸฉ 34 | ๐ŸŸจ 26 | ๐ŸŸฅ 55 | 1.11 |

2014-15

2015 Tim Sherwood | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #26

From:

To:

21 Feb 2015

24 Oct 2015

2015 ๐Ÿ•’ 28 | ๐ŸŸฉ 10 | ๐ŸŸจ 2 | ๐ŸŸฅ 16 | 1.14 |

2015-16

2015-16 Rรฉmi Garde | ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท |

Manager #27

From:

To:

8 Nov 2015

19 Mar 2016

2015-16 ๐Ÿ•’ 23 | ๐ŸŸฉ 3 | ๐ŸŸจ 7 | ๐ŸŸฅ 13 | 0.70 |

2016-17

2016 Roberto Di Matteo | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น |

Manager #28

From:

To:

7 Aug 2016

1 Oct 2016

2016 ๐Ÿ•’ 12 | ๐ŸŸฉ 1 | ๐ŸŸจ 7 | ๐ŸŸฅ 4 | 0.83 |

2016-17

2016-18 Steve Bruce | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #29

From:

To:

15 Oct 2016

2 Oct 2018

2016-18 ๐Ÿ•’ 102 | ๐ŸŸฉ 46 | ๐ŸŸจ 25 | ๐ŸŸฅ 31 | 1.60 |

2018-19

2018-21 Dean Smith | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #30

From:

To:

20 Oct 2018

7 Nov 2021

2018-21 ๐Ÿ•’ 138 | ๐ŸŸฉ 56 | ๐ŸŸจ 28 | ๐ŸŸฅ 54 | 1.42 |

2021-22

2021-22 Steven Gerrard | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Manager #31

From:

To:

20 Nov 2021

20 Oct 2022

2021-22 ๐Ÿ•’ 40 | ๐ŸŸฉ 13 | ๐ŸŸจ 8 | ๐ŸŸฅ 19 | 1.18 |

2022-23

2022- Unai Emery | ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ |

Manager #32

From:

To:

6 Nov 2022

Ongoing

2022- ๐Ÿ•’ 178 ๐ŸŸฉ 99 ๐ŸŸจ 32 ๐ŸŸฅ 47 | 1.85

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The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic:โ€จ
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League Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81โ€จ
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FA Cup Winners: 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
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League Cup Winners: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96โ€จ

Europe:
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European Cup Winners: 1981-82
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European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83โ€จ

Other Domestic:โ€จ
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Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60
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Third Division Champions: 1971-72โ€จ

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Other Europe:

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Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02โ€จ
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Peace Cup Winners: 2009

Reserve Leagueโ€จ:
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Premier Reserve League Champions: 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12โ€จ
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Central League Champions: 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

Reserve Cup
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Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24 โ€จ
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NextGen Series Winners: 2012-13โ€จ
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Premier League Cup Winners: 2017-18

Youth League:
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u18s Premier League Champions: 2024-25
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u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
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u18 Premier League Tier Two Champions 2016-17
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u18 Premier Academy League Academy Group B Champions: 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11
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u18 Premier Academy League National Champions 2007-08
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u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
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Midland Youth League Champions: 1989-90, 1994-95, 1995-96

Youth Cup:
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FA Youth Cup Winners: 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
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Midland Youth League Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1994-95
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Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
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Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1993-94

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