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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

Management Committee #1

1879-86 Management Committee
1879-86 🕒 26 | 🟩 16 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 6 | 2.00 |
1886-87

Management Committee #2

1886-26 George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Management Committee
1886-26 🕒 1324 | 🟩 656 | 🟨 254 | 🟥 414 | 1.68 |
1926-27

Management Committee #3

1926-34 Billy Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Management Committee
1926-34 🕒 363 | 🟩 176 | 🟨 67 | 🟥 120 | 1.64 |
1934-35

Manager #1

1934-35 Jimmy McMullan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
1934-35 🕒 55 | 🟩 17 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 23 | 1.20 |
1935-36

Management Committee #4

1935-36 Management Committee
1935-36 🕒 31 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 14 | 1.19 |
1936-37

Manager #2

1936-39 Jimmy Hogan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1936-39 🕒 137 | 🟩 62 | 🟨 31 | 🟥 44 | 1.58 |
1945-46

Manager #3

1946-50 Alex Massie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
1945-50 🕒 185 | 🟩 74 | 🟨 45 | 🟥 66 | 1.44 |
1950-51

Management Committee #5

1950 Management Committee
1950 🕒 22 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 11 | 0.86 |
1950-51

Manager #4

1950-53 George Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
1950-53 🕒 112 | 🟩 45 | 🟨 29 | 🟥 38 | 1.46 |
1953-54

Management Committee #6

1953 Management Committee
1953 🕒 5 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | 1.80 |
1953-54

Manager #5

1953-58 Eric Houghton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1953-58 🕒 247 | 🟩 86 | 🟨 65 | 🟥 96 | 1.31 |
1958-59

Management Committee #7

1958 Management Committee
1958 🕒 5 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 2 | 1.40 |
1958-59

Manager #6

1958-64 Joe Mercer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1958-64 🕒 279 | 🟩 119 | 🟨 62 | 🟥 98 | 1.50 |
1964-65

Manager #7

1964-67 Dick Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1964-67 🕒 146 | 🟩 52 | 🟨 22 | 🟥 72 | 1.22 |
1967-68

Manager #8

1967-68 Tommy Cummings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1967-68 🕒 64 | 🟩 18 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 32 | 1.06 |
1968-69

Manager #9

1968-70 Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
1968-70 🕒 53 | 🟩 16 | 🟨 17 | 🟥 20 | 1.23 |
1969-70

Manager #10

1970-74 Vic Crowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
1970-74 🕒 222 | 🟩 99 | 🟨 62 🟥 61 | 1.62 |
1974-75

Manager #11

1974-82 Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1974-82 🕒 395 | 🟩 181 | 🟨 106 | 🟥 109 | 1.64 |
1981-82

Manager #12

1982-84 Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1982-84 🕒 137 | 🟩 63 | 🟨 25 | 🟥 49 | 1.56 |
1984-85

Manager #13

1984-86 Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1984-86 🕒 107 | 🟩 34 | 🟨 30 | 🟥 43 | 1.23 |
1986-87

Manager #14

1986-87 Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
1986-87 🕒 43 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 18 | 1.05 |
1987-88

Manager #15

1987-90 Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1987-90 🕒 150 | 🟩 69 | 🟨 34 | 🟥 47 | 1.61 |
1990-91

Manager #16

1990-91 Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 |
1990-91 🕒 49 | 🟩 16 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 18 | 1.29 |
1991-92

Manager #17

1991-94 Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1991-94 🕒 180 | 🟩 78 🟨 | 45 | 🟥 57 | 1.55 |
1994-95

Manager #18

1994-98 Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1994-98 🕒 164 | 🟩 69 | 🟨 45 | 🟥 50 | 1.54 |
1997-98

Manager #19

1998-02 John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1998-02 🕒 189 | 🟩 83 | 🟨 50 | 🟥 56 | 1.58 |
2001-02

Manager #20

2002-03 Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
2002-03 🕒 60 | 🟩 19 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 27 | 1.18 |
2003-04

Manager #21

2003-06 David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
2003-06 🕒 131 | 🟩 47 | 🟨 35 | 🟥 49 | 1.34 |
2006-07

Manager #22

2006-10 Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
2006-10 🕒 190 | 🟩 80 | 🟨 60 | 🟥 50 | 1.58 |
2010-11

Manager #23

2010-11 Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 |
2010-11 🕒 34 | 🟩 12 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 13 | 1.32 |
2011-12

Manager #24

2011-12 Alex McLeish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
2011-12 🕒 42 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 17 | 🟥 16 | 1.05 |
2012-13

Manager #25

2012-15 Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
2012-15 🕒 115 | 🟩 34 | 🟨 26 | 🟥 55 | 1.11 |
2014-15

Manager #26

2015 Tim Sherwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
2015 🕒 28 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 16 | 1.14 |
2015-16

Manager #27

2015-16 Rémi Garde | 🇫🇷 |
2015-16 🕒 23 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 13 | 0.70 |
2016-17

Manager #28

2016 Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 |
2016 🕒 12 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 4 | 0.83 |
2016-17

Manager #29

2016-18 Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
2016-18 🕒 102 | 🟩 46 | 🟨 25 | 🟥 31 | 1.60 |
2018-19

Manager #30

2018-21 Dean Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
2018-21 🕒 138 | 🟩 56 | 🟨 28 | 🟥 54 | 1.42 |
2021-22

Manager #31

2021-22 Steven Gerrard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
2021-22 🕒 40 | 🟩 13 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 19 | 1.18 |
2022-23

Manager #32

2022- Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 |
2022- 🕒 156 | 🟩 84 | 🟨 29 | 🟥 43 | 1.80 |
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