Manager #31
Seasons:
3
Games Managed:
102
Games Won:
46
Games Lost:
31
Steve Bruce
Birth Country:
Citizenship:
From:
To:
🏴
🏴
15 Oct 2016
2 Oct 2018
Points per Game:
1.60
Win Rate:
45%
Loss Rate:
30%
Unbeaten Rate:
70%
Goals Scored
137
Goals Against
107
Goal Difference
30
Goals per Game
1.34
Conc per Game
1.34
Clean Sheets
34%
Steve Bruce
Seasons Quick-View
Season
Age
Division
Position
Games
Won
Drew
Lost
Win %
Lost %
Unbeaten %
Goals For
Goals Against
Goal difference
Goals per game
Conceded per game
Clean sheets
Points per game
2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
55 | 56 | 57 |
CH | CH | CH |
13th | 4th | 5th |
36 | 53 | 13 |
15 | 27 | 4 |
7 | 12 | 6 |
14 | 14 | 3 |
42% | 51% | 31% |
39% | 26% | 46% |
61% | 74% | 54% |
37 | 80 | 20 |
38 | 50 | 19 |
-1 | 30 | 1 |
1.03 | 1.51 | 1.54 |
1.06 | 0.94 | 1.46 |
30.56% | 42% | 15% |
1.44 | 1.75 | 1.38 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Stephen Roger Bruce
Birth Date
31 December 1960
Birth Place
Corbridge
Birth Country
England
🏴
Playing Position
Centre Back
Playing Career
1979-84 Gillingham
Football League Third Division
🕒 205 | 203 (2) | ⚽ 29 | (League)
1984-87 Norwich City
Football League First Division, Second Division
🕒 141 | 141 (0) | ⚽ 14 | (League)
1987-96 Manchester United
Football League Third Division, Premier League
🕒 309 | 309 (0) | ⚽ 36 | (League)
1996-98 Birmingham City
Football League First Division
🕒 72 | 70 (2) | ⚽ 2 | (League)
1998-99 Sheffield United
Football League First Division
🕒 10 | 10 (0) | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1999 Retired aged 38
Previous Coaching & Managerial Roles
1998-99 Sheffield United
Manager
8 Aug 1998 to 9 May 1999
Football League First Division
🕒 55 | PPG 1.47
Career Form: Top 8
1999-00 Huddersfield Town
Manager
7 Aug 1999 to 14 Oct 2000
Football League First Division
🕒 66 | PPG 1.38
Career Form: Mid Table
2001 Wigan Athletic
Manager
3 Mar 2001 to 5 May 2001
🕒 8 | PPG 1.38
Career Form: Mid Table
2001 Crystal Palace
Manager
11 Aug 2001 to 31 Oct 2001
🕒 18 | PPG 1.94
Career Form: Top 4
2001-07 Birmingham City
Manager
16 Dec 2001 to 11 Nov 2007
🕒 269 | PPG 1.37
Career Form: Mid Table
2007-09 Wigan Athletic
Manager
24 Nov 2007 to 24 May 2009
🕒 68 | PPG 1.26
Career Form: Mid Table
2009-11 Sunderland
Manager
15 Aug 2009 to 26 Nov 2011
🕒 98 | PPG 1.17
Career Form: Bottom 8
2012-16 Hull City
Manager
11 Aug 2012 to 28 May 2016
🕒 201 | PPG 1.44
Career Form: Top 8
Trophies Won
None
Subsequent Coaching & Managerial Roles
2019 Sheffield Wednesday
Manager
Championship
1 Feb 2019 to 16 Jul 2019
🕒 18 | PPG 1.61
Career Form: Top 6
2019-21 Newcastle United
Manager
Premier League
17 Jul 2019 to 20 Oct 2021
🕒 97 | PPG 1.15
Career Form: Bottom 8
2022 West Bromwich Albion
Manager
Championship
3 Feb 2022 to 10 Oct 2022
🕒 32 | PPG 1.13
Career Form: Bottom 8
Villa Career
Joined Club
12 October 2016
Joined From
Unattached
Joined Age
55
Appointed Manager
12 October 2016
On
From
Aged
Unattached
55
Succeeding
Roberto Di Matteo | 🇮🇹 |
Game List
Game Detail
Villa Managerial Debut
🟨 15 October 2016, Villa 1-1 Wolves, Villa Park
Villa Career
🕒 102 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 25 🟥 31 | 1.60
Games
102
Win Rate
45%
Loss Rate
30%
Unbeaten Rate
70%
Points per game
1.60
🕒 Performance after:
10 Games:
1.8
Top 6
Points per Game
20 Games:
1.3
Mid Table
Points per Game
40 Games:
1.4
Mid Table
Points per Game
50 Games:
1.54
Top 8
Points per Game
70 Games:
1.63
Top 6
Points per Game
100 Games:
1.61
Top 6
Points per Game
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⭐ Best performance of any Villa boss
‼️ Worst performance of any Villa boss
🟩 Games to achieve:
10 Wins:
25
Games
15 Wins:
34
Games
20 Wins:
48
Games
30 Wins:
67
Games
40 Wins:
83
Games
50 Wins:
Games
60 Wins:
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70 Wins:
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80 Wins:
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90 Wins:
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100 Wins:
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125 Wins:
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150 Wins:
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175 Wins:
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200 Wins:
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250 Wins:
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300 Wins:
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400 Wins:
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500 Wins:
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600 Wins:
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⭐ Best performance of any Villa boss
‼️ Worst performance of any Villa boss
🟥 Games to record:
10 Defeats:
22
Games
15 Defeats:
39
Games
20 Defeats:
61
Games
30 Defeats:
97
Games
40 Defeats:
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50 Defeats:
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60 Defeats:
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70 Defeats:
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80 Defeats:
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90 Defeats:
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100 Defeats:
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125 Defeats:
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150 Defeats:
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175 Defeats:
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400 Defeats:
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⭐ Best performance of any Villa boss
‼️ Worst performance of any Villa boss
Honours
Managed the Villa
League finishes
2016-17
Championship
13th of 24
2017-18
Championship
4th of 24
2018-19
Championship
13th of 24
FA Cup finishes
2016-17
3rd Round
Lost to Tottenham Hotspur
2017-18
3rd Round
Lost to Peterborough United
League Cup finishes
2017-18
3rd Round
Lost to Middlesbrough
2018-19
3rd Round
Lost to Burton Albion
European finishes
n/a
Notable Players
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |
Supported by
Colin Calderwood | Stephen Clemence |
Served under
2016-18
Chairman, Dr. Tony Xia
Chief Executive, Keith Wyness
2018
Chairman, Nassef Sawiris
Chief Executive, Christian Purslow
Final Villa Managerial Game
🟨 2 October 2018, Villa 3-3 Preston, Villa Park
Left Position
Aged
3 October 2018
Due to
58
Succeeded by
Started to lose the plot after his first full season and an unlucky play off defeat. What followed was poor football, poor results, increasingly odd behaviour, a self pitying attitude and a cabbage, Sacked after a vertiginous downfall.
Kevin MacDonald | 🏴 | (Caretaker)
Steve Bruce