Does Kerslake count for Ralls? Wasn't he out on loan at Yeovil when we were in the Premier League?
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I was reading this Graun article and thought Joe Ralls could have featured.
https://www.theguardian.com/football...-the-same-club
By my reckoning Joe has an "impressive" record of 13 managers to date 9 permanent - Jones, Mackay, Solskjaer, Slade, Trollope, Warnock, Harris, McCarthy, Morison, and four "interims" - Kerslake, Young, Gabbidon, Hudson.
What are the chances of him passing Deeney's record by the end of his current contract?
Does Kerslake count for Ralls? Wasn't he out on loan at Yeovil when we were in the Premier League?
I make it that Phil Dwyer, who holds the record for most appearances for City played under nine managers. Someone like Tom Farquhasen (probably spelt that wrong) kept on playing for us as we dropped down the divisions in the thirties, but, those two apart, I’m struggling to think of any City player who would have played under more managers than Ralls.
Yes, I just wondered if we went through a lot of managers in the early thirties while that Irish goalkeeper was playing for us - I doubt it if it was eight or more though. We went through a lot of managers in the late eighties and nineties, so I suppose there’s a chance someone like Jason Perry, Damon Searle or Scott Young may have played under more than Ralls and Dwyer.
When Dave Jones was near the end of his time with us he was (I think) the third longest serving manager in the top four leagues - after Ferguson and Wenger. I always felt a bit of pride about that, no matter how many times Jones' teams frustrated or wasted their chances. It was a sign of stability and loyalty. No more.
Actually, Dwyer played under ten managers - Lew Clayton was caretaker manager for a while after Scoular was sacked.
Wasn't Young and Gabbidon effectively 1 manager?
How many for Roger Gibbins in his two stints with us ?
Scott Young would have played under 13 different appointments if you include Kenny Hibbitts 3 terms separately.
Tom Farquharson, although with the club ages, only played under three managers, obviously Fred Stewart, our longest serving manager (1911-1933), Bartley Wilson (Mr Cardiff City, although he was a Wurzel), who filled in when Stewart resigned and then Ben Watts-Jones who stayed until 1937. Tom finished with us in 1935 after 13 years at the club. Many long term players must have spent their whole City career under Fred Stewart.
I obviously googled this but Fred Stewart always springs to mind re. anything to do with longevity at the club.
My recollection was that we had a takeover that might have failed in the 1994/95 season. They sacked Eddie May, put Terry Yorath in charge, but something went wrong with the takeover and Eddie May was reinstalled by the returning Rick Wright. It was chaos. In the midst of all of this, didn't we have to sell Stantona?
God knows how many have come and gone since I started.
Jimmy Scoular was my first.