CHELSEA MANAGERS

 

Name                             Nationality     From -To                                       Matches    Win%

John Tait Robertson        Scotland         1 August 1905-27 November 1906   54              61%

John Tait Robertson (25 February 1877 born in Dumbarton – 24 January 1935) was a Scottish player and manager. He won 16 caps for his country, scoring three goals.

Having started his career at Morton, Robertson moved to Everton, in 1895, and then Southampton in 1898, with whom he won the Southern Football League (as it was then) in his only season. He then returned to his homeland with Glasgow Rangers, where he won three consecutive league titles in his first three seasons. Robertson was the first player signed to Chelsea in 1905, and served as their player-manager in their first-ever season, in addition to scoring their first competitive goal. He finished his career in the same role at Glossop North End in the North-west. he was last a manager at BTK Budapest from 1911-13. Below are Chelsea managers:

William Lewis                 England       27 November 1906-1 August 1907     27              63%

David Calderhead            Scotland        1 August 1907-8 May 1933               966            40%

Leslie Knighton               England        8 May 1933-19 April 1939                269             34%

Billy Birrell                     Scotland      19 April 1939-31 May 1952                293             33%

Ted Drake                       England          1 June 1952-30 September 1961       426             37%

Tommy Docherty            Scotland         1 October 1961-6 October 1967        303             47%

Ron Suart                        England          6 October 1967-23 October 1967         2                0%

Dave Sexton                    England       23 October 1967-3 October 1974        371              44%

Ron Suart                        England         3 October 1974-16 April 1975             34               24%

Eddie McCreadie            Scotland       16 April 1975-1 July 1977                     97               38%

Ken Shellito                    England         7 July 1977-13 December 1978           66                23%

Danny Blanchflower      N. Ireland     14 December 1978-11 September 1979 32               16%

Geoff Hurst                      England     13 September 1979-23 April 1981         81                43%

Bobby Gould                   England     23 April 1981-May 1981                        2                   0%

John Neal                         England    28 May 1981-11 June 1985                     203               41%

John Hollins                     England    11 June 1985-6 March 1988                    145               39%

Bobby Campbell              England      6 March 1988-12 May 1991                 165                47%

Ian Porterfield                  Scotland     11 June 1991-15 February 1993              90                 34%

David Webb                     England      15 February 1993-11 May 1993              13                 38%

Glenn Hoddle                  England       4 June 1993-10 May 1996                     157                34%

Ruud Gullit                      Netherlands 10 May 1996-12 February 1998              83                 49%

Gianluca Vialli                 Italy            12 February 1998-12 September 2000   143                53%

Claudio Ranieri                Italy            17 September 2000-31 May 2004          199                54%

José Mourinho                 Portugal        2 June 2004-19 September 2007           185                67%

Avram Grant                    Israel            20 September 2007-24 May 2008           54                 67%

Luiz Felipe Scolari          Brazil             1 July 2008-9 February 2009                 36                 56%

Guus Hiddink                  Netherlands   16 February 2009-30 May 2009             22                 73%

Carlo Ancelotti                Italy                1 July 2009-22 May 2011                     109                 61%

André Villas-Boas           Portugal         22 June 2011-4 March 2012                    40                 48%

Roberto Di Matteo          Italy                4 March 2012-21 November 2012          42                 57%

Rafael Benítez                 Spain             21 November 2012-27 May 2013             48                 58%

José Mourinho                 Portugal          3 June 2013-17 December 2015            136                 59%

Steve Holland                  England           17 December 2015-19 December 2015    1                100%

Guus Hiddink                  Netherlands      19 December 2015-30 June 2016          27                  37%

Antonio Conte                 Italy                 1 July 2016-12 July 2018                      106                 65%

Maurizio Sarri                 Italy               14 July 2018-16 June 2019                      63                   62%

Frank Lampard                England           4 July 2019-25 January 2021                 84                  52%

Thomas Tuchel               Germany        26 January-2021-7 September 2022        100                 60%

Best of luck Graham Potter.........

Potter, below, started his managerial career in January 2011 with Swedish club Ostersunds FK, where he won three promotions and the Svenska Cupen, leading them to the 2017-18 Europa Cup knockout stage. He was appointed manager of Championship club Swansea City in June 2018, and moved on to Brighton & Hove Albion of the Premier League, a year later.

9 managers in 10 seasons.