Warnock equals League appearance record for a Manager on Saturday

Badonde

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Not sure if anyone has already posted this but article below cut & pasted from The Times

Warnock's 1,601st game, equalling Dario Gradi’s record for the most matches as a manager in English football history.

Neil Warnock’s career as a league manager began on August 15, 1987 on a momentous occasion — his Scarborough team’s first ever league appearance — but the landmark fixture he faces this weekend will revolve around him alone. Middlesbrough’s meeting with Birmingham City will be his 1,601st game, equalling Dario Gradi’s record for the most matches as a manager in English football history.

The 72-year-old’s 1600th appearance as a league manager in all competitions featured Middlesbrough, his 14th league club, beating Cardiff City, his 13th club, at the weekend to climb into the Sky Bet Championship play-off places. All being well he will move beyond Gradi’s figure when his side play away to Luton Town next Tuesday.
 

Most games managing English league clubs​

(All competitions)

Dario Gradi

1,601
Neil Warnock

1,600
Fred Everiss *

1,524
Alex Ferguson

1,503
Brian Clough

1,451
Jim Smith

1,442
Harry Redknapp

1,434
Alec Stock

1,386
George Ramsay *

1,310
Graham Taylor

1,293
Frank Watt *

1,273
Graham Turner

1,268
Bill Shankly

1,245
David Calderhead

1,236
Arsène Wenger

1,235
John Nicholson *

1,220
Denis Smith

1,195
Alan Buckley

1,185
Lennie Lawrence

1,165
Matt Busby

1,140
Harry Catterick

1,140
Jimmy McGuigan

1,137
Tony Pulis

* Secretary-manager
 

Warnock’s 1600 matches as a league manager​

By club

Scarborough (Aug 1987-Jan 1989) 82*

82
Notts County (Jan 1989-Jan 1993)

224
Torquay United (Feb-Jun 1993)

19
Huddersfield Town (July 1993-Jun 1995)

120
Plymouth Argyle (Jun 1995-Feb 1997)

92
Oldham Athletic (Feb 1997-May 1998)

69
Bury (Jun 1998-Dec 1999)

77
Sheffield United (Dec 1999-May 2007)

388
Crystal Palace (Oct 2007-Mar 2010; Aug-Dec 2014)

146
Queens Park Rangers (Mar 2010-Jan 2012; Nov-Dec 2015)

88
Leeds United (Feb 2012-Apr 2013)

63
Rotherham United (Feb-May 2016)

16
Cardiff City (Oct 2016-Nov 2019)

144
Middlesbrough (Jun 2020-now)

Won 628, Drawn 432, Lost 540
 
Only three FA Cup quarter-finals over more than three decades.
Must admit I got the feeling he wasn't too bothered about us dropping out of the Cups.
Given the state of our squad at the moment he probably made the right call.
Hope our lads are getting some rest this week ready to go again on Saturday.

1387 games in the League
(top tier 154, second tier 892, third tier 211, fourth tier 130)

Top three for most league games only are Everiss 1406, Warnock 1387 and Gradi 1362.
 
Badonde said:

Warnock’s 1600 matches as a league manager​

By club

Scarborough (Aug 1987-Jan 1989) 82*

82
Notts County (Jan 1989-Jan 1993)

224
Torquay United (Feb-Jun 1993)

19
Huddersfield Town (July 1993-Jun 1995)

120
Plymouth Argyle (Jun 1995-Feb 1997)

92
Oldham Athletic (Feb 1997-May 1998)

69
Bury (Jun 1998-Dec 1999)

77
Sheffield United (Dec 1999-May 2007)

388
Crystal Palace (Oct 2007-Mar 2010; Aug-Dec 2014)

146
Queens Park Rangers (Mar 2010-Jan 2012; Nov-Dec 2015)

88
Leeds United (Feb 2012-Apr 2013)

63
Rotherham United (Feb-May 2016)

16
Cardiff City (Oct 2016-Nov 2019)

144
Middlesbrough (Jun 2020-now)

Won 628, Drawn 432, Lost 540
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some of those numbers look wrong, Cardiff and Sheff utd certainly are.
 
Agree that text formatting was a bit off -s orry for that.
This is just how it carried through when I cut and pasted it as I know the Times is behind a paywall
I was just excited to post this info here as I think it's a significant milestone event that should be celebrated.
This link to the full article might work for anyone interested
link
 
So he's virtually guaranteed to set the record for all competitions, hopefully he does well enough that he breaks the record for league matches too.

It's an achievement alright.

Only 19 games to go if those numbers are right.
 
Whatever your opinion of Warnock it's an unbelievable achievement.
It sounds like some of the figures weren't known until recently?
"In recent times Warnock’s total of games has been widely understated, with some cup games mistakenly left out, notably in the Football League Trophy before the mid-1990s."
Hopefully if the figures are correct our Manager's achievement should be noted and celebrated in some way on Saturday?
 
If you include his time at non-league he's managed more games than any other manager in football history with the exception of Sir Alex Ferguson.

Though he's a distance second to SAF.
 
Badonde said:
Whatever your opinion of Warnock it's an unbelievable achievement.
It sounds like some of the figures weren't known until recently?
"In recent times Warnock’s total of games has been widely understated, with some cup games mistakenly left out, notably in the Football League Trophy before the mid-1990s."
Hopefully if the figures are correct our Manager's achievement should be noted and celebrated in some way on Saturday?
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Hopefully he gets the recognision he rightly deserves, he's had a great career in management 👍
 
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