Hartlepool United Football Club is an association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham who currently play in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system.

This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Hartlepool United. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge.

Lennie Lawrence is the incumbent manager, acting in a caretaker role following the dismissal of John Askey on 30 December 2023.[1]

History

Fred Priest, who led the team to second in the North Eastern League in the 1909–10 season,[2] was elected as the club's first manager in August 1908.[3][4] The club was managed by Cecil Potter when it was named as a founder member of the Football League Third Division North for the 1921–22 season, in which the team finished in 4th position.[2][5] The club went throughout the period of 1940–43 without a manager due to the Second World War but appointed Fred Westgarth in August 1943.[6][7] Under the management of Angus McLean, the club won promotion to Division Three from Division Four after finishing in third place in the 1967–68 season.[2][8]

Danny Wilson, who managed Hartlepool United from 2006 to 2008

The 1990–91 season saw promotion gained under the management originally of Cyril Knowles and later Alan Murray.[9][10][11]

Mike Newell led the team to promotion to Division Two in the 2002–03, after the season had initially been started by Chris Turner and also included the caretakership of Colin West.[9][12][13][14] After relegation to League Two in 2006, former Northern Ireland international Danny Wilson managed the team as they subsequently won promotion back to League One, finishing in second place.[9][15] Wilson was sacked in December 2008, with the team in the bottom half of the table.[16]

2012–2018

Hartlepool were relegated from League One in 2012–13 under John Hughes.[17]

On 18 January 2017, Dave Jones was announced as the new manager.[18] Jones joined with the North-East club 19th in the table and four points clear of the relegation zone.[18] However, Hartlepool's form deteriorated further, winning only 13 points from a potential 51, and he left the club by mutual consent on 24 April 2017.[19] During Jones' last match in charge of Hartlepool, club president Jeff Stelling urged him to quit, in an impassioned speech on Soccer Saturday, following a home defeat to Barnet which had placed Hartlepool in the bottom two.[20] Matthew Bates was placed in temporary charge for the final two games of the season.[21] Despite Hartlepool winning their final game of the season against Doncaster Rovers, a late goal from Newport consigned Pools to relegation from the Football League for the first time after joining in 1921.[21]

On 26 May 2017, Craig Harrison was appointed as manager of Hartlepool ahead of their first campaign in non-League.[22] Following one victory since late November, Harrison left his position as manager in February 2018.[23] On 21 February 2018, Matthew Bates took temporary charge of Hartlepool again following the dismissal of Harrison.[24]

2018–present

Bates kept Hartlepool in the division and was appointed as permanent first-team manager in May 2018.[25] Craig Hignett returned to Hartlepool in March 2018 as the club's Director of Football.[26] Following the dismissal of Bates in November 2018 after six successive defeats,[27] Hignett took temporary charge of the first team in addition to his role as director of football.[28] Although Richard Money took charge in December 2018, he was later moved to a senior position before departing and Hignett was reinstated as first-team manager on 23 January 2019.[29][30] On 10 October 2019, Hignett was sacked.[31]

On 11 November 2019, Challinor was appointed manager of National League side Hartlepool United with the club in 13th place.[32][33] In his first full season in charge, Challinor guided Hartlepool to a 4th placed finish and a place in the 2020–21 National League play-offs. On 20 June 2021, Hartlepool defeated Torquay United in the 2021 National League play-off final at Ashton Gate Stadium on penalties to return to the Football League.[34] On 24 September 2021, Challinor signed a new three-year contract to remain as manager.[35] On 1 November 2021, Challinor announced his intentions to step down from the position to join National League club Stockport County.[36]

After Challinor left, former defender Graeme Lee was appointed as his successor in December 2021.[37] During his five-month spell as manager, Lee led the team to the semi-finals of the EFL Trophy losing on penalties to Rotherham United and the fourth round of the FA Cup losing away to Premier League side Crystal Palace.[38] However, Lee was dismissed with one game left of the 2021–22 season.[39] It was the downturn in form following the defeat to Rotherham that was citing in Lee losing his job, with the club winning once out of their eleven games following the match.[39]

Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Cove Rangers manager Paul Hartley was appointed as the next permanent manager.[40] During the summer transfer window, Hartley signed 16 new players in a major overhaul of the squad.[41] After a winless first nine league matches, Hartley was sacked by Hartlepool following a poor start to the season, with the club in the relegation zone at the time of his departure.[41] Hartley was replaced by Keith Curle the same day, initially as an interim manager.[42] Curle was given the permanent job in December 2022.[43] However, he was dismissed in February 2023.[44]

John Askey was appointed manager on 23 February 2023, with the club sitting just one point above the relegation zone but having played four more games than 23rd-place Crawley Town.[44] However, he could not prevent Hartlepool from being relegated to the National League.[45] On 30 December 2023, Askey was dismissed following a downturn of form which had left the club in 17th in the National League at the time of his departure.[46]

Key

  • All first-team matches in national competition are counted, except the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and matches in wartime leagues and cups.
  • Names of caretaker (or interim) managers are supplied where known, and periods of caretaker-management are highlighted in italics and marked †. Win percentage is rounded to one decimal place.
  • P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win % = win percentage
  • Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 6 January 2024.

Managers

Table of managers, including tenure, record and honours
Name Nationality From To Record Honours Ref.
P W D L Win %
Fred Priest  England 1 August 1908 31 May 1912 145 69 37 39 47.6 - [4]
Percy Humphreys  England 1 August 1912 31 May 1913 43 19 6 18 44.2 - [47]
Jack Manners  England 1 August 1913 1 May 1920 133 55 33 45 41.4 - [48]
Cecil Potter  England 1 May 1920 1 July 1922 38 17 8 13 44.7 - [5]
David Gordon  Scotland 19 July 1922 16 February 1924 80 17 23 40 21.3 - [49]
Jack Manners  England 16 June 1924 31 May 1927 132 44 28 60 33.3 - [50]
Bill Norman  England 29 July 1927 16 September 1931 177 56 32 89 31.6 - [51]
Jack Carr  England 1 April 1932 1 April 1935 132 53 22 57 40.2 - [52]
Jimmy Hamilton  England 1 July 1935 30 July 1940 182 61 43 78 33.5 - [6]
Fred Westgarth  England 1 August 1943 1 February 1957 510 207 99 204 40.6 - [7]
Ray Middleton  England 1 May 1957 20 November 1959 116 38 26 52 32.8 - [53]
Bill Robinson  England 1 July 1959 30 June 1962 125 27 24 74 21.6 - [54]
Allenby Chilton  England 1 July 1962 1 April 1963 34 5 6 23 14.7 - [55]
Bob Gurney  England 1 April 1963 6 January 1964 44 9 10 25 20.5 - [56]
Alvan Williams  Wales 6 January 1964 31 May 1965 63 20 17 26 31.7 - [57]
Geoff Twentyman  England 1 June 1965 29 October 1965 8 3 1 4 37.5 - [58]
Brian Clough  England 29 October 1965 5 June 1967 84 35 13 36 41.7 - [59]
Angus McLean  Scotland 5 June 1967 24 April 1970 139 45 40 54 32.4 Division Four promotion: 1967–68 [8]
John Simpson  England 24 April 1970 1 March 1971 31 5 9 17 16.1 - [60]
Len Ashurst  England 1 March 1971 1 June 1974 155 48 38 69 31.0 - [61]
Ken Hale  England 1 June 1974 1 October 1976 101 33 25 43 32.7 - [62]
Billy Horner  England 1 October 1976 31 March 1983 307 95 77 135 30.9 - [63]
John Duncan  Scotland 1 April 1983 1 June 1983 9 3 1 5 33.3 - [64]
Mick Docherty  England 14 June 1983 15 December 1983 18 1 5 12 5.6 - [65][66]
Billy Horner  England 15 December 1983 1 November 1986 94 30 21 43 31.9 - [67]
John Bird  England 1 October 1986 3 October 1988 94 32 27 35 34.0 - [68]
Bobby Moncur  Scotland 2 November 1988 27 November 1989 58 14 14 30 24.1 - [69]
Cyril Knowles  England 9 December 1989 4 March 1991 85 40 18 27 47.1 - [10]
Alan Murray  England 5 March 1991 15 February 1993 90 36 23 31 40.0 Division Four promotion: 1990–91 [11]
Viv Busby  England 15 February 1993 24 November 1993 40 9 9 22 22.5 - [70]
John MacPhail  Scotland 24 November 1993 1 September 1994 36 7 6 23 19.4 - [71]
David McCreery  Northern Ireland 9 September 1994 20 April 1995 44 10 10 24 22.7 - [72]
Keith Houchen  England 20 April 1995 4 November 1996 73 19 17 37 26.0 - [73]
Mick Tait  England 4 November 1996 18 January 1999 115 33 37 45 28.7 - [74]
Paul Baker
Brian Honour †		  England 18 January 1999 24 February 1999 7 2 1 4 28.6 - [75]
Chris Turner  England 24 February 1999 7 November 2002 195 82 49 64 42.1 - [13]
Colin West †  England 7 November 2002 21 November 2002 2 1 1 0 50.0 - [14]
Mike Newell  England 21 November 2002 31 May 2003 35 16 8 11 45.7 Division Three runner-up: 2002–03 [12]
Neale Cooper  Scotland 28 June 2003 4 May 2005 110 48 26 36 43.6 - [76][77]
Martin Scott  England 4 May 2005 28 January 2006 39 11 10 18 28.2 - [78]
Paul Stephenson †  England 2 February 2006 13 June 2006 15 3 7 5 20.0 - [79]
Danny Wilson  Northern Ireland 13 June 2006 15 December 2008 133 58 29 46 43.6 League Two runner-up: 2006–07 [15][16]
Chris Turner  England 15 December 2008 19 August 2010 81 23 19 39 28.4 - [16][80]
Mick Wadsworth  England 19 August 2010 6 December 2011 74 26 17 31 35.1 - [81]
Micky Barron †  England 6 December 2011 28 December 2011 3 1 0 2 33.3 - [82]
Neale Cooper  Scotland 28 December 2011 24 October 2012 40 7 14 19 17.5 - [83]
Micky Barron †  England 24 October 2012 12 November 2012 4 0 1 3 0.0 - [82]
John Hughes  Scotland 13 November 2012 9 May 2013 16 5 4 7 31.3 - [84]
Colin Cooper  England 24 May 2013 4 October 2014 65 19 14 32 29.2 - [85]
Sam Collins †  England 4 October 2014 23 October 2014 5 1 0 4 20.0 - [86]
Paul Murray  England 23 October 2014 5 December 2014 7 1 1 5 14.3 - [87]
Sam Collins †  England 9 December 2014 16 December 2014 1 0 0 1 0.0 - [86]
Ronnie Moore  England 16 December 2014 10 February 2016 59 19 11 29 32.2 - [88]
Craig Hignett  England 10 February 2016 15 January 2017 52 15 12 25 28.8 - [89]
Sam Collins †  England 15 January 2017 23 January 2017 1 1 0 0 100.0 - [86]
Dave Jones  England 23 January 2017 24 April 2017 17 3 4 10 17.6 - [90]
Matthew Bates †  England 24 April 2017 26 May 2017 2 1 0 1 50.0 -
Craig Harrison  England 26 May 2017 21 February 2018 36 10 10 16 27.8 - [91]
Matthew Bates  England 21 February 2018 28 November 2018 38 13 12 13 34.2 - [92]
Craig Hignett †  England 29 November 2018 11 December 2018 2 1 0 1 50.0 - [93]
Richard Money  England 11 December 2018 23 January 2019 8 2 2 4 25.0 - [94]
Craig Hignett  England 23 January 2019 10 October 2019 32 11 10 11 34.4 - [95]
Antony Sweeney †  England 10 October 2019 11 November 2019 5 3 1 1 60.0 - [96]
Dave Challinor  England 11 November 2019 1 November 2021 90 41 24 25 45.6 National League play-offs: 2021 [97]
Antony Sweeney †  England 1 November 2021 1 December 2021 8 3 1 4 37.5 - [98]
Graeme Lee  England 1 December 2021 5 May 2022 32 10 12 10 31.3 - [99]
Michael Nelson
Antony Sweeney †		  England 5 May 2022 3 June 2022 1 0 0 1 0.0 -
Paul Hartley  Scotland 3 June 2022 18 September 2022 11 1 4 6 9.1 - [100]
Antony Sweeney †  England 18 September 2022 21 September 2022 1 0 1 0 0.0 -
Keith Curle  England 21 September 2022 22 February 2023 29 7 7 15 24.1 - [101]
John Askey  England 23 February 2023 30 December 2023 41 12 11 18 29.3 - [102]
Lennie Lawrence †  England 3 January 2024 1 1 0 0 100.0 - [1]

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