Caretaker manager
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A caretaker manager is someone who takes temporary charge of team affairs of a football club. This usually happens when the regular manager is sacked or leaves for a different club. However, a caretaker may also be appointed if the regular manager is ill or unable to attend to his usual duties.
Caretaker managers are normally appointed at short notice from within the club, usually an experienced player or a senior coach.
Famous examples include former West Ham United director Trevor Brooking, who was appointed as caretaker following Glen Roeder's illness at the end of the 2002-03 season, then again following Roeder's dismissal early in the 2003-04 season, and long-standing Arsenal assistant manager Stewart Houston, who stepped in after George Graham was abruptly sacked in the middle of 1994-95 and guided Arsenal to the 1995 European Cup Winners' Cup final.
People who have been caretaker managers
- Ron Atkinson: Nottingham Forest (1998-99)
- Kevin Ball: Sunderland (2006)
- Andy Beattie: Wolves (1964)
- Steve Bleasdale: Peterborough United (Current)
- Trevor Brooking: West Ham (2003)
- John Carver: Newcastle (2004)
- Gordon Chisholm: Dundee United (2005)
- Chris Coleman: Fulham
- Bruno Conti
- Liam Daish: Welling United (2004)
- Kenny Dalglish: Celtic (2000)
- Alex Ferguson: Scotland
- John Gorman: Wycombe (2003), Gillingham (2004)
- Eddie Gray: Leeds (2003-04)
- John Gregory
- Paul Goddard: Ipswich Town (1994)
- Ted Goodier: Birmingham (1944)
- Ron Greenwood: England (1977)
- Johnny Hore: Exeter City
- Stewart Houston: Arsenal (1996)
- Don Howe: Coventry (1992)
- Barry Hunter: Rushden & Diamonds (2004)
- Martin Jol: Tottenham Hotspur (2004)
- Joe Jordan: Portsmouth (2004)
- Lennie Lawrence
- Jim Leishman: Dunfermline (2005)
- Nat Lofthouse: Bolton (1968)
- Steve McCall
- Terry McDermott
- John McGlynn: Hearts (2005)
- Sammy McIlroy: Morecambe (2005)
- Gary Megson: Norwich (1995)
- Joe Mercer: England
- Roland Nilsson: Coventry City (2001)
- Frank O'Farrell: Torquay United (1976)
- Tony Parkes: Blackburn (1987, 1991, 1996-97, 1998, 1999-2000, 2004)
- Stuart Pearce: Nottingham Forest, Manchester City (2005)
- David Pleat: Tottenham Hotspur (2003-04)
- Alf Ramsey: Birmingham
- Kevin Ratcliffe
- Neil Redfearn: Scarborough (2005)
- Pat Rice: Arsenal (1996)
- Glenn Roeder: Newcastle United (2006)
- Joe Shaw: Arsenal (1934)
- John Sheridan
- Peter Shirtliff: Mansfield Town (2005)
- Kevin Summerfield
- Peter Taylor: England (2000)
- Phil Thompson
- Rudi Völler: Bayer Leverkusen (2005)
- Terry Westley: Derby County (2006)
- Howard Wilkinson: England (1999, 2000)
- Dennis Wise
- Nigel Worthington: Norwich (2000-01)