List of Margate F.C. managers

Les Riggs managed Margate for six years in the 1970s.

This is a list of Margate F.C. managers since the club appointed its first full-time manager in 1929, along with the number of competitive games managed and winning percentage where available.

Managerial history

Although Margate F.C. was founded in 1896, a full-time manager was not appointed until 1929, when Arthur Graves was appointed upon the club's reformation after a year's hiatus. Three other managers came and went before the Second World War, after which Charlie Walker took over. He held the post for two years before being controversially sacked over claims his outside business interests were interfering with his management of the team.^[1]

The next significant manager of Margate was Almer Hall, who was appointed in 1950 and held the post for twenty years and led the team to a large number of cup victories, but was unable to achieve success in league competition. He was replaced in 1970 by former American international Gerry Baker, but his reign lasted only a year. Les Riggs was the next manager and remained in the job for six years but resigned over budget restrictions. Over the following decade a number of managers came and went in quick succession as the club's financial problems increased.^[1]

In the late 1980s and early 1990s former professional players such as Tommy Taylor and Mark Weatherly managed the club with little success, but in 1996 former Dover Athletic manager Chris Kinnear took charge and oversaw the club's rise to the Conference National, the highest level of non-league football. The club experienced various off-field problems during this period and had fallen back to the Isthmian League Premier Division by the time Kinnear was dismissed in 2006, with former Gillingham player Robin Trott taking over.^[1] He held the job until his dismissal in April 2008.^[2]

Managers

All senior competitive first-team matches are included. Statistics correct to 17 September 2008.

Name	Nat	From	To	Record					Notes
				P	W	D	L	%W
Arthur Graves		1929	tbc
Jack Ramsay		1934	1936
Jack Lambert		1936	tbc
Bill Fogg		1939	1940
Charlie Walker	England	Summer 1946	June 1948	85	53	13	19	62.35	[3]
Alex Weir	Scotland	July 1948	October 1948	11	5	1	5	45.45	[4]
Club committee	–	November 1948	June 1949	30	12	4	14	40.00	[5]
Jock Basford		June 1949	May 1950	40	19	7	14	47.50	[6]
Almer Hall	England	June 1950	May 1970	1137	566	220	351	49.78	[7]
Gerry Baker	United States	Summer 1970	September 1971	85	31	17	37	36.47	[8]
Committee/Eddie Clayton/Terry Morris	–	October 1971	November 1971	9	5	0	4	55.56	[9]
Les Riggs	England	November 1971	March 1977	347	146	84	117	42.07	[10]
Peter Donnelly	England	March 1977	May 1977	16	2	5	9	12.50	[11]
Dennis Hunt	England	May 1977	November 1978	68	34	17	17	50.00	[12]
Jack Smith		November 1978	June 1979	38	10	9	19	26.32	[13]
Terry Morris	England	June 1979	November 1982	185	47	30	108	25.41	[14]
Peter Donnelly	England	November 1982	May 1983	24	10	3	11	41.67	[15]
Alan Fagan		May 1983	November 1983	22	5	4	13	22.73	[16][17]
John Wickens		November 1983	March 1987	192	70	45	77	36.46	[18]
Norman Fusco	England	March 1987	October 1988	83	31	32	20	37.35	[19]
Phil Winfield	England	October 1988	October 1988	1	0	1	0	0.00	[20]
Garry Aldous	England	November 1988	May 1989	35	6	8	21	17.14	[21]
Trevor Ford		June 1989	March 1990	46	14	18	14	30.43	[22]
Colin Powell	England	March 1990	October 1990	27	12	5	10	44.44	[23][24]
Steve McRaye		October 1990	January 1991	18	6	3	9	33.33	[25]
Tommy Taylor	England	January 1991	October 1991	33	10	11	12	30.30	[26]
Mark Weatherly	England	October 1991	November 1991	7	3	3	1	42.86	[27]
Lee Smelt	England	November 1991	June 1992	32	10	11	11	31.25	[28]
Lee Smelt and Mark Weatherly	England	June 1992	September 1992	9	6	3	0	66.67	[29]
Mark Weatherly	England	September 1992	February 1993	29	9	4	16	31.03	[30]
Mark Weatherly and Andy Woolford	England	February 1993	May 1994	69	35	13	21	50.72	[31]
Bill Roffey	England	July 1994	April 1995	48	19	8	21	39.58	[32]
Mark Weatherly and Karl Elsey	England/ Wales	April 1995	May 1995	7	2	2	3	28.57	[33]
Karl Elsey	Wales	May 1995	March 1996	41	16	6	19	39.02	[34]
Mark Weatherly	England	March 1996	May 1996	10	5	1	4	50.00	[35]
Chris Kinnear	England	1996	April 2006
Robin Trott	England	April 2006	April 2008	107
Steve McKimm	England	April 2008	May 2008	2	1	0	1	50.00
Barry Ashby	England	May 2008	October 2008	15	3	3	9	20.00
Terry Yorath	Wales	October 2008	incumbent

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