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	Caretakers included, multiple spells separated					Leagues													Cups
	Foot note	Manager (caretakers shaded grey)	Appointed	Departed	Days	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts¹	Percent			Average			P	W	D	L	F	A	% W
	Foot note	Manager (caretakers shaded grey)	Appointed	Departed	Days	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts¹	W	D	L	F	A	Pts¹	P	W	D	L	F	A	% W
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1	2	Frank Brettell	2 Mar 1903	14 Apr 1905	774	99	48	23	28	166	106	167	48.5	23.2	28.3	1.68	1.07	1.69	11	5	4	2	25	11	45.5

2	2	Robert Jack 1	15 Apr 1905	1 May 1906	381	59	28	15	16	96	60	99	47.5	25.4	27.1	1.63	1.02	1.68	3	1	1	1	7	8	33.3

3	2	William Fullarton	2 May 1906	1 May 1907	364	48	15	16	17	59	60	61	31.3	33.3	35.4	1.23	1.25	1.27	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0

4		Managed by committee 1	2 May 1907	30 Apr 1910	1,094	144	61	35	48	183	159	218	42.4	24.3	33.3	1.27	1.10	1.51	8	3	1	4	8	13	37.5

5	3	Robert Jack 2	18 Jul 1910	14 Apr 1938	10,132	982	462	240	280	1692	1205	1626	47.0	24.4	28.5	1.72	1.23	1.66	59	21	10	28	80	85	35.6

6	4	Jack Tresadern 1	15 Apr 1938	7 Nov 1939	571	54	23	9	22	75	64	78	42.6	16.7	40.7	1.39	1.19	1.44	1	0	0	1	0	3	0.0

7		Rollo Jack	11 Nov 1939	8 Jun 1940	210	25	14	4	7	62	40	46	56.0	16.0	28.0	2.48	1.60	1.84	2	0	0	2	1	5	0.0

8		Jack Tresadern 2	22 Sep 1944	6 Sep 1947	1,079	89	17	15	57	121	228	66	19.1	16.9	64.0	1.36	2.56	0.74	12	4	1	7	19	25	33.3

9	5	Jimmy Rae	8 Sep 1947	19 Jan 1955	2,690	323	115	95	113	489	481	440	35.6	29.4	35.0	1.51	1.49	1.36	15	5	2	8	19	19	33.3

10		George Taylor	20 Jan 1955	16 Feb 1955	27	3	1	0	2	2	8	3	33.3	0.0	66.7	0.67	2.67	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

11		Jack Rowley	17 Feb 1955	14 Mar 1960	1,852	227	88	52	87	345	368	316	38.8	22.9	38.3	1.52	1.62	1.39	11	5	1	5	25	22	45.5

12	6,7	Neil Dougall & George Taylor	15 Mar 1960	30 Apr 1961	411	50	23	8	19	93	88	77	46.0	16.0	38.0	1.86	1.76	1.54	8	3	3	2	14	12	37.5

13	2,7	Jess Lowe	24 May 1961	18 Jun 1961	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

14	7	Neil Dougall	19 Jun 1961	20 Nov 1961	154	18	7	3	8	28	40	24	38.9	16.7	44.4	1.56	2.22	1.33	1	0	0	1	2	3	0.0

15		Ellis Stuttard 1	21 Nov 1961	30 Sep 1963	678	76	27	21	28	133	129	102	35.5	27.6	36.8	1.75	1.70	1.34	5	1	1	3	7	18	20.0

16		Managed by committee 2	1 Oct 1963	6 Oct 1963	5	2	1	1	0	4	3	4	50.0	50.0	0.0	2.00	1.50	2.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

17		Andy Beattie	7 Oct 1963	5 Jul 1964	272	30	7	11	12	31	43	32	23.3	36.7	40.0	1.03	1.43	1.07	3	0	1	2	4	6	0.0

18		Malcolm Allison 1	6 Jul 1964	28 Apr 1965	296	42	16	8	18	63	79	56	38.1	19.0	42.9	1.50	1.88	1.33	9	5	1	3	14	14	55.6

19	8	Derek Ufton	29 Apr 1965	29 Jan 1968	1,005	108	30	28	50	134	166	118	27.8	25.9	46.3	1.24	1.54	1.09	7	1	0	6	10	14	14.3

20		Frank Lord	30 Jan 1968	13 Feb 1968	14	2	0	0	2	1	6	0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.50	3.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

21		Billy Bingham	14 Feb 1968	5 Mar 1970	750	95	34	25	36	107	111	127	35.8	26.3	37.9	1.13	1.17	1.34	9	1	4	4	4	7	11.1

22		Ellis Stuttard 2	6 Mar 1970	10 Oct 1972	949	118	39	35	44	168	171	152	33.1	29.7	37.3	1.42	1.45	1.29	6	1	0	5	3	12	16.7

23		Tony Waiters	11 Oct 1972	21 Apr 1977	1,653	205	79	56	70	291	270	293	38.5	27.3	34.1	1.42	1.32	1.43	29	15	3	11	36	29	51.7

24		Mike Kelly	22 Apr 1977	14 Feb 1978	298	33	6	11	16	36	51	29	18.2	33.3	48.5	1.09	1.55	0.88	10	3	4	3	7	7	30.0

25		Lennie Lawrence	15 Feb 1978	15 Mar 1978	28	5	0	3	2	5	7	3	0.0	60.0	40.0	1.00	1.40	0.60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

26		Malcolm Allison 2	16 Mar 1978	6 Jan 1979	296	34	12	12	10	53	47	48	35.3	35.3	29.4	1.56	1.38	1.41	5	1	2	2	5	7	20.0

27		Bobby Saxton	8 Jan 1979	31 May 1981	874	116	43	32	41	151	136	161	37.1	27.6	35.3	1.30	1.17	1.39	16	4	5	7	15	14	25.0

28		Bobby Moncur	29 Jun 1981	27 Sep 1983	820	99	39	21	39	132	129	138	39.4	21.2	39.4	1.33	1.30	1.39	17	5	6	6	16	16	29.4

29		Martin Harvey 1	28 Sep 1983	11 Oct 1983	13	2	0	0	2	2	4	0	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.00	2.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.0

30		John Hore	12 Oct 1983	19 Oct 1984	373	47	12	15	20	64	75	51	25.5	31.9	42.6	1.36	1.60	1.09	19	11	3	5	23	14	57.9

31		Martin Harvey 2	20 Oct 1984	14 Nov 1984	25	6	2	1	3	7	10	7	33.3	16.7	50.0	1.17	1.67	1.17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

32		Dave Smith	15 Nov 1984	15 Jun 1988	1,308	162	70	38	54	253	208	248	43.2	23.5	33.3	1.56	1.28	1.53	25	8	5	12	32	43	32.0

33		Ken Brown	7 Jul 1988	6 Feb 1990	579	73	22	19	32	93	107	85	30.1	26.0	43.8	1.27	1.47	1.16	14	4	1	9	20	36	28.6

34		John Gregory	7 Feb 1990	28 Feb 1990	21	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.00	2.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

35		David Kemp	1 Mar 1990	13 Feb 1992	714	93	27	29	37	105	131	110	29.0	31.2	39.8	1.13	1.41	1.18	12	4	4	4	13	13	33.3

36		Gordon Nisbet & Alan Gillett	14 Feb 1992	29 Feb 1992	15	2	0	1	1	1	3	1	0.0	50.0	50.0	0.50	1.50	0.50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

37	9	Peter Shilton	2 Mar 1992	4 Jan 1995	1,038	130	51	28	51	181	187	181	39.2	21.5	39.2	1.39	1.44	1.39	26	11	4	11	36	41	42.3

38	10	Steve McCall	5 Jan 1995	29 Mar 1995	83	15	3	3	9	11	23	12	20.0	20.0	60.0	0.73	1.53	0.80	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0

39		Russell Osman	30 Mar 1995	6 May 1995	37	9	3	4	2	11	12	13	33.3	44.4	22.2	1.22	1.33	1.44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

40		Neil Warnock	22 Jun 1995	3 Feb 1997	592	78	31	23	24	103	93	116	39.7	29.5	30.8	1.32	1.19	1.49	14	6	1	7	18	14	42.9

41		Mick Jones	4 Feb 1997	21 Jun 1998	502	63	17	20	26	71	86	71	27.0	31.7	41.3	1.13	1.37	1.13	6	0	2	4	6	13	0.0

42		Kevin Hodges	24 Jun 1998	4 Oct 2000	833	102	35	30	37	125	123	135	34.3	29.4	36.3	1.23	1.21	1.32	20	4	7	9	19	34	20.0

43		Kevin Summerfield 1	5 Oct 2000	30 Oct 2000	25	5	2	1	2	5	5	7	40.0	20.0	40.0	1.00	1.00	1.40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

44		Paul Sturrock 1	31 Oct 2000	4 Mar 2004	1,220	157	79	42	36	241	149	279	50.3	26.8	22.9	1.54	0.95	1.78	21	6	5	10	33	31	28.6

45		Kevin Summerfield 2	5 Mar 2004	19 Apr 2004	45	9	3	3	3	8	9	12	33.3	33.3	33.3	0.89	1.00	1.33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

46		Bobby Williamson	20 Apr 2004	6 Sep 2005	504	55	18	12	25	64	75	66	32.7	21.8	45.5	1.16	1.36	1.20	3	1	0	2	5	7	33.3

47		Jocky Scott	7 Sep 2005	22 Sep 2005	15	3	1	1	1	2	3	4	33.3	33.3	33.3	0.67	1.00	1.33	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.0

48		Tony Pulis	23 Sep 2005	14 Jun 2006	264	37	11	15	11	32	33	48	29.7	40.5	29.7	0.86	0.89	1.30	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0

49		Ian Holloway	28 Jun 2006	21 Nov 2007	511	62	23	22	17	85	80	91	37.1	35.5	27.4	1.37	1.29	1.47	9	5	1	3	11	6	55.6

50		Tim Breacker & Des Bulpin	22 Nov 2007	26 Nov 2007	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	100.0	0.0	0.0	1.00	0.00	3.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

51		Paul Sturrock 2	27 Nov 2007	10 Dec 2009	744	94	27	22	45	97	119	103	28.7	23.4	47.9	1.03	1.27	1.10	5	1	0	4	6	11	20.0

52		Paul Mariner	11 Dec 2009	6 May 2010	146	27	7	5	15	27	38	26	25.9	18.5	55.6	1.00	1.41	0.96	2	0	1	1	0	3	0.0

53		Peter Reid	24 Jun 2010	18 Sep 2011	451	55	15	8	32	54	93	53	27.3	14.5	58.2	0.98	1.69	0.96	6	1	1	4	4	9	16.7

54	11	Carl Fletcher	19 Sep 2011	1 Jan 2013	470	63	15	24	24	73	81	69	23.8	38.1	38.1	1.16	1.29	1.10	7	2	3	2	10	9	28.6

55		Romain Larrieu & Kevin Nancekivell	2 Jan 2013	5 Jan 2013	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.00	4.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

56		John Sheridan	6 Jan 2013	28 May 2015	872	113	44	27	42	126	115	159	38.9	23.9	37.2	1.12	1.02	1.41	13	4	4	5	26	24	30.8

57		Derek Adams	11 Jun 2015	28 Apr 2019	1,417	186	82	41	63	257	233	287	44.1	22.0	33.9	1.38	1.25	1.54	27	8	4	15	29	49	29.6

58		Kevin Nancekivell	29 Apr 2019	4 Jun 2019	36	1	1	0	0	3	2	3	100.0	0.0	0.0	3.00	2.00	3.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

59		Ryan Lowe	5 Jun 2019	7 Dec 2021	916	103	44	25	34	147	141	157	42.7	24.3	33.0	1.43	1.37	1.52	25	11	4	10	39	34	44.0

60		Steven Schumacher	7 Dec 2021	19 Dec 2023	742	94	51	18	25	151	108	171	54.3	19.1	26.6	1.61	1.15	1.82	14	6	3	5	21	25	42.9

61		Neil Dewsnip & Kevin Nancekivell 1	19 Dec 2023	5 Jan 2024	17	4	0	3	1	9	10	3	0.0	75.0	25.0	2.25	2.50	0.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

62		Ian Foster	5 Jan 2024	1 Apr 2024	87	14	3	3	8	12	20	12	21.4	21.4	57.1	0.86	1.43	0.86	3	1	1	1	5	6	33.3

63		Neil Dewsnip & Kevin Nancekivell 2	2 Apr 2024	25 May 2024	53	6	3	1	2	4	5	10	50.0	16.7	33.3	0.67	0.83	1.67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

64		Wayne Rooney	25 May 2024		180	15	4	4	7	15	26	16	26.7	26.7	46.7	1.00	1.73	1.07	2	1	0	1	3	2	50.0

Footnotes: For an even comparison, points are calculated using three for a win in all cases. Three points, replacing two, was introduced into English football in 1981. A draw has always earned one point. In the absence of clear evidence, this Appointed date is a close estimate. Bob Jack announced his resignation on 10 March 1938 but agreed to remain at the club until the end of the season. Jack Tresadern's appointment was announced at half-time in the match at Luton on April 7th, but he took over at Home Park a week later. Jimmy Rae was made acting manager on September 8th, having been Jack Tresadern's assistant, and was fully appointed on 12 November 1947. Neil Dougall and George Taylor's joint managership began in March 1960 as an "emergency" arrangement, and were confirmed on a permanent basis that summer. In March 1961 it was announced that joint managers Neil Dougall and George Taylor would revert to their coaching duties at the end of the season, and that Vic Buckingham would become manager from June 1st. Buckingham, formerly the manager of West Bromwich Albion and at that time in charge at Ajax, was both experienced and successful, and considered quite a coup for Argyle. Although still at Ajax, the manager-designate found time (because Ajax played on Sundays) to watch several matches over the following two months and also had a significant influence at Home Park, including discussions with the board on player retention and a new pay and incentive scheme. However, on May 8th came the shock news that Buckingham had accepted the job of manager at Sheffield Wednesday. With the club in some disarray, Argyle's secretary Jess Lowe took on the managerial duties until a new man could be found. As events turned out, that new man was Neil Dougall. As for Buckingham, he spent three years at Hillsborough, another three managing Fulham and numerous shorts spells with European clubs, including Ajax (again) and Barcelona. Derek Ufton began as caretaker manager. His full appointment was announced on 18 May 1965. Peter Shilton was suspended on January 4th, but his tenure was effectively over and Steve McCall took over at this point. Shilton actually resigned a week later. Steve McCall was appointed in a temporary capacity on Peter Shilton's departure, but a week later was converted to full manager when Shilton's dispute was resolved. Carl Fletcher began as caretaker manager but was appointed as full manager when the club emerged from administration on 1 Nov 2011.