The Greatest Managers of All Time.

As voted for by 52 League and National managers, and printed in 'FourFourTwo' May 2000, issue 69 in association with the Daily Telegraph.

Here is the top 20 in reverse order.

20 John King

19 Joe Mercer

18 Graham Taylor

17 Arsene Wenger

16 Herbert Chapman

15 Sven Goran Eriksson

14 Rinus Michels

13 Terry Venables

12 Jim Smith

11 Bobby Robson

10 Marcello Lippi

9 Don Revie

8 Bill Nicholson

7 Jock Stein

6 Bob Paisley

5 Sir Alf Ramsey

4 Sir Matt Busby

3 Brian Clough

2 Bill Shankly

1 Sir Alex Ferguson

Keep smiling, Sir.

 

In the same month 'Toatl football' May 2000 (no.60) edition printed it's own nominated list of top fifty managers.

In brackets - to save you whipping up and down your screen - I've incuded the position in the first list.

50.(18) Graham Taylor

49. Tony Barton,

48 (12) Jim Smith

47 Tommy Docherty

46 Dave Sexton

45 (13) Terry Venables

44 Stan Seymour

43 Dario Gardi

42 Keith Burkinshaw

41 John Lyall

40 Gianluca Vialli

39 Howard Wilkinson

38 Ron Saunders

37 Ron Greenwood

36 Fred Everiss

35 Harry Potts

34 Bob Jackson

33 Ted Drake

32 Tom Whittaker

31 Jock Wallace

30 Arthur Rowe

29 Ron Atkinson

28 Joe Fagan

27 Jim McLean

26 Ernest Mangnall

25 (9) Don Revie

24 Billy Bingham

23 (17) Arsene Wenger

22 Harry Catterick

21 Jack Charlton

20 Bertie Mee

19 Bill Struth

18 Willie Maley

17 (19) Joe Mercer

16 Howard Kendall

15 Stan Cullis

14 George Graham

13 Walter Smith

12 Kenny Dalglish

11 (11) Bobby Robson

10 Tom Watson

9 (8) Bill Nicholson

8 (3)Brian Clough

7 (16) Herbert Chapman

6 (5) Alf Ramsey

5 (2) Bill Shankly

4 (1) Alex Ferguson

3 (7) Jock Stein

2 (4) Matt Busby

1 (6) Bob Paisley

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19 April 2000 Bob Dunning