The City Ground

MANAGERS AGES

Our youngest manager (both when he joined and when he left) was David Platt. He joined aged just 33 years old and left one year later aged 34.

Our oldest manager (again, both when he joined and when he left) was Martin O'Neill. He joined at the ripe old age of 66 before departing at 67 years old.

Note that I don't have birthdates for some of the earlier managers. Also, the pairing of Frank Barlow and Ian McParland don't make this page render very easily, but I have their birthdates and neither qualify for the youngest or oldest managers.

Here's the list of our managers, with their ages at their first and last games. The youngest ages are in green and the oldest are in red.

		First Game			Last Game
Manager	Date Born	Game Date	Opponent	Age	Game Date	Opponent	Age
Harry Radford		Jan 18, 1890	Derby Midland		Apr 10, 1897	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Harry Hallam		Sep 04, 1897	Notts County		Apr 24, 1909	Middlesbrough
Fred Earp		Sep 01, 1909	Preston North End		Apr 27, 1912	Fulham
Bob Masters		Sep 07, 1912	Leicester Fosse		May 02, 1925	Aston Villa
John Baynes		Aug 29, 1925	Darlington		May 03, 1930	Blackpool
Stan Hardy		Aug 30, 1930	Wolverhampton Wanderers		May 02, 1931	Southampton
Noel Watson		Aug 29, 1931	Charlton Athletic		Apr 25, 1936	Bradford City
Harold Wightman	Jun 19, 1894	Aug 29, 1936	Burnley	42 years, 2 months, 10 days	Mar 11, 1939	Fulham	44 years, 8 months, 20 days
Billy Walker	Oct 29, 1897	Mar 25, 1939	Millwall	41 years, 4 months, 24 days	Apr 30, 1960	Leeds United	62 years, 6 months, 1 day
Andy Beattie	Aug 11, 1913	Aug 20, 1960	Manchester City	47 years, 9 days	May 20, 1963	Manchester United	49 years, 9 months, 9 days
Johnny Carey	Feb 23, 1919	Aug 24, 1963	Aston Villa	44 years, 6 months, 1 day	Nov 30, 1968	Liverpool	49 years, 9 months, 7 days
Bill Anderson	Jan 12, 1913	Dec 07, 1968	Southampton	55 years, 10 months, 25 days	Jan 04, 1975	Tottenham Hotspur	61 years, 11 months, 23 days
Matt Gillies	Aug 12, 1921	Feb 01, 1969	Arsenal	47 years, 5 months, 20 days	Oct 14, 1972	Bristol City	51 years, 2 months, 2 days
Dave Mackay	Nov 14, 1934	Nov 11, 1972	Cardiff City	37 years, 11 months, 28 days	Oct 23, 1973	Hull City	38 years, 11 months, 9 days
Allan Brown	Oct 12, 1926	Nov 24, 1973	Sunderland	47 years, 1 month, 12 days	Dec 28, 1974	Notts County	48 years, 2 months, 16 days
Brian Clough	Mar 21, 1935	Jan 08, 1975	Tottenham Hotspur	39 years, 9 months, 18 days	May 08, 1993	Ipswich Town	58 years, 1 month, 17 days
Frank Clark	Sep 09, 1943	Aug 15, 1993	Southend United	49 years, 11 months, 6 days	Dec 17, 1996	Liverpool	53 years, 3 months, 8 days
Stuart Pearce	Apr 24, 1962	Dec 21, 1996	Arsenal	34 years, 7 months, 27 days	May 03, 1997	Wimbledon	35 years, 9 days
Dave Bassett	Sep 04, 1944	May 11, 1997	Newcastle United	52 years, 8 months, 7 days	Jan 02, 1999	Portsmouth	54 years, 3 months, 29 days
Micky Adams	Nov 08, 1961	Jan 09, 1999	Coventry City	37 years, 2 months, 1 day	Jan 09, 1999	Coventry City	37 years, 2 months, 1 day
Ron Atkinson	Mar 18, 1939	Jan 16, 1999	Arsenal	59 years, 9 months, 29 days	May 16, 1999	Leicester City	60 years, 1 month, 28 days
David Platt	Jun 10, 1966	Aug 07, 1999	Ipswich Town	33 years, 1 month, 28 days	May 06, 2001	Tranmere Rovers	34 years, 10 months, 26 days
Paul Hart	May 04, 1953	Aug 11, 2001	Sheffield United	48 years, 3 months, 7 days	Feb 07, 2004	Coventry City	50 years, 9 months, 3 days
Joe Kinnear	Dec 27, 1946	Feb 14, 2004	Walsall	57 years, 1 month, 18 days	Dec 11, 2004	Derby County	57 years, 11 months, 14 days
Mick Harford	Feb 12, 1959	Dec 17, 2004	Leicester City	45 years, 10 months, 5 days	Jan 08, 2005	Queens Park Rangers	45 years, 10 months, 27 days
Gary Megson	May 02, 1959	Jan 15, 2005	Millwall	45 years, 8 months, 13 days	Feb 15, 2006	Oldham Athletic	46 years, 9 months, 13 days
Frank Barlow and Ian McParland		Feb 18, 2006	Port Vale		May 06, 2006	Bradford City
Colin Calderwood	Jan 20, 1965	Aug 05, 2006	Bradford City	41 years, 6 months, 16 days	Dec 26, 2008	Doncaster Rovers	43 years, 11 months, 6 days
John Pemberton	Nov 18, 1964	Dec 28, 2008	Norwich City	44 years, 1 month, 10 days	Jan 03, 2009	Manchester City	44 years, 1 month, 16 days
Billy Davies	May 31, 1964	Jan 10, 2009	Charlton Athletic	44 years, 7 months, 10 days	May 16, 2011	Swansea City	46 years, 11 months, 15 days
Steve MacLaren	May 03, 1961	Aug 06, 2011	Barnsley	50 years, 3 months, 3 days	Oct 02, 2011	Birmingham City	50 years, 4 months, 29 days
Steve Cotterill	Jul 20, 1964	Oct 15, 2011	Coventry City	47 years, 2 months, 25 days	Apr 28, 2012	Portsmouth	47 years, 9 months, 8 days
Sean O'Driscoll	Jul 01, 1957	Aug 13, 2012	Fleetwood Town	55 years, 1 month, 12 days	Dec 26, 2012	Leeds United	55 years, 5 months, 25 days
Alex McLeish	Jan 21, 1959	Dec 29, 2012	Crystal Palace	53 years, 11 months, 8 days	Feb 02, 2013	Birmingham City	54 years, 12 days
Billy Davies (2)	May 31, 1964	Feb 09, 2013	Bristol City	48 years, 8 months, 9 days	Mar 08, 2014	Barnsley	49 years, 9 months, 5 days
Gary Brazil	Sep 19, 1962	Mar 11, 2014	Middlesbrough	51 years, 5 months, 20 days	May 03, 2014	Brighton and Hove Albion	51 years, 7 months, 14 days
Stuart Pearce (2)	Apr 24, 1962	Aug 09, 2014	Blackpool	52 years, 3 months, 16 days	Jan 31, 2015	Millwall	52 years, 9 months, 7 days
Dougie Freedman	May 25, 1974	Feb 07, 2015	Brighton and Hove Albion	40 years, 8 months, 13 days	Mar 12, 2016	Sheffield Wednesday	41 years, 9 months, 16 days
Paul Williams	Mar 26, 1971	Mar 15, 2016	Hull City	44 years, 11 months, 18 days	May 07, 2016	Milton Keynes Dons	45 years, 1 month, 11 days
Phillipe Montanier	Nov 15, 1964	Aug 06, 2016	Burton Albion	51 years, 8 months, 22 days	Jan 14, 2017	Birmingham City	52 years, 1 month, 30 days
Gary Brazil (2)	Sep 19, 1962	Jan 21, 2017	Bristol City	54 years, 4 months, 2 days	Mar 11, 2017	Burton Albion	54 years, 5 months, 20 days
Mark Warburton	Sep 06, 1962	Mar 18, 2017	Derby County	54 years, 6 months, 12 days	Dec 30, 2017	Sunderland	55 years, 3 months, 24 days
Gary Brazil (3)	Sep 19, 1962	Jan 01, 2018	Leeds United	55 years, 3 months, 13 days	Jan 07, 2018	Arsenal	55 years, 3 months, 19 days
Aitor Karanka	Sep 18, 1973	Jan 13, 2018	Aston Villa	44 years, 3 months, 26 days	Jan 05, 2019	Chelsea	45 years, 3 months, 18 days
Simon Ireland	Nov 23, 1971	Jan 12, 2019	Reading	47 years, 1 month, 20 days	Jan 12, 2019	Reading	47 years, 1 month, 20 days
Martin O'Neill	Mar 01, 1952	Jan 19, 2019	Bristol City	66 years, 10 months, 18 days	May 05, 2019	Bolton Wanderers	67 years, 2 months, 4 days
Sabri Lamouchi	Nov 09, 1971	Aug 03, 2019	West Bromwich Albion	47 years, 8 months, 25 days	Oct 03, 2020	Bristol City	48 years, 10 months, 24 days
Chris Hughton	Dec 11, 1958	Oct 17, 2020	Blackburn Rovers	61 years, 10 months, 6 days	Sep 15, 2021	Middlesbrough	62 years, 9 months, 4 days
Steven Reid	Mar 10, 1981	Sep 18, 2021	Huddersfield Town	40 years, 6 months, 8 days	Sep 18, 2021	Huddersfield Town	40 years, 6 months, 8 days
Steve Cooper	Dec 10, 1979	Sep 25, 2021	Millwall	41 years, 9 months, 15 days	Dec 15, 2023	Tottenham Hotspur	44 years, 5 days
Nuno Espírito Santo	Jan 25, 1974	Dec 23, 2023	Bournemouth	49 years, 10 months, 28 days	May 25, 2025	Chelsea	51 years, 4 months, 0 days