![]() Furniss became chairman a year later, and he and his successor as secretary-manager Joshua Parlby were responsible for Ardwick reforming as Manchester City F.C. Under the management of Lawrence Furniss, the club joined the Football League in 1892 as founder members of the Second Division. ![]() By 1889 the club had moved to Hyde Road and renamed itself Ardwick A.F.C. The club's earliest managers were also players the first three known managers (Frederick Hopkinson, Edward Kitchen and Walter Chew) all played in West Gorton's first recorded match in 1880. Few accounts of the club's off-field affairs in the 1880s survive, and it is unclear who managed the club (then known as West Gorton (St. In the era before league football, the position of manager involved many secretarial duties, arranging fixtures and the upkeep of the club's ground. Les McDowall was City manager from 1950 to 1963 his tenure of thirteen years makes him the longest serving manager in Manchester City's history. The most successful Manchester City manager, as of 25 September 2021, is current head coach Pep Guardiola, who has won eleven trophies in six years from 2016 to 2022 and is the leading manager in terms of games won and percentage of games won. Les McDowall, who was in charge from 1950 to 1963, a period of 13 years, managed the club for the most competitive games, a total of 592 games – a full 240 games more than Wild, who recorded the second most. However, as Wild's tenure covered the entire length of the Second World War, in which no competitive football was played, he is not the man with the most games served as manager. ![]() ![]() The longest serving manager was Wilf Wild, who was in charge from 1932 to 1946, for a total length of 14 years 9 months. Nine managers have won major silverware while managing the team. In the Football League era the club has appointed 47 managers including pre-league managers and temporary caretakers more than 40 men have held responsibility for team selection. and the club's predecessors West Gorton (St. This is a chronological list of Manchester City managers, comprising all those who have held the position of manager for the first team of Manchester City F.C. Pep Guardiola is the current and most successful manager of Manchester City, with eleven trophies won.
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