List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. managers

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Lee Bell, current manager of Crewe Alexandra, applauding travelling supporters at Sutton United on 4 March 2023.

This is a list of former and current managers of Crewe Alexandra Football Club. Since 1892, 29 men have managed Crewe; Ernie Tagg had two spells in charge, and Dario Gradi four (including one spell co-managing with Steve Holland). Gradi holds the record for the most games: 1,359 first team games.[1]

Two Crewe managers have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame: Gradi in 2004[2] and Harry Catterick, posthumously, in 2010.[3]

Managers

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Key
  • Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and periods of caretaker-management are highlighted in italics and marked †
  • P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win % = win percentage
  • Win percentage is rounded to two decimal places
  • Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 19 August 2025
Name Nationality From To P W D L Win% Honours Notes
W.C. McNeill[a] File:Flag of England.svg England August 1892 May 1894 50 12 10 28 024.00
J.G. Hall[a] File:Flag of England.svg England August 1895 May 1896 31 5 3 23 016.13
Robert Roberts[a] File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales January 1897 December 1897 0 0 0 0 !—
John B. Blomerley[b] File:Flag of England.svg England January 1898 May 1925 169 56 44 69 033.14 4 Cheshire Senior Cups
Tom Bailey[a] File:Flag of England.svg England August 1925 May 1938 578 223 113 242 038.58 2 Welsh Cups
George Lillycrop File:Flag of England.svg England August 1938 July 1944 45 20 7 18 044.44
Frank Hill  Scotland July 1944 October 1948 102 45 19 38 044.12
Arthur Turner File:Flag of England.svg England October 1948 December 1951 149 56 39 54 037.58
Harry Catterick File:Flag of England.svg England December 1951 June 1953 74 31 11 32 041.89
Ralph Ward File:Flag of England.svg England June 1953 May 1955 96 25 28 43 026.04
Maurice Lindley File:Flag of England.svg England August 1955 May 1958 143 23 28 92 016.08
Harry Ware File:Flag of England.svg England August 1958 May 1960 100 36 22 42 036.00
Jimmy McGuigan  Scotland June 1960 November 1964 222 87 85 50 039.19
Ernie Tagg File:Flag of England.svg England November 1964 October 1970 273 105 69 99 038.46
Tom McAnearney  Scotland October 1970 July 1971 39 15 9 15 038.46
Dennis Viollet File:Flag of England.svg England August 1971 November 1971 15 4 2 9 026.67
Jimmy Melia File:Flag of England.svg England May 1972 December 1973 70 16 23 31 022.86
Ernie Tagg File:Flag of England.svg England January 1974 December 1974 48 13 12 23 027.08
Harry Gregg File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland January 1975 May 1978 163 53 53 57 032.52
Warwick Rimmer File:Flag of England.svg England August 1978 May 1979 46 6 14 26 013.04
Tony Waddington File:Flag of England.svg England June 1979 July 1981 93 24 27 42 025.81
Arfon Griffiths File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales August 1981 October 1982 59 9 10 40 015.25
Peter Morris File:Flag of England.svg England November 1982 June 1983 33 8 7 18 024.24
Dario Gradi[6][c] File:Flag of England.svg England June 1983 July 2007 1,241 464 476 301 037.39 2 Cheshire Senior Cups
1 Second Division play-off
Dario Gradi[d]
Steve Holland[e] 		File:Flag of England.svg England
File:Flag of England.svg England 		July 2007 November 2008 72 19 16 37 026.39
Dario Gradi[6] † File:Flag of England.svg England November 2008 December 2008 8 3 1 4 037.50
Guðjón Þórðarson File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland December 2008 October 2009 37 12 7 18 032.43
Dario Gradi[6] File:Flag of England.svg England October 2009 November 2011 110 38 23 49 034.55 2 Cheshire Premier Cups
Steve Davis File:Flag of England.svg England November 2011 January 2017 272 84 71 117 030.88 1 League Trophy
1 League Two play-off 		[7]
David Artell File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar January 2017 April 2022 274 100 51 123 036.50
Alex Morris File:Flag of England.svg England April 2022 November 2022 24 5 9 10 020.83
Lee Bell File:Flag of England.svg England November 2022 Present 146 54 43 49 036.99

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d secretary-manager
  2. ^ John Bradburn Blomerley (also among the club's first directors in 1899,[4] and, in 1902, chairman of the Cheshire F.A.)[5] was secretary-manager to 1911; honorary secretary to 1925
  3. ^ As sole manager. Between 22 September and 17 October 2003, Gradi underwent heart surgery. Assistant manager Neil Baker took charge of the team for this period (P6, W0, D1, L5).
  4. ^ As technical director
  5. ^ As first team coach

References

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  4. ^ Memorandum of Association of the Crewe Alexandra Football Club Company Limited, signed 29 May 1899. Companies House. Retrieved: 22 September 2021
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