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[[Image:Lesriggs.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Les Riggs]] managed Margate for six years in the 1970s.]]
This is a '''list of Margate F.C. managers''' since the club appointed its first full-time manager in 1929, along with the number of competitive games managed and winning percentage where available.

==Managerial history==
Although [[Margate F.C.]] was founded in 1896, a full-time manager was not appointed until 1929, when Arthur Graves was appointed upon the club's reformation after a year's hiatus.  Three other managers came and went before the [[Second World War]], after which [[Charlie Walker (footballer, born 1911)|Charlie Walker]] took over.  He held the post for two years before being controversially sacked over claims his outside business interests were interfering with his management of the team.<ref name="MHist2">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/clubhistory.htm 
 |title=The History of Margate Football Club 
 |accessdate=2007-05-25 
 |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723090425/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/clubhistory.htm 
 |archivedate=2009-07-23 
}}</ref>

The next manager to last more than one year in the position was [[Almer Hall]], who was appointed in 1950 and held the post for twenty years and led the team to a large number of cup victories, though he was unable to achieve success in league competition. He was replaced in 1970 by former [[United States men's national soccer team|American]] international [[Gerry Baker]], but his reign lasted only a year. [[Les Riggs]] was the next manager and remained in the job for six years but resigned over budget restrictions. Over the following decade, a number of managers came and went in quick succession as the club's financial problems increased.<ref name="MHist2" />

In the late 1980s and early 1990s former professional players such as [[Tommy Taylor (footballer born 1951)|Tommy Taylor]] and [[Mark Weatherly]] managed the club with little success, but in 1996, former [[Dover Athletic F.C.|Dover Athletic]] manager, Chris Kinnear, took charge and oversaw the club's rise to the [[Conference National]], the highest level of [[non-league football]]. The club experienced various off-field problems during this period and had fallen back to the [[Isthmian League Premier Division]] by the time Kinnear was dismissed in 2006, with former [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] player [[Robin Trott]] taking over.<ref name="MHist2" /> He held the job until his dismissal in April 2008.<ref name="Trott out">{{cite web
| url = http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kol08/article/default.asp?article_id=40215
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130421014713/http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kol08/article/default.asp?article_id=40215
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2013-04-21
| title = Gate sack boss Trott
| accessdate = 2008-04-16|date=2008-04-16
| publisher = Kent Online
}} </ref>

==Managers==
''All senior competitive first-team matches are included. Statistics correct to 17 September 2008.''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Name
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
!rowspan="2"|Notes
|-
!P!!W!!D!!L!!%W
|-
|align=left|Arthur Graves
|
|align=left|1929
|align=left|''tbc''
||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|
|-
|align=left|[[James Ramsay (footballer)|James Ramsay]]
|{{SCO}}
|align=left|1934
|align=left|1936
||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|
|-
|align=left|Jack Lambert
|
|align=left|1936
|align=left|''tbc''
||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|
|-
|align=left|Bill Fogg
|
|align=left|1939
|align=left|1940
||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|
|-
|align=left|[[Charlie Walker (footballer, born 1911)|Charlie Walker]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|Summer 1946
|align=left|June 1948
||85||53||13||19||62.35
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/walkerboss.htm |title=Charlie Walker |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015124/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/walkerboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Alex Weir (footballer, born 1916)|Alex Weir]]
|{{SCO}}
|align=left|July 1948
|align=left|October 1948
||11||5||1||5||45.45
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/weirboss.htm |title=Alex Weir |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015524/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/weirboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|Club committee
|&ndash;
|align=left|November 1948
|align=left|June 1949
||30||12||4||14||40.00
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/clubcommitteeboss.htm |title=Club Committee (Caretakers) |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015414/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/clubcommitteeboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|Jock Basford
|
|align=left|June 1949
|align=left|May 1950
||40||19||7||14||47.50
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/basfordboss.htm |title=Jock Basford |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015235/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/basfordboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Almer Hall]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|June 1950
|align=left|May 1970
||1137||566||220||351||49.78
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/hallboss.htm |title=Almer Hall |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015538/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/hallboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Gerry Baker]]
|{{USA}}
|align=left|Summer 1970
|align=left|September 1971
||85||31||17||37||36.47
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/bakerboss.htm |title=Gerry Baker |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015058/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/bakerboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|Committee/Eddie Clayton/Terry Morris
|&ndash;
|align=left|October 1971
|align=left|November 1971
||9||5||0||4||55.56
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/comclaymorboss.htm |title=Committee / Eddie Clayton / Terry Morris (Caretakers) |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015357/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/comclaymorboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Les Riggs]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|November 1971
|align=left|March 1977
||347||146||84||117||42.07
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/riggsboss.htm |title=Les Riggs |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015200/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/riggsboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Peter Donnelly (footballer born 1936)|Peter Donnelly]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|March 1977
|align=left|May 1977
||16||2||5||9||12.50
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/donnellyboss.htm |title=Peter Donnelly (Caretaker) |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015619/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/donnellyboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Dennis Hunt]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|May 1977
|align=left|November 1978
||68||34||17||17||50.00
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/huntboss.htm |title=Dennis Hunt |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015442/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/huntboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|Jack Smith
|
|align=left|November 1978
|align=left|June 1979
||38||10||9||19||26.32
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/smithboss.htm |title=Jack Smith |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015340/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/smithboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|Terry Morris
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|June 1979
|align=left|November 1982
||185||47||30||108||25.41
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/morrisboss.htm |title=Terry Morris |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015110/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/morrisboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Peter Donnelly (footballer born 1936)|Peter Donnelly]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|November 1982
|align=left|May 1983
||24||10||3||11||41.67
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/donnellyboss2.htm |title=Peter Donnelly |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015504/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/donnellyboss2.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|Alan Fagan
|
|align=left|May 1983
|align=left|November 1983
||22||5||4||13||22.73
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/faganboss.htm |title=Alan Fagan |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015254/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/faganboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref><ref>Fagan's record includes two matches deputising for an indisposed Peter Donnelly in March 1983.</ref>
|-
|align=left|John Wickens
|
|align=left|November 1983
|align=left|March 1987
||192||70||45||77||36.46
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/wickensboss.htm |title=John Wickens |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004223134/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/wickensboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-04 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|Norman Fusco
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|March 1987
|align=left|October 1988
||83||31||32||20||37.35
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/fucsoboss.htm|title=Norman Fusco|publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk|accessdate=2007-12-24}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|Phil Winfield
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|October 1988
|align=left|October 1988
||1||0||1||0||0.00
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/winfieldboss.htm |title=Phil Winfield (Caretaker) |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015608/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/winfieldboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|Garry Aldous
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|November 1988
|align=left|May 1989
||35||6||8||21||17.14
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/aldousboss.htm |title=Garry Aldous |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020015306/http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/aldousboss.htm |archivedate=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|Trevor Ford
|
|align=left|June 1989
|align=left|March 1990
|| 46 ||14  ||18  ||14  ||30.43 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/fordboss.htm |title=Trevor Ford |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-09-18 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Colin Powell (footballer)|Colin Powell]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|March 1990
|align=left|October 1990
||27  ||12  ||5  || 10 ||44.44 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/powellboss.htm|title=Colin Powell|publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk|accessdate=2008-09-18}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>Ian Starkey deputised as manager for two matches during Powell's time in charge, with a record of one draw and one defeat.</ref>
|-
|align=left|Steve McRaye
|
|align=left|October 1990
|align=left|January 1991
||18  ||6  ||3  ||9  ||33.33 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/mcrayerboss.htm|title=Steve McRaye|publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk|accessdate=2008-09-18}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Tommy Taylor (footballer born 1951)|Tommy Taylor]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|January 1991
|align=left|October 1991
||33  ||10  ||11  ||12  ||30.30 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/taylorboss.htm |title=Tommy Taylor |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-09-18 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Mark Weatherly]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|October 1991
|align=left|November 1991
|| 7 ||3  ||3  ||1  ||42.86 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/weatherlyboss.htm |title=Mark Weatherly |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-09-18 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Lee Smelt]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|November 1991
|align=left|June 1992
||32  || 10 ||11  ||11  ||31.25 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/smeltboss.htm |title=Lee Smelt |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-09-18 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Lee Smelt]]<br />and [[Mark Weatherly]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|June 1992
|align=left|September 1992
||9  ||6  ||3  ||0  ||66.67 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/smeltweathboss.htm |title=Lee Smelt & Mark Weatherly |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-09-18 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Mark Weatherly]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|September 1992
|align=left|February 1993
|| 29 ||9  ||4  ||16  ||31.03 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/weatherlyboss2.htm |title=Mark Weatherly |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-09-18 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Mark Weatherly]]<br />and Andy Woolford
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|February 1993
|align=left|May 1994
||69  ||35  ||13  ||21  ||50.72 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/weathwoolboss.htm |title=Mark Weatherly & Andy Woolford |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-09-18 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Bill Roffey]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|July 1994
|align=left|April 1995
|| 48 ||19  ||8  ||21  ||39.58 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/roffeyboss.htm |title=Bill Roffey |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-09-18 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Mark Weatherly]]<br />and [[Karl Elsey]]
|{{ENG}}/{{WAL}}
|align=left|April 1995
|align=left|May 1995
|| 7 ||2  ||2  ||3  ||28.57 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/elseyweathboss.htm |title=Karl Elsey & Mark Weatherly |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-09-18 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Karl Elsey]]
|{{WAL}}
|align=left|May 1995
|align=left|March 1996
|| 41 ||16  ||6  ||19  ||39.02 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/elseyboss.htm |title=Karl Elsey |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-09-18 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[Mark Weatherly]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|March 1996
|align=left|May 1996
||10  ||5  ||1  ||4  ||50.00 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/weatherlyboss3.htm |title=Mark Weatherly |publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk |accessdate=2008-09-18 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|Chris Kinnear
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|1996
|align=left|April 2006
||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|
|-
|align=left|[[Robin Trott]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|April 2006
|align=left|April 2008
||107  ||  ||  ||  || 
|
|-
|align=left|Steve McKimm
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|April 2008
|align=left|May 2008
|| 2 ||1  ||0  ||1  ||50.00 
|
|-
|align=left|[[Barry Ashby]]
|{{ENG}}
|align=left|May 2008
|align=left|October 2008
|| 15 ||3  ||3  ||9  || 20.00
|
|-
|align=left|[[Terry Yorath]]
|{{WAL}}
|align=left|October 2008
|align=left|September 2009
|| || ||  || || 
|
|}

==References==
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{{Margate F.C.}}
{{Lists of English football managers}}

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