List of Bristol Rovers F.C. managers

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Bristol Rovers first full-time manager, Alfred Homer.

This is a list of Bristol Rovers F.C. managers since the club appointed its first full-time manager in 1899, along with the number of competitive games managed, winning percentage and titles won.

Although the club were founded in 1883, they did not appoint a full-time manager until 1899, when Alfred Homer, who was assistant secretary of Aston Villa, was appointed as manager-secretary of Bristol Rovers, a position he held for twenty-one years. On joining the Football League in 1920, the club appointed Ben Hall to the manager's post. Hall held the job for one year before handing over to Andrew Wilson, the club's first non-English manager.

The next significant manager of Bristol Rovers was Albert Prince-Cox, who introduced blue-and-white quarters as the team's kit because he believed it made the players look larger and more intimidating. He also became the first manager to win a major cup competition with the club when they won the Division 3 (South) Cup in 1935. More success followed in the 1952–53 season when Bristol Rovers' longest serving post-war manager, Bert Tann, won a league title for the first time since 1905 and won promotion for the first time ever when the club won Division 3 (South). Tann remained in charge for eighteen years from 1950 to 1968.

Don Megson was the next manager to win a major trophy, taking the Watney Cup in 1972 in only his third game in charge. Following this, only two more managers won any silverware at a national level. These were Gerry Francis, who won the Division 3 title in 1989–90, and most recently Paul Trollope, who won the League 2 play-off final in 2007. That was until the appointment of Darrell Clarke who guided Bristol Rovers to back-to-back promotions, the first in the club's history making him the most successful Bristol Rovers manager ever.

In all the club has had 37 full-time managers (excluding caretaker managers).

Managers

  • All statistics are from Bristol Rovers Football Club – The Definitive History 1883–2003 unless otherwise stated.
  • Information correct as of match played 3 May 2025
Name Nationality Bristol Rovers career Games Won Drawn Lost % wonTemplate:Efn-lg Honours Notes
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1899Summer 1899 – July 1920 652 243 148 261 37.3 Southern League champions, 3 Gloucestershire Cups
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1920July 1920 – May 1921 45 19 7 19 42.2 -
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1921June 1921 – April 1926 230 74 64 92 32.2 Gloucestershire Cup winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1926May 1926 – April 1929 138 48 22 68 34.8 Gloucestershire Cup winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1929May 1929 – September 1930 58 16 12 30 27.6 -
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1930October 1930 – October 1936 295 115 67 113 39.0 Division 3 South Cup winner, 2 Gloucestershire Cups
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1936November 1936 – November 1937 52 17 9 26 32.7 -
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1938January 1938 – January 1950 227 80 49 98 35.2 3 Gloucestershire Cups
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1950January 1950 – April 1968 897 369 216 314 41.1 Division 3 South champions, Gloucestershire Cups: won 5, shared 5
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1968April 1968 – July 1969 70 26 16 28 37.1 -
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1969August 1969 – July 1972 163 72 47 44 44.2 -
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1972July 1972 – November 1977 269 91 85 93 33.8 Watney Cup winner, 2 Gloucestershire Cups, promotion to Division 2
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1977November 1977 – December 1979 91 32 19 40 35.2 -
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1979December 1979 – April 1980 24 7 9 8 29.2 -
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1980April 1980 – October 1981 68 13 19 36 19.1 -
Script error: No such module "Sort". (caretaker) Script error: No such module "flag". 1981 (1)October 1981 1 0 1 0 0.0 -
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1981 (2)October 1981 – May 1983
May 1985 – June 1987		 196 71 42 83 36.2 Gloucestershire Cup winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1983May 1983 – May 1985 108 51 28 29 47.2 2 Gloucestershire Cups
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1987July 1987 – May 1991
July 2001 – December 2001		 240 95 72 73 39.6 Division 3 champions, 2 Gloucestershire Cups [1]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1991 (1)July 1991 – October 1991 12 1 2 9 8.3 -
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1991 (2)October 1991 – November 1992 63 21 18 24 33.3 Gloucestershire Cup winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1992November 1992 – February 1993 18 6 4 8 33.3 -
Script error: No such module "Sort". (caretaker) Script error: No such module "flag". 1993 (1)March 1993 3 0 1 2 0.0 -
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1993 (2)March 1993 – May 1996
December 2012 – March 2014		 250 101 70 79 40.4 2 Gloucestershire Cups [2]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 1996June 1996 – January 2001 249 92 67 90 36.9 -
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December 2001 – April 2002		 47 14 10 23 29.8 - [3]
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January 2004 – March 2004		 14 1 6 7 7.1 - [4]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 2002 (2)April 2002 – January 2004 81 22 22 37 27.2 - [5]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 2004 (3)April 2004 – September 2005 68 21 26 21 30.9 - [8]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 2005September 2005 – December 2010 284 106 71 107 37.3 League 2 play-off winner [9]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (caretaker) Script error: No such module "flag". 2010December 2010 – January 2011 2 0 0 2 0.0 [10]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 2011aJanuary 2011 – March 2011 13 2 2 9 15.4 [11]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (caretaker) Script error: No such module "flag". 2011bMarch 2011 – May 2011 12 4 3 5 33.3 [12]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 2011cMay 2011 – January 2012 29 8 6 15 27.5 [13]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 2012January 2012 – December 2012 45 12 12 21 26.6 [14]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "flag". 2014March 2014 – December 2018
May 2025 – present		 246 104 56 86 42.3 Conference Premier play-off winner, promotion to League One [15]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 2018December 2018 – December 2019 56 25 18 13 44.6 [16]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (caretaker) File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 2019aDecember 2019 1 1 0 0 100 [17]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (caretaker) File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 2019bDecember 2019
January 2020Template:Efn-lg		 1 0 1 0 0.0 [18]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of England.svg England 2019cDecember 2019 – November 2020Template:Efn-lg 33 6 10 17 18.2 [19]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (caretaker) File:Flag of England.svg England 2020aNovember 2020
February 2021		 3 2 0 1 66.6
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of England.svg England 2020bNovember 2020 – February 2021 19 5 3 11 26.3 [20]
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of England.svg England 2020bFebruary 2021 – October 2023 143 53 30 60 37.1 Promotion to League One [21]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (caretaker) File:Flag of England.svg England 2023aOctober 2023 – November 2023 7 4 2 1 57.1
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of England.svg England 2023bDecember 2023 – December 2024 57 19 7 31 33.3
Script error: No such module "Sort". (caretaker) File:Flag of England.svg England 2024aDecember 2024 2 0 1 1 0.0
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2024bDecember 2024 – May 2025 26 6 3 17 23.1
Script error: No such module "Sort". File:Flag of England.svg England 2025May 2025 – Present 0 0 0 0 0

Notes

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Records

Most games managed

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Manager Games Years
1 Template:FlagiconBert Tann 897 1950-1968
2 Template:FlagiconAlfred Homer 652 1899-1920
3 Template:FlagiconAlbert Prince-Cox 295 1930-1936
4 Template:FlagiconPaul Trollope 284 2005-2010
5 Template:FlagiconDon Megson 269 1972-1977
6 Template:FlagiconJohn Ward 250 1993-1996, 2012–2014
7 Template:FlagiconIan Holloway 249 1996-2001
8 Template:FlagiconDarrell Clarke 246 2014-2018
9 Template:FlagiconGerry Francis 240 1987-1991, 2001
10 Template:FlagiconAndrew Wilson 230 1921-1926
11 Template:FlagiconBrough Fletcher 227 1938-1950
12 Template:FlagiconBobby Gould 196 1981-1983, 1985–1987
13 Template:FlagiconBill Dodgin Sr. 163 1969-1972
14 Template:FlagiconJoey Barton 143 2021-2023
15 Template:FlagiconJoe Palmer 138 1926-1929
16 Template:FlagiconDavid Williams 108 1983-1985

Most Wins

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Wins Games Years
1 Template:FlagiconBert Tann 369 897 1950-1968
2 Template:FlagiconAlfred Homer 243 652 1899-1920
3 Template:FlagiconAlbert Prince-Cox 115 295 1930-1936
4 Template:FlagiconPaul Trollope 106 284 2005-2010
5 Template:FlagiconDarrell Clarke 104 246 2014-2018
6 Template:FlagiconJohn Ward 101 250 1993-1996, 2012–2014

Highest win percentages

Manager Win% Games Years
1 Template:FlagiconDavid Williams 47.2 108 1983-1985
2 Template:FlagiconGraham Coughlan 44.6 56 2018-2019
3 Template:FlagiconBill Dodgin Sr. 44.2 163 1969-1972
4 Template:FlagiconDarrell Clarke 42.3 246 2014-2018
5 Template:FlagiconBen Hall 42.2 45 1920-1921

Promotions

Manager Promotions Years
1 Template:FlagiconDarrell Clarke 2 2015, 2016
2 Template:FlagiconBert Tann 1 1953
Template:FlagiconDon Megson 1974
Template:FlagiconGerry Francis 1990
Template:FlagiconPaul Trollope 2007
Template:FlagiconJoey Barton 2022

Nationalities

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Country Managers
1 Template:FlagiconEngland 29
2 Template:FlagiconScotland 4
3 Template:FlagiconWales 2
4 Template:FlagiconRepublic of Ireland 1
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References

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Bibliography

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