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NWCFL Current Managers & their reigns

Thu 12th December 2019 | General
By Craig Kendall

As it stands there are 59 managers in roles thorough the NWCFL and one vacancy at First Division South side West Didsbury & Chorlton.

In the NWCFL Premier Division, the longest-serving manager Jay Foulds & Dougie Pitts at Ashton Athletic who have been at the club since 11th June 2013 - 2,374 days.

Former FC Oswestry Town manager Matt Burton is the short-serving "gaffer" as he took over at as sole manager at Whitchurch Alport earlier this month - 9 days ago.

No one can do anything but admire Brent Peters at Bacup Borough in the First Division North, he has been at the helm for a staggering 8,135 days - that is just over 22 years! Ashton Town's Lee Bignell and Karl Bell have the shortest reign at just one day.

In the First Division South, Sandbach United's Andrew Hockenhull has been at CW11 for over 6 years - 2,504 days - whilst Nathan Leonard has been in charge at FC Oswestry Town for just 31 days.

Overall, the average at the helm in the NWCFL is 776 days - just over 2 years, whilst in terms of leagues:

NWCFL Premier Division - 637 days  (Just under 2 years)

NWCFL First Division North - 1,313 days (Around 3 1/2 years)

NWCFL First Division South - 358 days (Just under 1 year)

Premier Division Manager's Name Date Appointed How long in charge? Days in charge Rank (Division) Rank (All)
1874 Northwich Wayne Goodison & Paul Bowyer 18/04/2017 2 years 7 months 25 days 967 4 11
Ashton Athletic Jay Foulds/Dougie Pitts 11/06/2013 6 years 6 months 1 days 2374 1 6
Avro Lee O'Brien & James Hampson 01/06/2017 2 years 6 months 11 days 923 6 13
Bootle Joe Doran 07/10/2018 1 years 2 months 3 days 430 9 24
Barnoldswick Town Endrit Shehu 25/10/2019 0 years 1 months 16 days 47 18 55
Irlam Michael Dodd 20/05/2017 2 years 6 months 23 days 935 5 12
Burscough Nick Matthews 01/07/2019 0 years 5 months 12 days 163 16 43
Charnock Richard Ryan Donnellan 28/04/2019 0 years 7 months 15 days 227 15 37
Congleton Town Chris Rowley & Anthony Griffiths 07/11/2019 0 years 1 months 3 days 34 19 56
Hanley Town Mick Morton 27/12/2018 0 years 11 months 14 days 349 12 30
Litherland REMYCA Phil Stafford 30/11/2018 1 years 0 months 11 days 376 11 28
Longridge Town Lee Ashcroft 12/06/2014 5 years 6 months 0 days 2008 2 8
Northwich Victoria Steve Wilkes 26/09/2017 2 years 2 months 14 days 806 7 15
Padiham Adam Morning 28/12/2018 0 years 11 months 13 days 348 13 31
Runcorn Town Paul McManus 21/04/2019 0 years 7 months 22 days 234 14 35
Rylands David McNabb 14/06/2018 1 years 5 months 29 days 545 8 21
Skelmersdale United Paul McNally 16/11/2018 1 years 0 months 25 days 390 10 27
Squires Gate Luke Evans 26/09/2019 0 years 2 months 14 days 76 17 47
Whitchurch Alport Matt Burton 02/12/2019 0 years 0 months 9 days 9 20 59
Winsford United Lee Duckworth 28/10/2015 4 years 1 months 14 days 1505 3 9
Average Days in charge 637.30 1 years 8 months 29 days
First Division North Manager's Name Date Appointed  How long in charge? Days in charge Rank (Division) Rank (All)
AFC Blackpool Martin Baird 13/12/2018 0 years 11 months 28 days 363 11 29
AFC Darwen Kenny Langford 27/09/2019 0 years 2 months 13 days 75 16 48
AFC Liverpool Chris Anderson 27/04/2019 0 years 7 months 16 days 228 12 36
Ashton Town Lee Bignell & Karl Bell 11/12/2019 0 years 0 months 0 days 0 20 61
Atherton LR Mark Robinson 12/10/2019 0 years 1 months 29 days 60 18 53
Bacup Borough Brent Peters 01/09/1997 22 years 3 months 11 days 8136 1 1
Chadderton David Fish 06/10/2017 2 years 2 months 4 days 796 6 16
Cleator Moor Celtic Craig Routledge 26/05/2019 0 years 6 months 17 days 199 14 41
Daisy Hill Brian Hart 16/05/2018 1 years 6 months 27 days 574 7 19
Emley AFC Richard Tracey 01/05/2019 0 years 7 months 12 days 224 13 38
Garstang Richard Cookney 31/08/2019 0 years 3 months 12 days 102 15 44
Golcar United Ash Connor/ Gav Connor 01/06/2014 5 years 6 months 11 days 2019 5 7
Holker Old Boys Kevin Watkin 12/10/2018 1 years 1 months 29 days 425 10 26
Lower Breck Gary Moore 01/07/2010 9 years 5 months 12 days 3450 4 4
Nelson Andy Harrison 10/10/2018 1 years 2 months 0 days 427 9 25
Pilkington Ste Palfrey & Phil Marsh 01/09/2018 1 years 3 months 11 days 466 8 23
Prestwich Heys Matt Barnes 10/12/2019 0 years 0 months 1 days 1 19 60
Shelley Ash Berry 01/08/2009 10 years 4 months 11 days 3784 3 3
St Helens Town David Platt 30/09/2019 0 years 2 months 10 days 72 17 49
Steeton Roy Mason 09/08/2006 13 years 4 months 3 days 4872 2 2
Average Days in charge 1,313.65 3 years 7 months 6 days
First Division South Manager's Name Date Appointed  How long in charge? Days in charge Rank (Division) Rank (All)
Abbey Hey Terry Hincks 18/05/2019 0 years 6 months 25 days 207 10 40
Abbey Hulton United Russell Leadbetter 07/01/2019 0 years 11 months 3 days 338 8 34
Alsager Town Lee Bennett & Dan Davis 02/06/2019 0 years 6 months 10 days 192 11 42
Barnton Gary Moore & Liam Page 11/10/2019 0 years 2 months -1 days 61 16 52
Cammell Laird 1907 Phil Burton 19/06/2018 1 years 5 months 24 days 540 5 22
Cheadle Heath Nomads Andy Gray 01/09/2017 2 years 3 months 11 days 831 2 14
Cheadle Town Daniel Meadowcroft & Liam Brownhill 16/09/2019 0 years 2 months 24 days 86 12 45
Eccleshall Kyle Adams & Craig Bould 28/12/2018 0 years 11 months 13 days 348 6 31
Ellesmere Rangers Connor Courtney & Richard Brown 07/10/2019 0 years 2 months 3 days 65 15 51
FC Oswestry Town Nathan Leonard 11/11/2019 0 years 0 months 30 days 30 19 58
Maine Road Ray Barnett & Jeff Newman 31/12/2018 0 years 11 months 10 days 345 7 33
New Mills Paul Riley, Mick Norton & Dave Birch 11/05/2019 0 years 7 months 2 days 214 9 39
Sandbach United Andrew Hockenhull 01/02/2013 6 years 10 months 9 days 2504 1 5
St Martins Dave Smith (Interim) 06/10/2019 0 years 2 months 4 days 66 14 50
Stockport Town Adam Jones 08/11/2019 0 years 1 months 2 days 33 18 57
Stone Old Alleynians Wayne Brotherton  24/10/2019 0 years 1 months 17 days 48 17 54
Vauxhall Motors Mick McGraa 01/06/2018 1 years 6 months 11 days 558 4 20
West Didsbury & Chorlton Vacant     0 20 61
Wythenshawe Amateurs Martin Ivison 20/09/2019 0 years 2 months 20 days 82 13 46
Wythenshawe Town James Kinsey 30/03/2018 1 years 8 months 13 days 621 3 18
Average Days in charge   358.45 0 years 11 months 23 days
Average Days in charge (All Leagues) 776.43 2 years 1 months 15 days

All dates at as of 11th December 2019. Any errors please e-mail craig.kendall@nwcfl.com.

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