By 90min | Created at 2024-10-29 21:33:04 | Updated at 2024-10-30 09:20:22
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Manchester United manager is one of the biggest jobs in all of football.
The club is among the most successful in the world, drawing fans from all corners of the globe, and expectation is always through the roof after decades of success.
United have struggled by their own standards in recent years, but that is nothing new when tracing the club's history back to bygone and long forgotten eras. What's more, when times have been tough in the past, there has also been someone around the corner waiting to deliver success again.
Although Newton Heath, as United were originally known, were formed in 1878, it wasn't until 1892 when the team gained entry into the Football League that the club employed a full-time manager.
Over 130 years on, more than 25 people have taken on that role in various capacities...
2. James West (club secretary)
Ernest Mangnall won Man Utd's first trophies / Culture Club/GettyImages
4. T.J. Wallworth (acting club secretary)
6. John Robson
8. Lal Hilditch (player-manager)
10. Walter Crickmer (caretaker)
Man Utd were a second tier club under Scott Duncan / J. A. Hampton/GettyImages
12. Sir Matt Busby
Matt Busby built Man Utd's modern identity / Norman Quicke/GettyImages
Jimmy Murphy helped keep Man Utd alive in 1958 / Evening Standard/GettyImages
14. Wilf McGuinness
Frank O'Farrell was presented with a tough transition period / Keystone/GettyImages
16. Tommy Docherty
Tommy Docherty was a cult figure of the 1970s / Central Press/GettyImages
Dave Sexton had made his name as Chelsea boss / Mike Stephens/GettyImages
18. Ron Atkinson
Ron Atkinson won FA Cups but not league titles / R. Viner/GettyImages
Sir Alex Ferguson brought unprecedented levels of success / Alex Livesey/GettyImages
20. David Moyes
David Moyes was Alex Ferguson's handpicked successor / Jamie McDonald/GettyImages
Ryan Giggs was Man Utd manager for four games / Ian Walton/GettyImages
22. Louis van Gaal
Louis van Gaal couldn't replicate his success from previous clubs / Catherine Ivill - AMA/GettyImages
Jose Mourinho delivered two trophies in the 2016/17 season / Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/GettyImages
24. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
For a time, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looked set to win trophies / Charlie Crowhurst/GettyImages
Michael Carrick had a few games in charge in late 2021 / OLI SCARFF/GettyImages
26. Ralf Rangnick (interim)
Ralf Rangnick was brought in as interim in December 2021 / Clive Brunskill/GettyImages
Erik ten Hag was the second Dutchman to lead Man Utd / BSR Agency/GettyImages
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