Top 10 QPR managers

[Abseits]

Strange that Gordon Jago name is not in that list.He was Manager between 1971-74 and imo was responsible for assembling our greatest ever team inc recruiting both Bowles and Thomas.

Spot on. Sexton inherited bulk of that team and frankly didn't do enough building or succession planning so the team peaked but quite rapidly declined too. Maybe I'm being harsh and it was more the board's inertia than Sexton's?

Don Howe was very very good. The formations and tactics he deployed were visionary in my view but the club never seemed to get behind him, think they called him Head Coach and not manager? I think health problems were cited when he left and maybe that was genuine but it felt like club were easing him out in favour of the returning hero, Gerry Francis. He's obviously a Rangers legend but I think we went backwards with him at the helm, he didn't match up to Howe I feel.

[Shania]

Jim Gregory regretted the fact that he sacked Alec Stock. Indeed one of greatest was Alec Stock..

[Darkranger]

Spot on. Sexton inherited bulk of that team and frankly didn't do enough building or succession planning so the team peaked but quite rapidly declined too. Maybe I'm being harsh and it was more the board's inertia than Sexton's?

Don Howe was very very good. The formations and tactics he deployed were visionary in my view but the club never seemed to get behind him, think they called him Head Coach and not manager? I think health problems were cited when he left and maybe that was genuine but it felt like club were easing him out in favour of the returning hero, Gerry Francis. He's obviously a Rangers legend but I think we went backwards with him at the helm, he didn't match up to Howe I feel.

Agreed, I think Don Howe was never given the respect his QPR team and style of play fully deserved. He attracted some big names because of his reputation and it felt like we were stepping up to a new level.

[Riverwild]

Venables for me is my favourite QPR manager.
Did an outstanding job for us.
Great coach. Excellent man manager.
One of the greatest coaches this country has ever produced.

[wormholt]

1, alec stock.......actually won something, put qpr on the map.
2, gordon jago......set sexton up nice with a good squad of players.
3, dave sexton.....made good use of the players and additions. runners up div 1, semi final league cup, quarter final eufa cup.
4, terry venables....fa cup final, best team lost the replay......and more.
5, jim smith.....something in 1986, it was the getting there that shone.
6, neil warnock.....great couple of seasons, promotion to the premier.
7, ian holloway....put a team together in that third tier on a budget and got us up. loved them 2 seasns in the third.
8, harry rednapp....just for that zamora goal.
9, gerry francis......just because he was a great player.
10, no one worthy...

[Kit]

Jago has got to be in there ! He set it up for Sexton to take us to our highest ever finish.

[cross it Dave]

I admit I forgot Jago. He should of course be right up there near the top. I was too young at the time to remember him.

Missing Gordon Jago is strange, arguably our best ever manager with Alec Stock.

Surely, we must have had better managers than Dowie since 1882.

[cross it Dave]

1, alec stock.......actually won something, put qpr on the map.
2, gordon jago......set sexton up nice with a good squad of players.
3, dave sexton.....made good use of the players and additions. runners up div 1, semi final league cup, quarter final eufa cup.
4, terry venables....fa cup final, best team lost the replay......and more.
5, jim smith.....something in 1986, it was the getting there that shone.
6, neil warnock.....great couple of seasons, promotion to the premier.
7, ian holloway....put a team together in that third tier on a budget and got us up. loved them 2 seasns in the third.
8, harry rednapp....just for that zamora goal.
9, gerry francis......just because he was a great player.
10, no one worthy...

Far more accurate.

[Darkranger]

1, alec stock.......actually won something, put qpr on the map.
2, gordon jago......set sexton up nice with a good squad of players.
3, dave sexton.....made good use of the players and additions. runners up div 1, semi final league cup, quarter final eufa cup.
4, terry venables....fa cup final, best team lost the replay......and more.
5, jim smith.....something in 1986, it was the getting there that shone.
6, neil warnock.....great couple of seasons, promotion to the premier.
7, ian holloway....put a team together in that third tier on a budget and got us up. loved them 2 seasns in the third.
8, harry rednapp....just for that zamora goal.
9, gerry francis......just because he was a great player.
10, no one worthy...

Don Howe?

[Stainrod]

Don Howe?

Wasn’t it a Don Howe / Bobby Gould double act . I remember it was Gould that was credited with signing Brevett , Peacock and Tilson at the time .

[stanistheman]

Wasn’t it a Don Howe / Bobby Gould double act . I remember it was Gould that was credited with signing Brevett , Peacock and Tilson at the time .

Yes, he did. In fact if I recall correctly, Gould came in to help Howe as QPR had been on a losing run of around (possibly 9) and then Gould came in and we signed those 3 players in 1 week and started winning matches and finished the season strongly.

I would certainly have Jago Stock Sexton Venables and Francis in my top 5. Francis had us playing some great football and we finished 5th (would have qualified for UEFA cup if not for the ban). Warnock Smith Holloway (1st spell) and even Redknapp for winning the play offs in the top 10. Tommy Docherty for an 8th place finish in the 2nd Division better than any other manager not already listed ahs achieved.

1. Stock won our only trophy
2. Sexton nearly won the league having added his own style and players to the many fine players Jago bought and developed
3. Venables won the 2nd Division title, our only FA Cup final and qualified for UEFA Cup with 5th place finish.
4. Jago won promotion and built a good squad to compete on the First Division
5. Francis built a very good team that finished 5th and with a bit more support from the Board might have achieved more
6. Smith finished 13th, 16th & 5th in the first Division plus a League Cup Final during his time with QPR.
7. Warnock transformed a struggling relegation threatened team and won the 2nd Division in 15 months. Might have kept is up in the Premiership but was sacked and replaced by Hughes who spent £15M to achieve the same 17th place he inherited!
8. Howe finished 11th and 12th in the First Division during his 18th months in charge
9. Redknapp for the promotion play offs winning season and might just have kept is in the Premiership had he not walked out because the Board, rightly or wrongly, didn't back him in the January window
= 10. Holloway/Docherty

[LoftusRoadLad]

Manager history

Mark Warburton	08 May, 2019	Present
John Eustace	01 Apr, 2019	08 May, 2019
Steve McClaren	18 May, 2018	01 Apr, 2019
Ian Holloway	10 Nov, 2016	10 May, 2018
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	04 Dec, 2015	07 Nov, 2016
Neil Warnock	04 Nov, 2015	04 Dec, 2015
Kevin Bond	03 Feb, 2015	12 Feb, 2015
Chris Ramsey	03 Feb, 2015	04 Nov, 2015
Harry Redknapp	25 Nov, 2012	03 Feb, 2015
Mark Bowen	23 Nov, 2012	25 Nov, 2012
Eddie Niedzwiecki	23 Nov, 2012	25 Nov, 2012
Mark Hughes	10 Jan, 2012	23 Nov, 2012
Neil Warnock	02 Mar, 2010	08 Jan, 2012
Mick Harford	15 Jan, 2010	02 Mar, 2010
Paul Hart	17 Dec, 2009	15 Jan, 2010
Steve Gallen	16 Dec, 2009	17 Dec, 2009
Jim Magilton	03 Jun, 2009	16 Dec, 2009
Gareth Ainsworth	09 Apr, 2009	03 May, 2009
Paulo Sousa	19 Nov, 2008	09 Apr, 2009
Gareth Ainsworth	24 Oct, 2008	19 Nov, 2008
Iain Dowie	14 May, 2008	24 Oct, 2008
Luigi De Canio	29 Oct, 2007	12 May, 2008
Mick Harford	01 Oct, 2007	29 Oct, 2007
John Gregory	20 Sep, 2006	01 Oct, 2007
Gary Waddock	06 Feb, 2006	19 Sep, 2006
Ian Holloway	26 Feb, 2001	06 Feb, 2006
Gerry Francis	16 Oct, 1998	25 Feb, 2001
Iain Dowie	28 Sep, 1998	16 Oct, 1998
Ray Harford	05 Dec, 1997	28 Sep, 1998
John Hollins	11 Nov, 1997	05 Dec, 1997
Stewart Houston	16 Sep, 1996	10 Nov, 1997
Ray Wilkins	15 Nov, 1994	04 Sep, 1996
Gerry Francis	01 Jun, 1991	11 Nov, 1994
Don Howe	28 Nov, 1989	21 May, 1991
Trevor Francis	14 Dec, 1988	27 Nov, 1990
Jim Smith	11 Jun, 1985	04 Dec, 1988
Frank Sibley	05 Dec, 1984	01 Jun, 1985
Alan Mullery	20 Jun, 1984	05 Dec, 1984
Gordon Jago	28 May, 1984	05 Jun, 1984
Terry Venables	01 Oct, 1980	24 May, 1984
Tommy Docherty	11 May, 1979	01 Oct, 1980
Steve Burtenshaw	10 Aug, 1978	10 May, 1979
Alec Stock	30 Jul, 1978	10 Aug, 1978
Frank Sibley	10 Jul, 1977	29 Jul, 1978
Dave Sexton	16 Oct, 1974	09 Jul, 1977
Stan Anderson	07 Sep, 1974	16 Oct, 1974
Gordon Jago	06 Jan, 1971	27 Sep, 1974
Les Allen	01 Dec, 1969	06 Jan, 1970
Tommy Docherty	01 Nov, 1968	30 Nov, 1968
Bill Dodgin(Jnr)	01 Aug, 1968	01 Nov, 1968
Jimmy Andrews	01 Aug, 1965	31 Jul, 1965
Alec Stock	01 Aug, 1959	01 Aug, 1968
Jack Taylor	01 Jun, 1952	01 May, 1959
Dave Mangnall	01 Apr, 1944	31 May, 1952
Ted Vizard	01 May, 1939	01 Apr, 1944
Billy Birrell	01 Apr, 1935	01 May, 1939
Mick O'Brien	01 May, 1933	01 Apr, 1935
Archie Mitchell	01 Nov, 1931	01 May, 1933
John Bowman	01 May, 1930	01 Nov, 1931
Bob Hewison	01 Aug, 1925	01 May, 1930
Will Wood	01 Aug, 1924	31 May, 1925
Ned Liddell	01 Apr, 1920	31 May, 1924
James Howie	01 Aug, 1913	01 Apr, 1920
James Cowan	01 Aug, 1906	31 May, 1913

[QPROslo]

Redknapp?

That season we got promoted we has Green, Simpson, Dunne, Hill, Traore, Onuoha, Suk-Young, L. Young, Assou-Ekotto, Phillips, Carroll, Jenas, Barton, Kranjcar, Henry, Ephraim, Faurlin, Benayoun, O’Neill, Johnson, Austin, Keane, Doyle and Zamora. We should have walked the Championship but ended 4th in the League. We spent £70m more than we earned - probably the biggest deficit of any club at our level in history and was the reason for the FFP fine many years later that has hampered us until recently. The salary budget of Redknapp that season was higher than Borossia Dortmund.

Redknapp is close to the bottom of my list. That Zamora goal was wonderful but not the five years hangover.

[QPROslo]

I included Dowie as he had the highest win percentage in our history. He was very unfortunate to be fired.

[QPRDave]

I'm sorry but naming of Traore,Suk Young, L Young, Carroll, Keane and Doyle as superstars that should've carried us over to the title is just plain wrong.
Traore was awful, Suk Young was an unknown who did ok but no superstar.
Luke Young and Doyle were past it, and Keane well frankly wouldn't score in a brothel and barely any better now.
Carroll is/was just Carroll, nothing spectacular.
Btw we also had Ravel Morrison.
None of this matters, the championship is brutal.
We're not the first or last team to discover that, but alot of those were contracts that couldn't be broken irrc.