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Who Was the First Manager of Manchester United: James Ernest Mangnall
Sir Alex Ferguson is widely known as Man Utd greatest manager ever, but he was not the first boss to occupy the Old Trafford hot seat and achieve remarkable heights. Who was the First Manager of Manchester United? It’s James Ernest Mangnall, he was an English football coach, and the first Man United manager between 1912 and 1924. Mangnall began his career with Burnley FC and led Manchester United between 1903 and 1912.
In the first of a new documentary series, FourFourTwo talked to people who spent years working alongside one of football’s greatest managers, discovering the most amazing Fergie stories ever!
Who was the First Manager of Manchester United: James Ernest Mangnall
Mr Mangnall was the first manager to bring Manchester United trophy success – with a side containing the key members of the Blues 1904 FA Cup triumph. Ernest Magnall is the only manager in history to date who has managed both rival clubs Manchester United and Manchester City.
Here is a brief profile on Manchester United first manager James Ernest Mangnall
Mangnall, who was born in Bolton, Lancashire, played amateur football as a goalkeeper and was a director at Bolton Wanderers. He began his career as a manager at Burnley in March 1900, when he was appointed as the club’s second official manager following the departure of
Harry Bradshaw nearly a year earlier. When he joined the team, they were struggling. With just one month left in the 1899-1900 season, relegation to the Second Division appeared practically certain. Their relegation was sealed on 28 April 1900, following an 0-4 defeat against
Nottingham Forest. Burnley was re-elected, and Mangnall took over as manager for the next season. However, he resigned in October 1903 to join Second Division rivals Manchester United.
Clubs Coached By Man Utd first manager James Ernest Mangnall
| James Mangnall teams coached | Date Appointed | In charge until | Matches | PPM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Manchester City | 1912/13 (Sep 10, 1912) | 1923/24 (Jun 30, 1924) | — | 0.00 |
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Man United FC | 1903/04 (Oct 10, 1903) | 1912/13 (Sep 9, 1912) | —– | 0.00 |
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Burnley Manager |
1899/00 (Mar 1, 1900) | 1903/04 (Oct 9, 1903) | —- | 0.00 |
James Ernest Mangnall Tenure in Manchester United as Manager
James Mangnall was the club’s third most successful manager, having won two First Division crowns, one FA Cup, and two Charity Shield medals. He assumed over as manager of Manchester United in 1903, and his club nearly missed promotion in his first two seasons before winning promotion on the third try.
Amongst the Manchester United managers list, Mangnall was among the most successful coaches. His Manchester United’s manager term was historic. He won two First Division championships (1907/08 & 1910/11), the FA Cup (1908/09), and two Charity Shields during his time at the club (1908 & 1911).
What made Alex Ferguson the greatest Manchester United manager?
Fergie is just the greatest manager of all time at United, he won everything multiple times in the game and made football feel special. Yes, even Liverpool fans are jealous of the success UTD had, but beyond all that rivalry and banter, possibly even hate from some fans, the respect IS there from both sets of fans. It’s what makes both clubs the top two in England, the sheer passion for football and desire to be the best. Fergie had such a monumental task when he arrived at UTD, but he achieved what many thought was impossible, so fair play to him and UTD.
Rangnick with Ferguson; Man Utd Greatest Manager
How many trophies did Alex Ferguson win at Man Utd?
He won 38 trophies at man utd.
During his 26 years with the Red Devils Manchester United, Ferguson won 38 trophies, including 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, and two UEFA Champions League titles. He was knighted in the 1999 Queen’s Birthday Honors list for his services to the game.
You have to love how every time someone does a film on sir Alex, Aberdeen gets overlooked! go and see what he did with Aberdeen, a small team in the northeast of Scotland and turned them into one of the best teams in the world. That is a bigger thing he did; he won all with Aberdeen with 11 Scottish lads beating teams like Bayern Real Madrid . It’s so annoying how it gets overlooked; yes he did something special at Utd but Utd where a big team and expected to win; he took aberdeen from nothing to the world stage.
James Mangnall biography
James Ernest Mangnall Date of Birth: Jan 4, 1866
Place of Birth: Bolton England
James Ernest Mangnall Date of Death: 13.01.1932 (66 years)
Citizenship: England, UK
Average term as coach: 8.11 Years
James Mangnall profile on Transfermarkt: https://www.transfermarkt.com/ernest-mangnall/profil/trainer/75640
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Gareth Southgate is the only person in the Universe who can turn Manchester United into Middlesbrough within no time
The English media is trying all their best to push Southgate to united, but he is championship level manager at best
The England national team is waay better than this Manu squad, and he has had 0 success ( reaching semis ain’t success). So what exactly are people expecting if he becomes Manu boss
Absolutely no way! Why would Man U hire Southgate? That would be the worse decision in the history of the game.
ETH outwitted Klopp last weekend in one of the best and most dramatic FA cup clashes in years and I’m sorry but Southgate would not have won that game and ETH has had to deal with Ronaldo, Sancho, Greenwood and so on, he deserves more time
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I have been saying this for weeks now. If United were under any other manager especially Southgate, they would be fighting for relegation right now. The problem at United is not Ten Hag but the players.
People keep saying that Ten Hag’s style of football at United is not attractive and no identity but there is so much that a manager can do if the players themselves are not good enough or not putting enough effort. Ten Hag’s Ajax were playing attractive football and he managed to get them to the SF of the CL.
Without him, look at Ajax now. And the media keep pushing their agenda to get Ten Hag sack and replace him with a much worse manager like Southgate. If Ten Hag is managing England right now, with the players they have, we won’t see such a passive football like we saw yesterday vs Brazil. Ask Liverpool fans, would they replace Klopp with Southgate? I rest my case.
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Liverpool only have themselves to blame for loss to Manchester United. Had to find a way to squeeze in the random Bruno slag off in between. Dude was dead on his feet at full time, and had to slot in to center back for the last 30 minutes.
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How come everybody seems to have forgotten that 2 of LFC’s goals were pure luck?
More shots, same shots on goal, higher goal expectancy. What is this narrative that Liverpool should have put this game away, if anything we should’ve put this game away! They had a good 20, 25 minute stint where they kept the ball in the second half, but did nothing with it, we deservedly won this game.
David de Gea is still without a club since leaving Manchester United this summer (Image: Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)
For Liverpool fans: don’t say that we lost to Manchester United because Jota Trent Alisson and jones didn’t play. We have to stop doing that every time a team loses a big game it’s very stupid because had you won, you wouldn’t be saying that. Don’t forget that when y’all drew 0-0 to them at home Trent Alisson and Jones started. Keep in mind how well they’ve been playing despite having lots of injuries they almost beat Manchester City’s full strength squad last week.
Also, you lose to Manchester United, 2 fringe players for them decided the game for them, Liverpool didn’t play well and a loss is a loss you have to accept it otherwise you’re a sole loser and are unwilling to take it.
It’s interesting how nothing much is said about the mistakes made by Liverpool, but all criticism is piled on Bruno; how supposedly poor he was.
Ten Hag claims United is moving in the right direction 👀 WHAT DIRECTION IS THAT?!
Every time he speaks after a dismal performance after the match I always sit there saying to myself “What on Earth are you talking about”.
The media trying so hard to get ETH sacked…..when liverpool had bad injuries with VVD out, y’all didnt have the same energy
Most fans want ETH out because of his poor tactics and substitutions. I also felt he should be braver to drop non-performing players irrespective of names, and even play academy players if he has to.
Now I’m ETH in because I realise from Rooney’s and Ole’s recent interviews that the mentality of these players are incredibly low and it’s no longer just speculation that the players can’t cope on this stage.
I can understand ETH saying positive things and coming off as “crazy” but if you have players who are weak minded and aren’t willing to fight, you can’t be tough cos they’ll cave and where does that leave you for the rest of the season?! Jason Sancho case in point. I rather come across as insane to the media but hope that I’m lifting the team enough to get a string of performances to save my job and give the fans at least something to cheer about until I can have a summer clear out.
Keane is a freaking legend but that approach with these weak players will kill them and ETH would lose the dressing room.
This man keeps dropping off bombs on and off the field..A gift that keeps on giving..Most delulu man on this green earth
What a GIFT! Hand him a 15 years contract and 5 years add ons
The problem for Utd in recruiting an elite manager in the Summer is that Liverpool, Bayern and Barca will also be looking for new managers.
From the moment I heard “A new era begins. .” from ETH. I knew it was the joke of the century. He has the guts to say it while Klopp/Guardiola are competing against each other by 1 point in the Primer league he acted like he can compete with them ro
