List of Stoke City F.C. managers

[1] Welsh manager Tony Pulis had two spells in charge of Stoke which saw him guide the club to promotion to the Premier League in 2008 and a first FA Cup Final in 2011.

[1] Another ex-player, Walter Cox took over however his reign was a short one lasting just a year in that time he took Stoke into their first FA Cup match.

[1] Reeves brought in a number of new players which had a good impact on the club but unfortunately Stoke's fortunes wavered and he was replaced by ex goalkeeper Bill Rowley.

[1] Scotsman Peter Hodge came in from Raith and won the Southern League Division Two; he returned to Scotland following the outbreak of war.

Following the return to League football, the board appointed Arthur Shallcross, who won promotion with the club in 1922; however Stoke were relegated the next season and he resigned in March 1923.

However, in 1976 the roof fell off the Victoria Ground and many of Waddington's star players were sold to help pay the repair bill and with Stoke destined for relegation he parted company in March 1977.

Waddington's assistant and fan favourite George Eastham tried in vain to keep the club up and then struggled in the Second Division, leaving in January 1978.

He guided Stoke to final day promotion at Notts County in 1979; however he surprisingly left in May 1981 to join Sunderland and his assistant at Shrewsbury Richie Barker quickly replaced him.

Barker started well with the team playing neat passing football however a change of tactics to a long ball style led to a decline in attendances and results and he was sacked in December 1983.

Stoke were expected to easily win the Third Division; however results against much smaller clubs were poor and after a 4–0 defeat by Wigan Athletic Ball resigned.

He had instant success with Stoke taking the club into the play-offs losing out to Stockport County however they beat the same opposition in the final of the Football League Trophy.

Former Villa manager Brian Little had the task to gain instant promotion and started well and at one stage were top of the table by eight points; however Stoke's form took a huge slide and they ended up in 8th place and Little left.

Thordarson spent three seasons at Stoke winning the Football League Trophy and taking the club into the play-offs three times.

[4] Unknown Dutch manager Johan Boskamp was appointed by the board and he promised to play an attractive style of football.

However results failed to show any significant improvement, and Boskamp left at the end of the season after falling out with several club officials and key players.

In the 2007–08 season Stoke finally ended their 23-year absence from the top light finishing second to gain promotion to the Premier League.

However, after several big money transfers failed to improve the squad Stoke regressed and Hughes was eventually sacked in January 2018 with the team in the relegation zone.

[12] In January 2019, with Stoke struggling to make an impact in the Championship, Rowett was sacked replaced by Luton Town's Nathan Jones.