Russell Slade

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Personal information
Date of birth	October 10, 1960 (1960-10-10) (age 47)
Place of birth	England
Club information
Current club	Yeovil Town
Teams managed
Years 1994–1995 1998 1999 2001–2004 2004–2006 2006–present	Clubs Notts County (caretaker) Sheffield United (caretaker) Sheffield United (caretaker) Scarborough Grimsby Town Yeovil Town
* Appearances (Goals)

Russell Slade (born 10 October 1960) is an English football manager. He is currently the manager of Yeovil Town.

Slade was assistant manager to Mick Walker at Notts County, and took over as caretaker manager when Walker was sacked in September 1994. When County appointed Howard Kendall as manager in January 1995, Slade stayed on as his assistant. However both were sacked in April of the same year, and the club were eventually relegated as the bottom club in Division One. Slade later had two separate spells as caretaker manager at Sheffield United.

Slade's first permanent managerial post was at Nationwide Conference side Scarborough. When he arrived in November 2001 the club were adrift at the bottom of the Conference and looking doomed. His first match in charge resulted in a home win over Farnborough Town but the next three games yielded just one point. However a remarkable run of 39 points from the final 19 games of the season meant Scarborough finished 12th. He was hailed as a hero by the fans and his stock rose when taking the team to 4th position by Christmas in the 2002–03 season. In January 2003, two days after the club went into administration, Slade tendered his resignation. The fans presented a tearful Slade with a petition at the next game and on the Monday morning he changed his mind. But six straight defeats followed and the play-off dream faded, Scarborough eventually finishing in a creditable 7th place.

The following season saw mixed league performances, but a tremendous FA Cup run which saw victories over Hinckley United, Doncaster Rovers, Port Vale, and finally Southend United following a replay, meant a glamorous home tie in front of Premier League Chelsea. Despite losing 1–0 Slade's side had put up a tremendous battle. At the end of the 2003–04 season Grimsby Town in League Two appointed him as their new manager.^[1]

A midtable finish ensued in the 2004–05 season but despite some disgruntled fans calling for his head, Grimsby spent most of the 2005–06 season in an automatic promotion spot in League Two, although they finished the season in 4th place and had to settle for the playoffs. Despite guiding his team to a semi-final victory over Lincoln City, Slade was unable to secure promotion, Grimsby losing 1–0 in the final against Cheltenham Town in the Millennium Stadium. Three days after their defeat, it was announced in a joint statement that Slade had left his post. The statement cited "a failure to reach a contractual agreement" as the reason for his departure.^[2]

Slade's success with Grimsby had attracted League One side Yeovil Town, and within a few days Slade was appointed as the Somerset club's new manager.^[3] Slade led Yeovil to a surprise 5th place finish play-off finish in the league, where they defeated favourites Nottingham Forest to reach the play-off final. However, Yeovil lost the final against Blackpool 2–0.^[4] Slade's successful first season at Yeovil saw him win the League One manager of the year award, and he was targeted by League One rivals Carlisle United and Millwall for their managerial positions but this interest was rejected by Yeovil chairman John Fry.^[5]

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Notts County		September 15, 1994	January 12, 1995	23	6	12	5	26.08
Sheffield United		March 2, 1998	March 9, 1998	2	0	1	1	00.00
Sheffield United		November 23, 1999	December 2, 1999	2	0	1	1	00.00
Scarborough		November 15, 2001	May 28, 2004	133	50	42	41	37.59
Grimsby Town		May 28, 2004	May 31, 2006	105	41	34	30	39.04
Yeovil Town		June 7, 2006	Present	66	30	23	13	45.45

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Russell Slade management career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile on the League Managers Association website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ian Kerr	Scarborough F.C. manager 2001–2004	Succeeded by Nick Henry

v • d • e Notts County F.C. – Managers Browne (1883–93) • Featherstone (1893) • Harris (1893–1913) • Fisher (1913–27) • Henshall (1927–34) • Jones (1934–35) • Pratt (1935) • Smith (1935–36) • McMullan (1936–39) • Parkes (1938–39) • Towers (1939–42) • Womack (1942–43) • Buckley (1944–46) • Stollery (1946–49) • Houghton (1949–53) • Poyser (1953–57) • Lawton (1957–58) • Hill (1958–61) • Coleman (1961–63) • Lowe (1963–65) • Coleman (1965–66) • Burkitt (1966–67) • Beattie (1967) • Gray (1967–78) • Sirrel (1969–75) • Fenton (1975–77) • Sirrel (1978–82) • Wilkinson (1982–83) • Lloyd (1983–84) • Barker (1984–85) • Sirrel (1985–87) • Barnwell (1987–88) • Warnock (1989–93) • Walker (1993–94) • Slade (1994–95) • Kendall (1995) • Nicol (1995) • Murphy (1995–96) • Allardyce (1997–99) • Scott (1999–2001) • Brazil (2001–02) • Dearden (2002–04) • Mills (2004–05) • Thordarson (2005–06) • Thompson (2006–2007) • McParland (2007–)

v • d • e Sheffield United F.C. – Managers Wostinholm (1889–99s) • Nicholson (1899–1932s) • Davison (1932–52) • Freeman (1952–55) • Mercer (1955–58) • Clark (1958–59c) • Harris (1959–68) • Rowley (1968–69) • Harris (1969–73) • Furphy (1973–75) • Coldwell (1975c) • Sirrel (1975–77) • Coldwell (1977–78c) • Haslam (1978–81) • Peters (1981) • Porterfield (1981–86) • McEwan (1986–88) • Bassett (1988–95) • Kendall (1995–97) • Spackman (1997–98) • Thompson (1998c) • Bruce (1998–99) • Heath (1999) • Warnock (1999–2007) • Robson (2007–08) • Blackwell (2008–presentc) • (s) secretary (c) caretaker

v • d • e Grimsby Town F.C. – Managers Hickson (1902–20) • Price (1920) • Fraser (1921–24) • Gillow (1924–32) • Womack (1932–36) • Spencer (1937–51) • Shankly (1951–53) • Berkessy (1954) • Walsh (1954–55) • Chilton (1955–59) • Ward (1960–62) • Johnston (1962–64) • McGuigan (1964–67) • McEvoy (1967–68) • Harvey (1968–69) • Kennedy (1969–71) • McMenemy (1971–73) • Ashman (1973–75) • Casey (1975–76) • Newman (1976–79) • Kerr (1979–82) • Booth (1982–85) • Grotier (1985) • Lyons (1985–87) • Roberts (1987–88) • Buckley (1988–94) • Laws (1994–96) • Cockerill (1996) • Swain (1996–97) • Buckley (1997–00) • Cockerill (2000) • Lawrence (2000) • Groves (2001–04) • Rodger (2004) • Law (2004) • Slade (2004–06) • Rodger (2006) • Watkiss (2006) • Buckley (2006–)

v • d • e Yeovil Town F.C. – Managers Gregory (1922–1928) • Lawes (1928–1929) • Pratt (1929–1933) • Page (1933–1935) • Halliday (1935–1938) • Kingdon (1938–1946) • Stock (1946–1949) • Patterson (1949–1951) • Lowe (1951–1953) • Clarke (1953–1957) • Dodgin (1957) • Baldwin (1957–1960) • Hayward (1960–1964) • Davies (1964–1965) • McDonald (1965–1967) • Saunders (1967–1969) • Hughes (1969–1972) • Irwin (1972–1975) • Harland (1975–1978) • Lloyd (1978–1981) • Allinson (1981) • Giles (1981–1983) • Finnigan & Hughes (1982) • Coles (1983–1984) • McFarlane (1984) • Gow (1984–1987) • Hall (1987–1990) • Whitehead (1990–1991) • Rutter (1991–1993) • Hall (1994–1995) • Roberts (1995–1998) • Lippiatt (1998–1999) • Thompson (1999–2000) • Webb (2000) • Addison (2000–2001) • Johnson (2001–2005) • Thompson (2005–2006) • Slade (2006–)

v • d • e Yeovil Town F.C. – current squad 3 Jones • 4 Skiverton • 5 Guyett • 6 Forbes • 8 Barry • 9 Owusu • 10 Stewart • 12 Rose • 13 Behcet • 14 Warne • 16 Peters • 19 Alcock • 20 Bircham • 21 Hughes • 24 Kirk • 26 Maher • 27 Peltier • 28 Smith • 32 Williams • 33 Downes •  Fitzgerald • Manager: Slade