Who is the longest serving manager in English football history?

Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger are two of the longest serving managers in the Premier League.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger completed 18 years at Arsenal today. He was appointed on September 30, 1996 and officially took over on October 1.

In terms of longest serving managers in the Premier League, he is behind Sir Alex Ferguson’s record (21 seasons in the EPL, 27 overall with Manchester United).

But both managers come nowhere close to the record for the longest serving manager in English football history.

That is held by Fred Everiss who managed West Bromwich Albion for 46 seasons between 1902 and 1948. Even after he retired as manager, he stayed on as the club director before he passed away three years later.

The only other manager to serve for more than 40 seasons was George Ramsay, who managed Aston Villa during their most successful period in history, between 1884 and 1926, and retired at the age of 1971.

Sir Alex Ferguson doesn’t even make the top 10, coming in 11th in the list. Wenger, on the other hand, is way down in 39th position – tied with Brian Clough who also managed for 18 seasons.

LONGEST SERVING MANAGERS IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL WITH 25+ SEASONS

#	MANAGER	CLUB	APPOINTED	SEASONS
1	Fred Everiss	West Bromwich Albion	Aug 1902	46
2	George Ramsay	Aston Villa	Aug 1884	42
3	Jack Addenbrooke	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Aug 1885	37
4	Frank Watt	Newcastle United	Aug 1895	35
5	John Nicholson	Sheffield United	May 1899	33
6	Sam Allen	Swindon Town	Jul 1902	31
7	Syd King	West Ham United	Apr 1902	30
8	Arthur Dickinson	Sheffield Wednesday	Aug 1891	29
9	Charles Webb	Brighton & Hove Albion	Aug 1919	28
10	Bob Jack	Plymouth Argyle	Aug 1910	28
11	Sir Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	Nov 1986	27
12	J B Bromerley	Crewe Alexandra	Jan 1898	27
13	Charlie Green	Luton Town	Aug 1901	27
14	David Calderhead Sr.	Chelsea	Aug 1907	26
15	Charles Foweraker	Bolton Wanderers	Jul 1919	25

Numbers taken from League Managers Association.