Russell Slade

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Russell Slade
Personal information
Date of birth	October 10, 1960 (1960-10-10) (age 48)
Place of birth	Wokingham, England
Club information
Current club	Brighton & Hove Albion (manager)
Teams managed
Years 1994–1995 1998 1999 2001–2004 2004–2006 2006–2009 2009–	Clubs Notts County (caretaker) Sheffield United (caretaker) Sheffield United (caretaker) Scarborough Grimsby Town Yeovil Town Brighton & Hove Albion
* Appearances (Goals)

Russell Slade (born 10 October 1960) is an English football manager. He is currently the manager of Brighton & Hove Albion.

Contents 1 Career 2 Managerial statistics 3 Honours 3.1 As a Manager 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

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]

Slade left his post at Yeovil on 16th February 2009, despite having won four consecutive matches immediately prior to this.^[6] Slade had become frustrated with the club's lack of ambition, although the club chairman John Fry had previously stated that changes would be needed due to the current economic climate.^[7] On 20 March 2009, John Fry issued a statement informing fans that Slade was terminated from his duties due to a allegation of gross misconduct from November 2008, and following a period of disciplinary processes he was sacked with immediate effect.^[8] The following day, in associating with the league managers association, Slade refuted the claims by Yeovil as "seriously inaccurate" and added that the matter would have to be dealt with by the League Managers Association's legal team.^[9]

On 6 March 2009, Slade was appointed manager of Brighton & Hove Albion until the end of the season,^[10] and succeeded in ensuring they avoided relegation from League One. On 4 May 2009, Slade signed a further two-year contract at Brighton.^[11]

[edit] Managerial statistics

As of 21 April 2009.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Notts County (caretaker)	England	15 September 1994	12 January 1995	23	6	12	5	26.1
Sheffield United (caretaker)	England	2 March 1998	9 March 1998	2	0	1	1	00.0
Sheffield United (caretaker)	England	23 November 1999	2 December 1999	2	0	1	1	00.0
Scarborough	England	15 November 2001	28 May 2004	133	50	42	41	37.6
Grimsby Town	England	28 May 2004	31 May 2006	105	41	34	30	39.1
Yeovil Town	England	7 June 2006	16 February 2009	137	49	56	32	35.8
Brighton & Hove Albion	England	6 March 2009	Present	14	6	6	2	42.9

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a Manager

• 2006–07: League One Manager of The Year Winner - Yeovil Town

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

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 (1967–68) · Wheeler (1968–69) · 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–) (s) secretary (c) caretaker

v • d • e Scarborough F.C. – Managers Chapman (1945–46) · Hall (1946–47) · H. Taylor (1947–48) · F. Taylor (1948–50) · Bell (1950–53) · Halton (1953–54) · Robson (1954–57) · Higgins (1957–58) · Smailes (1959–61) · Brown (1961–64) · Franks (1964–65) · Myers (1965–66) · Shaw (1968–69) · Appleton (1969–73) · Houghton (1974–75) · Appleton (1975–81) · McAnearney (1981–82) · Cottam (1982–84) · Dunn (1984–86) · Warnock (1986–89) · Morris (1989) · McHale (1989–93) · Chambers (1993) · Wicks (1993–94) · Ayre (1994) · McHale (1994–96) · Cook (1996) · Wadsworth (1996–99) · Mountfield (1999) · McHale (1999) · Addison (1999–2000) · Thompson (2000–01) · McHale (2001) · Kerr (2001) · Slade (2001–04) · Henry (2004–05) · Redfearn (2005–06) · Patterson (2006–07)

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 (2000–01) · Groves (2001–04) · Rodger (2004) · Law (2004) · Slade (2004–06) · Rodger (2006) · Watkiss (2006) · Buckley (2006–08) · Watkiss (2008) · Newell (2008–)

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 (2006–2009) · Skiverton (2009–-) ·

v • d • e Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. – Managers Jackson (1901–05) · Scott-Walford (1905–08) · Robson (1908–14) · Webb (1919–47) · Cook (1947) · Welsh (1947–51) · Lane (1951–61) · Curtis (1961–63) · Macauley (1963–68) · Goodwin (1968–70) · Saward (1970–73) · Clough (1973–74) · P.T.Taylor (1974–76) · Mullery (1976–81) · Bailey (1981–82) · Melia (1982–83) · Cattlin (1983–86) · Mullery (1986–87) · Lloyd (1987–93) · Brady (1993–95) · Case (1995–96) · Gritt (1996–98) · Horton (1998–99) · Wood (1999) · Adams (1999–2001) · Hinshelwood (2001) · Booker (2001) · P.J.Taylor (2001–02) · Hinshelwood (2002) · Coppell (2002–03) · Booker (2003) · McGhee (2003–06) · Wilkins (2006–08) · Adams (2008–09) · White (2009) · Slade (2009–)

v • d • e Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. – current squad - Brinkhurst · - Cook · - Cox · - Crofts · - Davies · - Dicker · - El-Abd · - Elphick · - Forster (c) · - Hart · - Hawkins · - Kuipers · - Livermore · - Lynch · - McLeod · - McNulty · - Murray · - Pelling · - Smith · - Tunnicliffe · - Virgo · - Whing · - Wright · Manager: Slade

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