Paul Scholes is the latest in a long line of former Manchester United stars to have played under Sir Alex Ferguson to step into management.TheformerManchester Unitedand England midfielder has given up his role as a TV pundit for BT Sport to take on his first managerial job with the League Two club and the boyhood Latics fan has signed a one-and-a-half-year deal.
18Viv Anderson – Managed: Barnsley
The former defender spent a solitary season between 1993 & 1994 as player-manager at Barnsley following the departure of Mel Machin.They narrowly avoided relegation to the third tier and he went on to assist Bryan Robson at Middlesbrough the following season, but has not taken up any further roles since then.
18Paul Parker – Managed: Chelmsford, Welling
Nippy and reliable full-back from Fergusons first title-winning team spent four years managing non-league teams with little success.
18Teddy Sheringham – Managed: Stevenage and ATK
Following his retirement from football, the former England international tried his hand in the world of professional poker, before taking over at League Two Stevenage, his first managerial role, but was sacked in February 2016 with the club in 19th.He had previously worked as attacking coach with West Ham. But was sacked by his second club, Indian Super League side ATK, after winning only three of his ten matches in charge.
18Peter Davenport – Managed: Macclesfield, Bangor, Colwyn Bay, and Southport
Was with Ferguson during his first two seasons at United. Did little at Macclesfield but oversaw their UEFA Cup victory against Yugoslavias FK Sartid in 2000 at Bangor City. Moved into non-league but has not managed since 2010.
18Frank Stapleton – Managed: Bradford and New England Revolution
The Irishman was sacked after three years as player-manager of fourth tier Bradford City in 1994. He then took a job in the first season of the MLS with the New England Revolution but lasted only nine months.
18Ryan Giggs – Managed: Manchester United and Wales
The United legend came to the rescue at the end of the David Moyes disastrous reign in 2014 and managed two wins, a draw and a defeat in his four games as caretaker before being appointed as Louis van Gaal’s assistant when he took charge.He was appointed Wales manager in January last year after taking over from Chris Coleman.
18Andrei Kanchelskis – Managed: Torpedo-Zil Moscow, Ufa, Jurmala, FC Solyaris Moscow, and Navbahor Namangan
The once tricky winger took over at minor Moscow clubTorpedo-Zilin 2009 for a couple of unspectacular years.Kanchelskis then moved to Russian Premier Leagues Ufa in 2011 but lasted only 16 months, was relegated with Latvians Jurmala in 2014. Now 50, he’s in charge of Uzbekestan-based side Navbahor Namangan.
18Chris Casper – Managed: Bury
Defender made just two appearances for United before being sold to Reading but he was forced to retire aged 23 with a horrendous double leg fracture.Casper spent three years at Bury but failed to impress and was sacked in January 2008. Now working with the Premier League and helping clubs in the north west with their academies.
18Chris Turner – Managed: Leyton Orient, Hartlepool, Sheffield Wednesday, Stockport
Goalkeeper played under Ferguson for two years before taking up management in 1994. Won just seven games out of 47 with Leyton Orient but had a solid three years at Hartlepool before joining club he supported as a boy Sheffield Wednesday in 2002. Was relegated with them, then Stockport the following year. Is now chief executive of Chesterfield.Michael Appleton –Managed: Portsmouth, Blackpool, Blackburn, and Oxford United
Played twice for United, before being loaned out to Lincoln City and Grimbsy Town before joining Preston North End.Retired early with knee injury and then took charge of former club West Brom and became Roy Hodgson’s assistant. He would then replace Steve Cotterill as Portsmouth manager in 2011.He won just over 25 per cent of his games before joining Blackpool, lasting just 57 days.Appleton managed 10 more days there than at Blackpool and took over at Oxford United. Two-game spell in charge of Leicester in 2017, before leaving.
18Roy Keane – Managed: Sunderland and Ipswich
There were high hopes for Uniteds former midfield enforcer and he took that competitive nature with him into management, winning the Championship impressively with Sunderland in 2007.A series of fallouts and inconsistent displays, meant he resigned two years later, to which the Sunderland players reportedly cheered upon hearing the news.A two-year spell with Ipswich Town was his last as manager and he has since been assistant at Aston Villa, Republic of Ireland and now Nottingham Forest.
18Paul Ince – Managed: Macclesfield, Milton Keynes Dons, Blackburn, Notts County, and Blackpool
The ‘Guv’nor’ began in the lower leagues with the likes of Maccelsfield Town and MK Dons, before he got his big break with Blackburn in the Premier League in 2008.A disastrous spell there, meant he returned to MK Dons, before failing to impress at Notts County and Blackpool. Yet to work in management since.
18Henning Berg – Managed: Lyn, Lillestrom, Blackburn, Legia Warsaw, Videoton, and Stabaek
The former United and Rovers defender was approached by Blackburn owners Venkys after unspectacular spells in charge of two Norwegian clubs. He won just one game for Rovers and was sacked after 57 days in the job.Berg went on to win the Polish league with Legia Warsaw but was harshly sacked despite them being second. The same fate occurred at Videoton.He is now at Stabaek in Oslo.
18Henrik Larsson – Managed: Landskrona, Falkenbergs, and Helsingborgs
Celtic legend enjoyed loan spell at United in 2007, scoring three times before keeping his promise to his family and returning home and was managing in Sweden three years later.Failed to win promotion from second tier with Landskrona, but kept Falkenbergs in top flight before joining Helsingborgs, who he guided to a mid-table finish.
18Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – Managed: Molde, Cardiff, and Manchester United (interim)
The ‘Baby-faced assassin’ arrived at Cardiff after winning three tiles with Molde in Norway, but struggled in the Premier League and was sacked in the Championship following relegation.He returned to Molde and then took over from Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford in December. He’s currently in line for the job on a permanent basis after winning 10 of his 11 matches in charge and galvanising the squad.
18Bryan Robson – Managed: Middlesbrough, Bradford, West Brom, Sheffield United, and Thailand
Began as player-manager with Middlesbrough, then got Bradford relegated from the Championship. He kept West Brom up dramatically in 2005 but then faded soon after.
18Steve Bruce – Managed: Sheffield United, Huddersfield, Wigan, Crystal Palace, Birmingham, Sunderland, and Hull City
Impressed at Birmingham and Wigan, but was sacked after a poor spell at Sunderland.He was also relegated with Hull, despite taking them to the FA Cup final in 2014 where they lost to Arsenal, however he has proved to be largely successful at the higher levels of the English game during his 21 years of management.
18Mark Hughes – Managed: Wales, Blackburn, Manchester City, Fulham, QPR, Stoke, and Southampton
Hughes was sacked last year after a difficult spell with Southampton, who he had kept up in 2017/18.A disastrous spell at big-spending QPR in 2012 saw him eventually replaced by Harry Redknapp Even there he kept the club up against the odds in 2011/12. Worked well at Wales, Blackburn, Fulham and then Stoke.He was also in charge of Manchester City at the dawn of the Abu Dhabi era and signed Vincent Kompany.
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