Over the years, there have been plenty of individuals to stepped into the dugout at The County Ground as manager of Swindon Town.
Ossie Ardiles, Glenn Hoddle, Paolo Di Canio, and Richie Wellens are just a few of those that achieved promotion while leading the Robins, and they will all have contributed significantly to the club’s success.
Others, however, found that their time in control of Swindon did not go as planned for a variety of reasons.
By examining the six worst managers the team has ever had, ranked by win %, we are concentrating on those that fit into the latter category.
For the sake of an objective evaluation, managers are only regarded as qualified if they were in charge of Swindon for at least ten competitive games.
Why not see who makes an unwelcome presence on this list and see if any surprising names emerge there in your opinion?
We begin this list with Jimmy Quinn, who had previously played for them twice as a player and was faced with a monumental challenge when he became the club’s manager in October 2008.
After some time, Quinn was forced to deal with a club that had severe financial problems and was forced to sell players without being able to replace them. Quinn even had to return to the team as a 40-year-old player.
At the conclusion of the 1999–2000 season, the team was relegated from the second division, and he was ultimately fired after 19 of his 85 games in charge—a win percentage of 22.4%—had been victories.
Morris took on his first full-time management position when he assumed Scott Lindsey’s place as manager in January of this year, following stints working behind the scenes at Chelsea, Derby and Reading.
The former Premier League midfielder committed to a two-and-a-half-year deal at The County Ground, but he was let go at the beginning of May after less than four months.
Morris had only managed the Robins for 18 games at the time, winning just four of them for a win percentage of 22.2%.
Todd became Swindon’s manager in the summer of 2000, after the team had been dropped to English football’s third division.
He was unable to lead the Robins towards a promotion drive instead they found themselves fighting to stay up instead.
In the end, the former centre back was fired by Swindon in October 2000 after only a few months in command, with just four victories from 18 games, for a win percentage of another 22.2%.
When Allen became Swindon’s manager in November 1972, he led the team to a 16th-place finish in the second division that year.
The following season, the Robins suffered under the former QPR and Tottenham manager. He was fired in February 1974, but that was not enough to stop Swindon from being demoted to Division Three at the end of that season.
Allen managed Swindon for 62 games in all, picking up 13 victories for a win percentage of just 21%.
Gorman stepped into the role of first-team manager for the first time in his career when he took charge of Swindon in the summer of 1993, when Glenn Hoddle – who he had previously been assistant to at The County Ground – left for Chelsea. That meant Gorman was taking charge of the Robins as they embarked on their first ever Premier League campaign in the 1993/94 season, following promotion in the previous campaign. However, the Robins conceded 100 goals and claimed just 30 points from 42 games as they were relegated from the Premier League after just one season. Though Swindon initially stuck with Gorman after that, he was sacked in November 1994 with the club struggling in the second-tier, having won just 15 of of
Swindon Town was in the League One relegation zone when Hart assumed management in March 2011, but he was unable to save the club; the Robins’ relegation to League Two was confirmed just before Hart was fired by the club at the end of April 2011. In total, Hart won just once in his 11 games as manager of the Robins, a win percentage of just 9.1%, the lowest of any permanent manager in Swindon Town’s history.
