League Managers Association Awards
Special Merit Award
Table:
Year

Nationality

Name

Notes

2002

England

Bobby Robson

2004

England

Don Howe[28]

Service to youth coaching.

2006

Spain

Rafael Benítez

Champions League win in first season at Liverpool.

2007

England

Dario Gradi

Long service to Crewe Alexandra.

2009

Scotland

Alex Ferguson[13]

Champions League win, Club World Cup win and third league title in a row.

2010

England

Steve McClaren[14]

Winning the Eredivisie with FC Twente, their first championship in their 45-year history.

2011

Scotland

Alex Ferguson[15]

Surpassing 2,000 competitive games and becoming Manchester United's longest serving manager.

2012

England

Lee Clark[29]

2013

Italy

Roberto Di Matteo[30]

2013

England

Phil Parkinson[31]

Taking Bradford to League Two play-off promotion and the League Cup Final.

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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north . The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain , which lies in the North Atlantic , and includes over 100 smaller islands , such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight . It is the largest country of British Isles . The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period , but takes its name from the Angles , a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula , who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries . England became a unified state in the 10th century , and since the Age of Discovery , which began during the 15th century , has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world . The English language , the Anglican Church , and English law - the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world - developed in England , and the country 's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations . The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England , transforming its society into the world 's first industrialised nation . England 's terrain is chiefly low hills and plains , especially in central and southern England . However , there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north ( for example , the Lake District and Pennines ) and in the west ( for example , Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills ) .
Sir Robert William Robson CBE ( 18 February 1933 - 31 July 2009 ) was an English footballer and football manager . His career included periods playing for and later managing the England national team and being a UEFA Cup-winning manager at Ipswich Town F.C . Robson 's professional playing career as an inside forward spanned nearly 20 years , during which he played for three clubs : Fulham , West Bromwich Albion , and , briefly , Vancouver Royals . He also made 20 appearances for England , scoring four goals . After his playing career , he found success as both a club and international manager , winning league championships in both the Netherlands and Portugal , earning trophies in England and Spain , and taking England to the semi-finals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup , which remained the national team 's best run in a World Cup since 1966 until they reached the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup . His last management role was as a mentor to the manager of the Republic of Ireland national team . Robson was created a Knight Bachelor in 2002 , was inducted as a member of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003 , and was the honorary president of Ipswich Town F.C . From 1991 onwards , he suffered recurrent medical problems with cancer , and in March 2008 , put his name and efforts into the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation , a cancer research charity which has so far collected over £12 million ( March 2018 ) . In August 2008 , his lung cancer was confirmed to be terminal ; he said , My condition is described as static and has not altered since my last bout of chemotherapy . I am going to die sooner rather than later . But then everyone has to go sometime and I have enjoyed every minute . He died just under a year later .
Donald Howe ( 12 October 1935 - 23 December 2015 ) was an English football player , coach , manager and pundit . As a right back Howe featured for clubs West Bromwich Albion and Arsenal together with the English national football team in his playing career . He also went on to manage sides West Brom , Galatasaray , Queens Park Rangers and Coventry City . Howe was also a successful coach and has been described as one of the most influential figures of the English footballing game .
Spain ( Spanish : España [ esˈpaɲa ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Spanish : Reino de España ) , [ a ] [ b ] is a country in Southwestern Europe with some pockets of Spanish territory across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean . Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula . Its territory also includes two archipelagoes : the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa , and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea . The African enclaves of Ceuta , Melilla , and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country ( Morocco ) . [ h ] Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory . The country 's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar ; to the north and northeast by France , Andorra , and the Bay of Biscay ; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean . With an area of 505,990 km2 ( 195,360 sq mi ) , Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe , the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union , and the fourth largest country in the European continent . By population ( about 47 million ) , Spain is the sixth largest in Europe and the fifth in the European Union . Spain 's capital and largest city is Madrid ; other major urban areas include Barcelona , Valencia , Seville , Zaragoza , Málaga and Bilbao . Modern humans first arrived in the Iberian Peninsula around 35,000 years ago . Iberian cultures along with ancient Phoenician , Greek , Celtic and Carthaginian settlements developed on the peninsula until it came under Roman rule around 200 BCE , after which the region was named Hispania , based on the earlier Phoenician name Sp ( a ) n or Spania . At the end of the Western Roman Empire the Germanic tribal confederations migrated from Central Europe , invaded the Iberian peninsula and established relatively independent realms in its western provinces , including the Suebi , Alans and Vandals .
Rafael Benítez Maudes ( Spanish pronunciation : [ rafaˈel ˈrafa βeˈniteθ ˈmauðes ] ; [ a ] born 16 April 1960 ) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Chinese Super League club Dalian Professional . Benítez joined Real Madrid 's coaching staff at the age of 26 , going on to work as the under-19 and reserve team coach , and assistant manager for the senior team . Benítez moved away from Real Madrid in 1995 , but management spells at Real Valladolid and Osasuna were short-lived and unsuccessful . Benítez guided Segunda División side Extremadura back to the Primera División in his first season in 1997 , but the team was relegated the following season . He left the club , and coached Tenerife in 2000 , winning promotion in his only season . Benítez was appointed coach of Valencia and won La Liga in the 2001-02 season . In 2004 , another La Liga league title and a UEFA Cup victory were added building on the foundation laid by Héctor Cúper who had taken Valencia to two consecutive Champions League finals ; in 2000 against Real Madrid , and in 2001 against Bayern Munich . After leaving Valencia , Benitez moved to English club Liverpool of the Premier League , guiding the club to victory in the UEFA Champions League in 2005 . For the second consecutive season , he was named UEFA Manager of the Year . He also won the FA Cup in 2006 and reached the 2007 Champions League Final , but was unable to win the Premier League , with Liverpool 's best league performance under Benítez a second-place finish in 2008-09 . After leaving Liverpool in June 2010 , Benítez was appointed manager of treble winning side Inter Milan . His reign at the club was a short one and he was dismissed midway through the 2010-11 season .
Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club in Liverpool , England , that competes in the Premier League , the top tier of English football . The club has won six European Cups , more than any other English club , three UEFA Cups , four UEFA Super Cups ( both also English records ) , one FIFA Club World Cup , eighteen League titles , seven FA Cups , a record eight League Cups , fifteen FA Community Shields and one Football League Super Cup . Founded in 1892 , the club joined the Football League the following year and has played at Anfield since its formation . Liverpool established itself as a major force in English and European football in the 1970s and 1980s when Bill Shankly , Bob Paisley , Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish led the club to a combined eleven League titles and four European Cups . Under the management of Rafael Benítez and captained by homegrown player Steven Gerrard , Liverpool became European champions for the fifth time in 2005 , before a sixth title was added under Jürgen Klopp in 2019 . Liverpool was the seventh highest-earning football club in the world in 2019 , with an annual revenue of €513.7 million , and the world 's eighth most valuable football club in 2019 , valued at $ 2.183 billion . The club is one of the most widely supported teams in the world . Liverpool has long-standing rivalries with Manchester United and Everton . The club 's supporters have been involved in two major tragedies : the Heysel Stadium disaster , where escaping fans were pressed against a collapsing wall at the 1985 European Cup Final in Brussels , with 39 people - mostly Italians and Juventus fans - dying , after which English clubs were given a five-year ban from European competition , and the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 , where 96 Liverpool supporters died in a crush against perimeter fencing . The team changed from red shirts and white shorts to an all-red home strip in 1964 which has been used ever since . Red has been the main shirt colour ever since 1896 . The club 's anthem is You 'll Never Walk Alone .
Dario Gradi , MBE ( born 8 July 1941 ) is an Italian-English former amateur football player , coach and manager . He was associated for more than 36 years with Crewe Alexandra , where he was variously manager , director of football and director of the Academy , until October 2019 . Gradi played as an amateur for clubs in the London area ( and won an England amateur cap ) ; he then took on various coaching roles in the region . His first major managerial success was achieved with Wimbledon after which he briefly managed Crystal Palace in 1981 . Gradi had a 24-year first spell as manager of Crewe between 1983 and 2007 . He stepped down from his managerial role in 2007 , handing first-team responsibilities to Steve Holland , and became technical director . At that time , Gradi was the longest-serving manager of an English football league club . After two further spells as Crewe manager , he finally stepped down in November 2011 to focus on the club 's youth system , after managing Crewe in 1,359 first team games . In late 2016 , as the United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal expanded , Gradi 's roles at Crewe at the time of alleged offences in the 1980s and at Chelsea in the early 1970s were the subject of media scrutiny . The Chelsea allegations led to Gradi being suspended by The Football Association in November 2016 . Gradi denied any wrongdoing and in February 2017 was planning an appeal against his FA suspension . However , he was heavily criticised by Chelsea 's inquiry report , published in August 2019 .
Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe , Cheshire , England . The team compete in League Two , the fourth tier of the English football league system . Nicknamed The Railwaymen because of the town 's links with the rail industry , they have played at Gresty Road since 1906 , when they moved from their original home at the Alexandra Recreation Ground . Supporters maintain rivalries with a number of nearby clubs , their fiercest rivals being Staffordshire-based side Port Vale . The club was formed in 1877 and named after Princess Alexandra . They entered the Football Alliance league in 1889 , before becoming founding members of the Football League Second Division in 1892 . However they failed to be re-elected into the Football League after finishing bottom of the division in 1895-96 . They spent the next three seasons in the Lancashire League , before spending ten years competing in the Birmingham & District League . They spent the 1910s in The Central League , before they were invited to join the newly created Football League Third Division North in 1921 , where they spent the following 37 years . After three consecutive last-place Third Division North finishes , they were placed in the newly formed Fourth Division , and went on to achieve their first promotion after securing a third-place finish in 1962-63 . Immediately relegated , they were promoted again in 1967-68 , but again lasted just one season in the Third Division . Crewe spent 20 years struggling in the fourth tier , being forced to apply for re-election on seven occasions , before their fortunes were revived under manager Dario Gradi , who secured promotion at the end of the 1988-89 campaign .
Scotland ( Scots : Scotland , Scottish Gaelic : Alba [ ˈal̪ˠapə ] ( listen ) ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain , with a border with England to the southeast , and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west , the North Sea to the northeast , the Irish Sea to the south , and more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the European Early Middle Ages and continued to exist until 1707 . By inheritance in 1603 , James VI , King of Scots , became king of England and Ireland , thus forming a personal union of the three kingdoms . Scotland subsequently entered into a political union with England on 1 May 1707 to create the new Kingdom of Great Britain . The union also created a new Parliament of Great Britain , which succeeded both the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England . In 1801 , Great Britain entered into a political union with Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( in 1922 , the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom , leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1927 ) . Within Scotland , the monarchy of the United Kingdom has continued to use a variety of styles , titles and other royal symbols of statehood specific to the pre-union Kingdom of Scotland . The legal system within Scotland has also remained separate from those of England and Wales and Northern Ireland ; Scotland constitutes a distinct jurisdiction in both public and private law . The continued existence of legal , educational , religious and other institutions distinct from those in the remainder of the UK have all contributed to the continuation of Scottish culture and national identity since the 1707 union with England . In 1997 , a Scottish Parliament was re-established , in the form of a devolved unicameral legislature comprising 129 members , having authority over many areas of domestic policy . The head of the Scottish Government is the first minister of Scotland , who is supported by the deputy first minister of Scotland .
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson CBE ( born 31 December 1941 ) is a Scottish former football manager and player who managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013 . He is considered one of the greatest managers of all time and he has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of football . Ferguson played as a forward for several Scottish clubs , including Dunfermline Athletic and Rangers . While playing for Dunfermline , he was the top goalscorer in the Scottish league in the 1965-66 season . Towards the end of his playing career he also worked as a coach , then started his managerial career with East Stirlingshire and St Mirren . Ferguson then enjoyed a highly successful period as manager of Aberdeen , winning three Scottish league championships , four Scottish Cups and the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup in 1983 . He briefly managed Scotland following the death of Jock Stein , taking the team to the 1986 World Cup . Ferguson was appointed manager of Manchester United in November 1986 . During his 26 years with Manchester United he won 38 trophies , including 13 Premier League titles , five FA Cups , and two UEFA Champions League titles . He was knighted in the 1999 Queen 's Birthday Honours list for his services to the game . Ferguson is the longest-serving manager of Manchester United , having overtaken Sir Matt Busby 's record on 19 December 2010 . He retired from management at the end of the 2012-13 season , having won the Premier League in his final season .
The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday , 21 May 2008 , at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow , Russia , to determine the winner of the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League . It was contested by Manchester United and Chelsea , making it an all-English club final for the first time in the history of the competition . This was only the third time that two clubs from the same country had contested the final ; the others being the 2000 and 2003 finals . It was the first European Cup final played in Russia , and hence the easternmost final in the tournament 's history . It also marked the 100th anniversary of Manchester United 's first league triumph , the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster , and the 40th anniversary of United 's first European Cup triumph in 1968 . It was Manchester United 's third European Cup final after 1968 and 1999 , while it was Chelsea 's first . Manchester United won the match 6-5 on penalties , after a 1-1 draw following extra time . Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Manchester United in the 26th minute with a header from a cross by Wes Brown , but Frank Lampard equalised shortly before half-time . The second half and most of extra time passed without incident until Chelsea 's Didier Drogba was sent off for slapping Nemanja Vidić four minutes from the end . In the penalty shoot-out , Ronaldo missed Manchester United 's third kick , giving John Terry the chance to win the game for Chelsea , only for him to slip and hit the post . Edwin van der Sar then saved Nicolas Anelka 's effort from Chelsea 's seventh kick to give Manchester United their third European Cup title . More than 67,000 people watched the game in the stadium , along with more than 17.5 million television viewers in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland .
The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup , a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA 's six continental confederations . The match took place at the International Stadium Yokohama , Japan , on 21 December 2008 , and pitted LDU Quito of Ecuador , the CONMEBOL club champions , and Manchester United of England , the UEFA club champions . Despite going down to ten men early in the second half , Manchester United won the match 1-0 thanks to a 73rd-minute goal from Wayne Rooney .
Stephen McClaren ( born 3 May 1961 ) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently manager of Queens Park Rangers . McClaren served as manager of the England national team from August 2006 to November 2007 . He was sacked when England failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 2008 . McClaren 's managerial career began at Middlesbrough in the Premier League , who won the League Cup in 2004 and were runners-up in the 2006 UEFA Cup . In 2008 , McClaren became manager of Twente , with whom he won the club 's first Eredivisie championship in the 2009-10 season . He then worked as manager of VfL Wolfsburg in Germany between May 2010 and February 2011 . After a short spell as manager of Nottingham Forest , he returned to Twente in January 2012 . Despite his successes at Manchester United , where he had been assistant manager to Sir Alex Ferguson from 1999 to 2001 , and Middlesbrough , he was strongly criticised by the English media following England 's failure to qualify for Euro 2008 . McClaren 's time in charge at Twente saw his professional reputation recover somewhat after he managed them to the Eredivisie title for the first time since their founding in 1965 , though he was subsequently dismissed from VfL Wolfsburg . McClaren 's return to Twente was initially greeted with enthusiasm and the club was deemed to be one of the favourites to the 2012-13 Eredivisie championship at the start of the season . After unsuccessful results , however , McClaren resigned his position on 26 February 2013 . Within seven months , he was back in management with Derby County , the club where he had once been assistant manager .
Football Club Twente ( Dutch pronunciation : [ ɛfˈseː ˈtʋɛntə ] ) is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede . In 2018-19 , it competed in and won the Eerste Divisie . The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions , Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys . They were the holders of the 2011 KNVB Cup and Johan Cruijff Schaal trophies , and were Eredivisie champions in the 2009-10 season ; the team has also finished as Eredivisie runner-up twice , was runner-up in the 1974-75 UEFA Cup , and has won the KNVB Cup three times . Twente 's home ground since 1998 is De Grolsch Veste .
Lee Robert Clark ( born 27 October 1972 ) is an English professional football manager and former player . During his playing career he had spells with Newcastle United ( twice - at the start and the end ) , Sunderland and Fulham . He also made 11 appearances for the England under-21 team during his international career . After retiring he began a coaching career as reserve team manager and coach for Newcastle United . He then had managerial spells at Huddersfield Town , Birmingham City , Blackpool , Kilmarnock and Bury .
Italy ( Italian : Italia [ iˈtaːlja ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Italian Republic ( Italian : Repubblica Italiana [ reˈpubblika itaˈljaːna ] ) , is a European country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands . Italy is located in south-central Europe , and it is also considered a part of Western Europe . The country covers a total area of 301,340 km2 ( 116,350 sq mi ) and shares land borders with France , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino . Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland ( Campione ) and a maritime exclave in the Tunisian Sea ( Lampedusa ) . With around 60 million inhabitants , Italy is the third-most populous member state of the European Union . The capital and largest city is Rome ; other major cities are Milan , Naples , Turin , Palermo , Genoa , Bologna , Florence and Venice . Due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean , Italy has historically been home to myriad peoples and cultures . In addition to the various ancient peoples dispersed throughout what is now modern-day Italy , the most predominant being the Indo-European Italic peoples who gave the peninsula its name , beginning from the classical era , Phoenicians and Carthaginians founded colonies mostly in insular Italy , Greeks established settlements in the so-called Magna Graecia of Southern Italy , while Etruscans and Celts inhabited central and northern Italy respectively . An Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom in the 8th century BC , which eventually became a republic with a government of the Senate and the People . The Roman Republic initially conquered and assimilated its neighbours on the Italian peninsula , eventually expanding and conquering parts of Europe , North Africa and Asia . By the first century BC , the Roman Empire emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean Basin and became a leading cultural , political and religious centre , inaugurating the Pax Romana , a period of more than 200 years during which Italy 's law , technology , economy , art , and literature developed . Italy remained the homeland of the Romans and the metropole of the empire , whose legacy can also be observed in the global distribution of culture , governments , Christianity and the Latin script .
Roberto Di Matteo ( Italian pronunciation : [ roˈbɛrto di matˈtɛːo ] ; born 29 May 1970 ) is an Italian former professional footballer and manager . During his playing career as a midfielder , he played for Swiss clubs Schaffhausen , Zürich and Aarau before joining Lazio of Italy and Chelsea of England . Born in Switzerland to Italian parents , he was capped 34 times for Italy , scoring two goals , and played in UEFA Euro 1996 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup . He retired as a player in February 2002 at the age of 31 following injury problems . Di Matteo began his managerial career with Milton Keynes Dons , who he took to the League One playoffs in 2008-09 before leaving to return West Bromwich Albion to the Premier League . As caretaker manager of Chelsea , he steered the club to double title success , winning both the FA Cup and the club 's first UEFA Champions League title in 2012 , but was dismissed later that year . He then went on to coach Schalke 04 until May 2015 when he departed after seven months in charge , and had four months as manager of Aston Villa in 2016 .
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The 2013 Football League Cup Final was a football match between Bradford City and Swansea City , which took place on 24 February 2013 at Wembley Stadium in London . It was the final match of the 2012-13 Football League Cup , the 53rd season of the Football League Cup , a football competition for the 92 teams in the Premier League and the Football League . Bradford City , of League Two , were appearing in their first major cup final since they won the 1911 FA Cup Final , and were the first fourth-tier side to reach the League Cup final since Rochdale in 1962 . Swansea City , of the Premier League , were appearing in their first major English cup final in their 101-year history . Swansea won the match 5-0 , and qualified for the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League , entering in the third qualifying round . Although based in Wales , their participation in the English football league system means they took one of the English berths in the competition . It was the first time the League Cup had been won by a non-English club and the first time a major English cup had been won by a non-English club since Swansea 's rivals Cardiff City won the FA Cup in 1927 .