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The men who tried, but failed...
KEVIN BLACKWELL: (June 2004 -
September 2006) - Blackwell was the
first manager tasked with returning
Leeds to the Premier League and he
went mightily close. Leeds had sold
all their star players following their
financial meltdown, but Blackwell
steered a new-look squad to the 2006
Championship play-off final. Leeds
lost 3-0 to Watford and the former
goalkeeper was sacked after poor
results early in the 2006-07 season.
DENNIS WISE: (October 2006 -
January 2008) - Leeds were second
from bottom when Wise was appointed
and relegation to the third tier for the
first time in their history was virtually
assured before the club were deducted
15 points for entering administration.
More loan players and free transfers
came and went, but Leeds were in a
play-off place - in spite of the deduction
- when Wise departed to become an
executive director at Newcastle.
GARY MCALLISTER: (January
2008 - December 2008) - Former
Leeds captain McAllister guided the
club to the 2008 League One play-off
final despite their points deduction.
Leeds lost 1-0 to Doncaster and halfway
through the following campaign the
Scot was sacked after a run of five
straight defeats, which included a
humiliating FA Cup defeat to non-league
Histon.
SIMON GRAYSON: (December
2008 - February 2012): Leeds lost out to
Millwall in the 2009 League One play-off
semi-finals under Grayson, but sealed
automatic promotion the following
season. Grayson’s side narrowly missed
out on the 2010-11 Championship
play-off places and two thirds of the
way through the 2011-12 campaign
he was sacked with Leeds in 10th
place. In 2009/10, the Whites enjoyed
a memorable FA Cup run beating
Manchester United at Old Trafford and
drawing at Tottenham Hotspur.
NEIL WARNOCK: (February 2012 -
April 2013) - Warnock could not resist
the chance of taking Leeds back to
the big time, but made little impact as
fans stepped up their protests against
unpopular owner Ken Bates. Warnock
departed by mutual consent three
months after new owners GFH Capital
had completed their takeover, with
Leeds five points above the relegation
zone.
BRIAN MCDERMOTT: (April 2013
- May 2014) - McDermott kept Leeds
up and was sacked and then reinstated
halfway through the following season
by another new Leeds owner, Massimo
Celiino. McDermott left by mutual
consent at the end of the 2013-14
season after Leeds finished 15th.
DAVE HOCKADAY: (June 2014
- August 2014): Hockaday, a shock
appointment whose only previous
managerial experience had been at
then non-league Forest Green, was
sacked by Celiino after six matches.
DARKO MILANIC: (September
2014 - October 2014) - Former Sturm
Graz manager Milanic was in charge
for 32 days. He failed to win any of his
six matches and left Leeds 18th in the
Championship, five points above the
relegation zone.
NEIL REDFEARN: (November 2014 -
June 2015) - Fans’ favourite Redfearn,
who had served as caretaker boss
three times, guided Leeds to a 15th-
place finish at the end of the 2014-15
season after 33 games as head coach.
He briefly returned to his role of
academy manager, but was soon to quit
following a bitter dispute with Celiino.
UWE ROSLER: (July 2015 - October
2015): Rosier, Leeds’ fifth manager in
a year, was sacked early in the 2015-16
season after winning only two of his 12
games in charge.
STEVE EVANS: (October 2015 - May
2016): Evans became Leeds' sixth
different manager since Cellino’s
takeover in 2014. He lasted seven
months and led them to 13th in the
GARRY MONK: (June 2016 - May
2017) - Leeds were play-off challengers
under Monk, but a poor run-in saw
THOMAS CHRISTIANSEN: (June
2017 - February 2018) — Christiansen
took Leeds briefly to top spot, but the
former Barcelona striker's eight-month
spell in charge ended with the sack
after a seven-game winless run left
PAUL HECKINGBOTTOM:
(February 2018 - June 2018) -
Heckingbottom, Leeds’ ninth manager
in four years, was sacked after four
months and 16 games in charge. Leeds,
who finished 13th in the Championship,
were to embark on a new season with
a new manager for the fifth successive
Championship.
to reach an agreement with new owner
Andrea Radrizzani, who had completed
his 100 per cent takeover from Celiino
them finish the 2016-17 season in
seventh place. He resigned after
failing
two days earlier.
year.
them 10th, seven points off the top six.