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Vic Buckingham
Buckingham started his managerial career at Ajax Amsterdam, he was one of the men who introduced Johan Cruijff to the world of football and he introduced the idea of ‘total football.’ He went on to manage many high rated foreign clubs, including Barcelona and Sevilla FC. In 1965 he was appointed as the manager of Fulham FC, spending three years in charge at the club. He has also managed West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield Wednesday in the English football league.

Don Mackay
Mackay’s managerial career commenced with Dundee, helping the club to promotion in 1983 and he soon moved on to manage a Danish football club. After his short spell in Denmark, he moved on to become manager at Coventry City, helping the club avoid relegation after a bad run of results. He soon went on to manage Blackburn Rovers before being installed as manager of Fulham FC. He spent three years in charge of the Cottagers until 1994 before managing in Scotland once again, this time for Airdrieonians.

Ray Wilkins
After a successful playing career that saw him capped by England on a staggering 84 occasions, Wilkins embarked on a fine managerial career, his first job being player manager of QPR. In 1997, Wilkins was installed as the new Fulham manager and during his single full season in charge at the club, he helped them reach the second division play offs, narrowly missing out on promotion. He soon went on to coach at Chelsea and Watford and he enjoyed a spell as assistant manager to Dennis Wise at Mill Wall. He is currently a popular football pundit on television.

Alec Stock
Stock’s managerial career in total spanned for more than 30 years. He commenced his managerial career in charge at Leyton Orient in 1949, going on to spend a decade at the helm of the club. He managed both Roma and QPR during the 1960’s before being installed as the Luton Town manager in 1968. After four blistering seasons at Luton Town, he went on to manage Fulham in 1972. At Fulham, he was in charge at the club for 4 years, helping the side reach the 1975 FA Cup final, only losing to West Ham. He finished his managerial career with Bournemouth.

Jean Tigana
Tigana has managed only one premiership club to this date, Fulham FC. During his three year spell in charge at Fulham, he helped the club gain promotion from the first division to the premiership. He also guided Fulham into the UEFA cup via the Intertoto Cup. He left the managerial post at Fulham in March 2003 and was installed as the manager of Besiktas in Turkey in October 2005. He led the club to victory in the Turkish Cup final of 2006, winning the trophy for the first time in eight years.

Chris Coleman
After a successful career playing professional football, Coleman took charge at Fulham FC in March 2003 and in his debut season in charge at the club, he helped save Fulham from relegation. The 2003-04 campaign was a huge success for Coleman, he spent the majority of the season in the top six positions with Fulham, they finished the campaign off in a very respectful ninth position. He has provided consistency at the club and is a favourite with the Fulham supporters.

 

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