Who Was The First Football Manager Of England?

The first manager of England was Walter Winterbottom.  Winterbottom was first taken on to coach England, with the squad and first eleven picked by a selection panel from the FA.

As time went on and Winterbottom had more influence on the side and the way the team played he was eventually given the job as England's first manager.  

Winterbottom is credited as managing England from nineteen forty six until nineteen sixty two.  In that period England played one hundred and thirty nine internationals, winning seventy eight, drawing thirty three and losing on only twenty eight occasions.  

Walter Winterbottom was unfortunate enough to be England manager at a time when it was believed that England were by far the greatest footballing nation in the world.  This sadly (like today), proved to be very far of the mark and Winterbottom had the sad honour of being the manager of the first England side to lose at Wembley when Hungary thrashed England six three in nineteen fifty three.

Walter Winterbottom was the first foot ball manager.

Walter Winterbottom was the first manager of England football club. He died at the fair age of 89.