Brian Horton has had a career in football management of over twenty years, from a player-manager at Hull City in 1984 to the present day at the Moss Rose. Averaging fifty games a season, this puts him around the 1000 mark.
To the end of the 2003-2004 season Brian had a total of 985 first team competitive games as a manager - 847 games in the Leagues, 45 games in the F.A. Cup, 61 games in the League Cup, 13 games in the Full Members Cup (Simod Cup/Zenith Data Systems Cup), 17 games in Associated Members Cup (Freight Rover Trophy/Auto Windscreen Shield/LDV Vans Trophy) and 2 games in the Anglo-Italian Cup.
The fifteenth competitive first team game of the present season will be away to Torquay United on Saturday the 16th of October and this MAD writer believes it will be Brian Horton's 1000th game in charge of a first team competitive match. This MAD writer appreciates that statistics can go wrong and realises that he is sticking his neck out to say this.
This breaks down on a season by season basis as follows
after the club is given the numbers for:-
(1) - old First Division/Premiership
(2) - old Second Divison/Division One
(3) - old Third Division/Division Two
(4) - old Fourth Division/Division Three/League Two
When in (1) and (2) played in FMC and when in (3) and (4) played in AMC. FMC discontinued 1992.
first figure - number of League games
second figure - number of F.A. Cup games
third figure - number of League Cup games
fourth figure - number of Full Members Cup/Associated Members Cup/Anglo-Italian Cup games
All dates for career taken from Soccerbase.
Where no date given, BH arrived before start of season or left after end of season.
1984-85 Hull City (3) 46+3+4+2 Note: promoted to Second Division.
1985-86 Hull City (2) 42+3+4+4
1986-87 Hull City (2) 42+3+3+2
1987-88 Hull City (2) 40+3+2+1 Note: left 13/4/88 4 games before end of season with 23 teams in League.
1988-89 Oxford United (2) 34+3+0+1 Note: made up to manager 25/10/89 with 12 League games already played.
1989-90 Oxford United (2) 46+2+2+1
1990-91 Oxford United (2) 46+2+6+3
1991-92 Oxford United (2) 46+2+2+1
1992-93 Oxford United (2) 46+2+4+2 Note: FMC discontinued, played in A-I Cup instead.
1993-94 Oxford United (2) 2+0+0+0 Note: left 27/8/94 after 2 League games played.
1993-94 Manchester City (1) 37+2+5+0 Note arrived 28/8/94 with 5 League games already played.
1994-95 Manchester City (1) 42+4+6+0
1995-96 Huddersfield Town (2) 46+4+4+0
1996-97 Huddersfield Town (2) 46+2+5+0
1997-98 Huddersfield Town (2) 9+0+4+0 Note: left 6/10/97 after 9 League games played.
1997-98 Brighton & Hove Albion (4) 12+0+0+0 Note: arrived 26/2/98 with 12 League games to go.
1998-99 Brighton & Hove Albion (4) 27+1+2+1 Note: left 22/1/99 after 27 League games played.
1998-99 Port Vale 18+0+0+0 (2) Note: arrived 22/1/99 with 18 League games to go.
1999-00 Port Vale 46+1+2+0 (2) Note: relegated to Division Two.
2000-01 Port Vale (3) 46+2+2+7 Note: won LDV Vans Trophy
2001-02 Port Vale (3) 46+2+2+3
2002-03 Port Vale (3) 46+1+1+3
2003-04 Port Vale (3) 29+3+1+1 Note: left 12/2/04 after 29 League games.
2003-04 Macclesfield Town (4) 7+0+0+0 Note: arrived 1/4/04 with 7 League games to go.
2004-05 Macclesfield Town (4) 13+0+1+1 Note: figures as at Yeovil Town game.