Pep to surpass McDowall record for most games managed as City boss
Pep to surpass McDowall record for most games managed as City boss In his final game as Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola will reach another incredible milestone when we host Aston Villa on Sunday. Guardiola, now with a remarkable 20 trophies during his 10-year tenure with our Club, will have taken charge of more games than any other City manager when we entertain Unai Emery’s side. Villa will be Pep’s 593rd match as Manchester City manager, surpassing Les McDowall’s 592 games set between 1950 and 1963 – and he will achieve the feat in three years fewer than McDowall due to the additional competitions clubs play in the modern era and, of course, our unprecedented success under the Catalan.
It is, perhaps, unfair to compare the teams McDowall and Pep had as the 1950s were a completely different time and were largely unproductive for the Blues who struggled to compete for silverware. McDowall’s reign was more about firefighting and survival with his win ratio of 37. 16 an indication of where the Club were at back then.
But of any Manchester City manager, Pep’s win ratio of 70. 3% is more than 10% higher than nearest challengers Manuel Pellegrini (59. 88) and Roberto Mancini (59.
16). Sam Cowan took the team for one season in 1947-49 and achieved a win ratio of 66. 67, but that was only for a partial campaign that lasted 30 games on the way to the Second Division title.
Pep’s City have scored 1422 at an average of 2. 4 per game, conceding less than a goal per game. It’s yet another wonderful moment for our manager who will bid an emotional farewell at the Etihad and then at Monday’s parade and After Party event at the Co-op Live.
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