| SSN | Managers |
| 1978/79 | Harry McNally |
| 1979/80 | Harry McNally, Jimmy Melia(ctr) Allan Hampson |
| 1980/81 | Allan Hampson, Allan Brown, John Johnson |
| 1981/82 | John Johnson |
| 1982/83 | John Johnson |
| 1983/84 | George Ross, Russ Perkins, Alex Gibson |
| 1984/85 | Bob Murphy, Bryan Griffiths |
| 1985/86 | Bryan Griffiths |
| 1986/87 | Bryan Griffiths |
| 1987/88 | Bryan Griffiths, Micky Taylor |
| 1988/89 | Micky Taylor |
| 1989/90 | Brian Kettle |
| 1990/91 | Brian Kettle |
| 1991/92 | Brian Kettle |
| 1992/93 | Brian Kettle |
| 1993/94 | Brian Kettle |
| 1994/95 | Brian Kettle |
| 1995/96 | Billy Ayre |
| 1996/97 | Steve Joel, Peter Davenport(Ctr) Ronnie Moore |
| 1997/98 | Paul Futcher |
| 1998/99 | Paul Futcher |
| 1999/00 | Paul Futcher, Mark Wright |
| 2000/01 | Mark Wright |
| 2001/02 | Phil Wilson |
| 2002/03 | Phil Wilson, Mike Walsh |
| 2003/04 | Mike Walsh, Liam Watson |
| 2004/05 | Liam Watson |
| 2005/06 | Liam Watson |
| 2006/07 | Paul Cook |
| 2006/07 | Dino Maamria/Steve Whitehall-Caretaking |
| 2006/07 | Peter Davenport |
| 2007/08 | Peter Davenport, Gary Brabin |
| 2008/09 | Liam Watson |
| 2009/10 | Liam Watson |
| 2010/11 | Liam Watson |
| 2011/12 | Liam Watson |
| 2012/13 | Liam Watson |
| 2013/14 | Alan Wright, John Coleman |
| 2014/15 | Martin Foyle, Gary Brabin, Paul Carden |
| 2015/16 | Paul Carden, Dino Maamria, Andy Bishop |
| 2016/17 | Andy Bishop, Steve Burr, Liam Watson(Interim) Andy Preece |
| 2017/18 | Alan Lewer, Kevin Davies |
| 2018/19 | Liam Watson |
| 2019/20 | Liam Watson |
| 2020/21 | Liam Watson |
| 2021/22 | Liam Watson |
| 2022/23 | Liam Watson |
| 2023/24 | Liam Watson Andy Burgess (CTR) Jim Bentley |
| 2024/25 | Jim Bentley David Morgan (Interim) |
| 2025/26 | Neil Danns |
