Bill Murray

1939–1957
Nationality · ScotlandTenure · 1939–1957
SAFC Stats Insight — generated from our data

Bill Murray, the Scottish manager, managed Sunderland during 1939–1957. Across 505 matches in our records he won 194, a win rate of 38.4%. His best season by wins in our data was 1949-50 (22 from 42).

Managerial records are sourced from public data; match-level detail is densest from 2010 onward.
489
Games
182
Won
131
Drawn
176
Lost
37.2%
Win rate
1.38
Pts/game

Record covers every match during this manager's exact tenure dates.

Season by season

under this manager
Points per game
0.88
1938-39
2
1945-46
1.44
1946-47
1.14
1947-48
1.38
1948-49
1.76
1949-50
1.29
1950-51
1.36
1951-52
1.42
1952-53
1.2
1953-54
1.53
1954-55
1.57
1955-56
1.12
1956-57
Goals scored vs conceded
1938-39
8–13
1945-46
14–11
1946-47
66–68
1947-48
56–68
1948-49
50–57
1949-50
86–63
1950-51
68–75
1951-52
68–58
1952-53
69–82
1953-54
79–88
1954-55
67–55
1955-56
87–92
1956-57
70–84
ScoredConceded

Notable results

1956-57Sunderland8–1Charlton Athletic1 Sept 19561951-52Sunderland7–1Huddersfield Town11 Apr 19521953-54Sunderland7–1Arsenal12 Sept 19531949-50Sunderland6–0Huddersfield Town7 Jan 19501949-50Sunderland6–1Derby County21 Jan 1950
Did you know
  • Bill Murray — 505 matches in charge — Among the longest-serving managers by games managed.
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