TFFC MANAGERIAL RECORDS

The tables below include the estimated managerial record of every Team Manager and Team Secretary (in most seasons) to have represented Temple Fortune Football Club since the Club first joined Sunday League football in 1976.

Matches taken into consideration include league, cup ties and official friendlies played by the Club, but exclude unofficial games which do not fulfil the criteria of an official match. This includes small-sided competitions played by the Club.

The Team Secretary was effectively the Team Manager in all seasons where a separate Manager was not appointed. Where a Team Manager was present with a Team Secretary in office on the Management Committee for that particular season, only the Team Manager's record counts for the purpose of the table below.

Because no actual statistics have ever been kept of managerial records, the figures in the table have been calculated by taking the number of matches played by a team in any one season and deducting 10% for unavailability across the board, giving an estimated number of matches managed by any named individual. The same applies to a Team Manager's wins record. Where fractions apply after the deductions, the nearest whole number counts. The criteria above has been applied to all managerial records throughout.

Some observations from the statistics below: The late Nick Waitsman, who as the Club's longest-serving manager, spent 17 seasons managing the three TFFC teams at different periods, covering an estimated 334 matches, followed by David Goldberg on around 215 matches. Garry Simpson did 185 or so matches as First Team manager. Andrew Batten remains the only manager who recorded a win percentage above 60% but he ran the First Team, who had a particularly good 1977/78 season, for just a single campaign.

We recognise that the tables below are not intended as 'merit' tables to compare managerial records; the primary objective is to record an archive of TFFC managers and the Club's everlasting gratitude for each individual's commitment towards the Temple Fortune Football Club. In this respect, a massive 'thank you' to everyone listed below.

Up to & including season 2023/24

TABLE 1: FIVE OR MORE SEASONS
WINS
SEASONS
MATCHES
WINS
WIN %
David Salamons
5
121
59
48.76
All First Team – 1984/85 to 1988/89 inclusive
Marcel Plesner
6
112
51
45.53
First Team – 1978/79 to 1983/84 inclusive
Simon Linden
6
132
55
41.66
First Team – 2016/17 to 2021/22 inclusive, including two incomplete seasons (2020/21 and 2021/22)
Garry Simpson
8
185
76
41.08
First Team – 1998/99 to 2003/04 inclusive, then 2006/07 and 2007/08
Nicholas Waitsman
17
334
113
33.83
First Team 4 seasons – 1994/95 to 1997/98 inclusive; Second Team 3 seasons – 1988/89 to 1990/91 inclusive; Old Boys Team 10 seasons – 1998/99 to 2007/08 inclusive
Anthony Espinoza
6
82
26
31.70
Second Team 3 seasons – 1984/85 to 1986/87 inclusive; Old Boys Team 3 seasons – 1994/95 to 1995/96 inclusive
Andrew Jaye
5
111
29
26.12
Second Team – 1979/80 to 1983/84 inclusive
David Goldberg
12
215
55
25.58
Old Boys Team – 2008/09 to 2019/20 inclusive
TABLE 2: TWO, THREE OR FOUR SEASONS
Andrew Souber
2
47
25
53.19
First Team – 2008/09 and 2010/11
Lee Fegan
4
77
34
44.15
First Team – 2009/10 to 2012/13 inclusive
Jonathan Davidoff
3
38
16
42.10
Second Team 1 season – 1987/88; Old Boys Team 2 seasons – 1996/97 and 1997/98
Simon Black
3
67
28
41.79
Old Boys Team – 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24
Terry Jeffries
2
46
19
41.30
Second Team – 2011/12 and 2012/13
Philip Friend
3
73
28
38.35
Second Team – 1997/98 to 1999/00 inclusive
Steven Feiger
3
78
28
35.89
First Team – 1991/92 and 1993/94 inclusive
Andrew Montlake
3
65
23
35.38
First Team – 2005/06; Second Team 2 seasons – 2000/01 and 2001/02
Andrew Fridkin
2
42
13
30.95
Second Team – 2002/03 and 2003/04
Jonathan Cohen
4
75
16
21.33
First Team – 2013/14 to 2016/17 inclusive
Michael Goldberg
2
16
2
12.50
First Team – 2020/21 and 2021/22 (two incomplete seasons)
TABLE 3: ONE SEASON
Andrew Batten
1
24
15
62.50
First Team – 1977/78
David Summer
1
26
14
53.84
First Team – 2004/05
Steven Halfteck
1
24
11
45.83
First Team – 1981/82
Peter Kyte
1
9
4
44.44
Second Team – 2016/17 (a series of 9 friendlies only)
Michael Rook
1
26
11
42.30
First Team – 1976/77
Evan Hay (1sts)
1
26
9
34.61
First Team – 1989/90
John Higgins
1
27
9
33.33
First Team – 1990/91
Gavin Levy
1
28
7
25.00
Second Team – 2010/11
Darren Zitren
1
25
6
24.00
Second Team – 2017/18
Philip Silver
1
15
3
20.00
Old Boys Team – 2020/21
Jacob Kalms
1
22
4
18.18
Second Team – 2021/22
Stevie Allen
1
23
3
13.04
First Team – 2023/24
Simon Allen
1
14
1
7.14
Old Boys 'A' Team – 2008/09