Next Permanent AFC Wimbledon Manager Odds

On 30th January AFC Wimbledon came to a mutual agreement with manager Glyn Hodges to terminate his contract, following a 2-0 home defeat to MK Dons, which has left Wimbledon in the relegation zone with 22 points from 25 games.

Former Wimbledon player Hodges, who had made over 200 appearances for his old club between 1980 and 1987 had overseen his side win just one game in his last 13 in the league, which came in a 2-1 win against Peterborough United at Plough Lane on 2nd December thanks to goals from Ryan Longman and Joe Pigott.

Wimbledon coach Mark Robinson is the bookies favourite to get the role at Plough Lane at the odds of 3/1.

Robinson has been a coach at Wimbledon since 2004 and was asked to step up to senior level by Hodges at the start of the 2019/20 season. This was following his impressive work at youth levels for the club which saw the Dons bring through several academy products, such as Will Nightingale and Anthony Hartigan.

Notably, in 2016 Robinson oversaw Wimbledon’s youth team make it to the Round of 16 in the FA Youth Cup, where they were beaten by a Chelsea team that contained the likes of Mason Mount, Fikayo Tomori and Tammy Abraham.

Robinson is priced at 3/1 to take over from Hodges on a permanent basis at Plough Lane - Click here to claim this bet in your bet slip!

Former Millwall and Cardiff City manager Neil Harris is next on the list.

Harris was sacked from his role as manager at the Cardiff City Stadium following a 1-0 home defeat by QPR on 20th January which left the Bluebirds in 15th place, having only accumulated 29 points from 24 league games.

Last season Harris took Cardiff to the playoff semi-finals where the Bluebirds were beaten by eventual winners Fulham 3-2 on aggregate. The 43-year-old joined the Welsh club having overachieved at Millwall on a very limited budget. In Harris’ four years as a manager at the New Den, he oversaw the Lions promotion back to the Championship and consolidated his former club’s position in the league.

This move would be a surprise move for Harris, as he has proven himself to be a capable manager at Championship level, so it would be a step back in his career.

Harris is priced at 5/1 to become Wimbledon’s next permanent manager - Click here to claim this bet in your bet slip!

Next in the running is current Chelsea women’s manager Emma Hayes. Hayes is one of the most successful managers in the history of English women’s football, having won eight honours with the Blues.

Hayes has overseen Chelsea win three Women’s Super League titles since taking over in 2012, as well as two Women’s FA Cups.

This would be a good move for Hayes, as she could become the first female manager to take over a men’s side in England’s top four leagues, and would have the chance to further boost her reputation by doing so.

Hayes is priced at 6/1 to become the next manager at Plough Lane - Click on this link to claim this bet in your bet slip!

Boreham Wood manager Luke Garrard comes in next on the list, having played for Wimbledon between 2006 and 2010 where he won promotion from the Conference South with the Dons in 2009.

Garrard has spent ten years at Boreham Wood as both a player and manager and since taking over from Ian Allinson, he has overseen the Wood become one of the best teams in the National League, having finished in fifth place last season, at present Garrard’s side currently sit six points outside the playoff places with three games in hand.

Garrard is priced at 6/1 to return to his former club Wimbledon as manager.

Former Blackpool manager Ian Holloway is also in the running for the job at Plough Lane. Holloway recently resigned from Grimsby Town having invested money into the Mariners, but due to Grimsby being in talks to be taken over, he left Town as he felt that the promises that had been made between himself and the board had been broken.

Holloway has plenty of experience as a manager, having earned promotion three times in his career with Queens Park Rangers, Blackpool and Crystal Palace, taking the latter of the two to the Premier League.

This move wouldn’t come as a surprise, as Holloway has tended to move about a fair bit in his career to different clubs.

The former Grimsby manager is priced at 7/1 to become Wimbledon’s next manager.

Danny Cowley is best known for his time managing Lincoln City, where following a six-year absence from the football league, he managed to earn promotion with the Imps in his first season, winning the National League title with two games to spare. On top of this, Lincoln became the first conference side to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals in over a century, beating the likes of Brighton, Ipswich Town and Premier League outfit Burnley along the way.

The following season saw Lincoln consolidate their status in League Two, winning the EFL Trophy along the way with a 1-0 win against League One side Shrewsbury Town in the final. Cowley then managed to top this by leading Lincoln to the third tier of English football for the first time since 1999 as City won League Two in 2018/19 with an impressive tally of 85 points, six points ahead of Bury in second.

Having had an impressive managerial stint at Lincoln, Cowley was highly touted by a lot of clubs and it was Huddersfield Town who came calling, with the recently relegated Premier League side struggling at the bottom of the Championship. The Terriers had lost several key players from their time in the top flight which was a huge factor for the club’s struggle. During his time at the John Smith’s Stadium, the former Braintree manager did win EFL Championship Manager of the Month in October having gone six games unbeaten. Cowley did what was expected of him, which was to keep the club in the Championship, surprisingly following a 2-1 win against promotion-chasing West Brom, Cowley was sacked and has remained without a job since this happened last July.

This job would be a risk for Cowley if he takes it, as in his career he has shown that he is a capable Championship standard manager. If he was to take a new job then it would ideally be a promotion-chasing League One club or one at the bottom end of the Championship.

Cowley is currently priced at 8/1 to become Wimbledon’s next manager.

Former Wimbledon man Jason Euell is also included on this list, having played for the Dons between 1995 to 2001 in the Premier League, scoring 41 league goals in 141 appearances.

Euell is currently on Charlton Athletic’s coaching staff as the manager of their Under 21’s side. In 2019/20 he was also named as a coach in the England setup for the Under 20’s.

This would actually be the third time that the former Jamaica international has made a return to Wimbledon if he does become their next manager, having had a loan spell at the Dons in 2012.

This would be a good move for Euell, as he would gain some vital experience of being a first-team manager at a former club, and if he is a success, then he could see himself take on bigger roles in the future.

Euell is priced at 12/1 to return to Wimbledon.