Who’ll be the next York City boss? Here are the bookies’ favourites
After announcing the departure of Jackie McNamara, York City moved swiftly to advertise the vacant manager’s job.
Applicants with “the required coaching badges and suitable qualifications to manage a professional football club” were asked to contact the club by Friday (October 14).
In early betting online bookies BetVictor installed former head coach of Leeds United Neil Redfearn as 3/1 favourite to replace McNamara. He has coached at Bootham Crescent before.
Tony Mowbray (former manager of West Brom, Middlesbrough and Coventry City) is second favourite at 4/1, with Mark Yates (Cheltenham Town, Crawley Town) at 6/1.
Ex Cambridge, Southport, Luton and Tranmere Rovers manager Gary Brabin is quoted at 8/1, as is Gary Mills who took York City back into the Football League when manager here in 2012.
Other notable names in the list include former Welsh international Dean Saunders (12/1), one of the BBC’s pundits during this year’s European Championships, who has managed clubs including Wrexham, Wolves and Crawley.
Nick Barmby, who managed Hull City after a playing career with the likes of Tottenham, Liverpool, Leeds and England, is at 14/1, while former Chelsea midfielder and Leeds manager Dennis Wise is one of a handful of names as 25/1 outsiders.
Meanwhile the Press is reporting that former York City striker Andy Bishop is interested in the job
Here’s the full list of odds as of October 10:
| Candidate | BetVictor odds |
| Neil Redfearn | 3/1 |
| Tony Mowbray | 4/1 |
| Mark Yates | 6/1 |
| Gary Brabin | 8/1 |
| Gary Mills | 8/1 |
| Shaun Reid | 10/1 |
| Adrian Pennock | 10/1 |
| Chris Todd | 12/1 |
| Dean Saunders | 12/1 |
| Mark Robins | 12/1 |
| Nick Barmby | 14/1 |
| Andy Scott | 16/1 |
| Andy Hessenthaler | 25/1 |
| Billy Davies | 25/1 |
| Dave Jones | 25/1 |
| Dennis Wise | 25/1 |
| Ian Holloway | 25/1 |
| John Carver | 25/1 |
| Kit Symons | 25/1 |
| Peter Taylor | 25/1 |
| Simon Grayson | 25/1 |
| Simon Weaver | 25/1 |
| Steven Pressley | 25/1 |
| Neil Young | 25/1 |
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