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