Hewison briefly returned to Newcastle before joining
Northampton Town in 1920 as a player-manager. He remained in this position until 1925 when, having retired from playing, he switched to
Queens Park Rangers as manager. Under Hewison QPR adopted their familiar blue and white kit although results on the pitch were nothing special for the
Third Division South club and he was replaced by
Archie Mitchell for the
1931-32 season. Hewison returned to management in 1932 with
Bristol City. However at City Hewison was accused of making illegal payments to amateur players and on 15 October 1938 a joint
Football Association and Football League inquiry suspended him until the end of the season, as well as fining the club 100 guineas.) Hewison returned to the hot-seat and remained in charge until March 1949. He subsequently managed non-league teams such as
Guildford City from 1950 to 1957. Hewison went on to manage
Bath City; with whom he built a strong side, signing players such as,
Charlie Fleming,
Alan Skirton and
Ian MacFarlane, captained by
Tony Book. Bath went on to win the league in the 1959–60 season, finishing on 67 points (in 42 matches), with the division the Southern League being viewed as; "The foremost non-League competition" at the time. In the same season, Hewison led the club on one of their best ever cup runs, beating
Millwall in the
FA Cup first round. and then
Notts County in the second round. In the third round, Bath went on to play
Brighton & Hove Albion at Twerton Park, in front of a record crowd of 18,020, but lost 1–0. Hewison rose as the second most successful manager in the club's history. He stayed with Bath until his retirement in 1961. == References ==