Bert Herdman was manager of
Raith Rovers F.C.
Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football L ...
from 1945 to 1961. He presided over one of the most sustained periods of success in the club's history. Raith spent 14 years in the top division while he was manager,
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] despite regularly losing talented young players to
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clubs.
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Herdman was appointed as manager in 1945, and was also treasurer of the supporters' club at the time.
He was responsible for signing many of Raith's great players, such as
Willie Penman[
] and
Willie Polland.
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References
1922 births
2005 deaths
Raith Rovers F.C. managers
Scottish Football League managers
Scottish football managers
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