Frederick David Emery (19 May 1900 – 1959) was an English

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who played as a

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in the

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with

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in the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in

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and signed for Lincoln City but did not play a senior game for them, before having a brief spell with

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, amounting to five senior games.English National Football Archive (Michael Joyce)
/ref> In the 1924–25 season he made his debut for Doncaster Rovers and was to go on and play 439 senior games for them (scoring 32 goals) in a playing career that was to last until the 1935–36 season. As of 2009 he holds the record for the most Football League appearances made for Doncaster. In 1936 he was appointed manager at Doncaster, a position he held until the war. On 25 October 1943, he was appointed manager of Bradford (Park Avenue) succeeding David Steele. He was fortunate to inherit a talented squad, and his management style went down well with the players. He guided Bradford to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in 1945–6, and masterminded the club's greatest cup victory in January 1948, when champions-elect Arsenal were defeated 1–0 at Highbury. After the war he netted the club around £52,000 in transfer fees when Geoff Walker, Len Shackleton, Johnny Downie and Jimmy Stephen moved to bigger clubs. When Bradford dropped out of the Second Division in 1950, and failed to go straight back, he left Park Avenue in June 1951 and was succeeded by

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. In July 1951, Emery was appointed as

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

manager, replacing future

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manager

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who left Carlisle to join

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. In a seven-year spell as Carlisle manager Emery never was able inspire the

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faithful like his predecessor did, but he was able to the keep the club in a stable mid-table position in the

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despite being handicapped by limited resources. He left the club in April 1958. He died in Carlisle in 1959 following a short illness, just a year after United had dispensed with his services. His brother

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and nephew

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were also footballers.

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* 1900 births 1959 deaths Footballers from Lincoln, England English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves English Football League players Lincoln City F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. managers Carlisle United F.C. managers English Football League managers English football managers {{England-footy-midfielder-1900s-stub