Southall Football Club is a

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club representing

Southall Southall () is a large suburban county of West London, England, part of the London Borough of Ealing and is one of its seven major towns. It is situated west of Charing Cross and had a population of 69,857 as of 2011. It is generally divided ...

in the

London Borough of Ealing The London Borough of Ealing () is a London borough in West London. It comprises seven major towns: Acton (W3), Ealing (W5, W13, NW10), Greenford (UB6), Hanwell (W7), Northolt (UB5), Perivale (UB6) and Southall (UB1, UB2). With a population of 3 ...

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. The club is affiliated to the

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. They are currently members of the .

History

Southall FC was founded in 1871, making it one of England's oldest

clubs, and two seasons later they entered the

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. After playing friendlies and cup competitions they joined the

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as founder members in 1892, but only stayed for a single season. Four seasons later the club joined Division Two of the

Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...

in 1896. The 1904–05 season saw the club attempt to go professional, but this left them with massive debts and they dropped out of the league at the end of the season, and also stopped playing in competitions the following season. Returning to amateur status, Southall merged with another club, Southall Athletic, and moved to a new ground at Western Road. In 1907 the club entered the

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, where they remained until the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. After the First World War, Southall joined the

Athenian League The Athenian League was an English amateur football league for clubs in and around London. The league was originally to be called the Corinthian League,Athenian Football League minutes 1912-1921 (National Football Museum, Preston). but this nam ...

for the 1919–20 season. They stayed in The Athenian League until 1972–73, during which time they won the league once in 1926–27, two seasons after reaching the

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final. Southall reached the FA Cup Third Round in 1935-36, beating

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3–1 in the First Round and Newport (IOW) 8–0 in the Second Round, before losing to

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...

. Southall became founding members of the

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...

Second Division for the start of the 1973-74 campaign. They finished as runners up in their second season in the Isthmian League and gained promotion to the league's top division. The club then changed its name to Southall & Ealing Borough. They spent three seasons in the top division before suffering two relegations in a row and finishing in the bottom division of the Isthmian league, after which the club changed its name back to Southall. The club stayed in the bottom division until the end of the 1984–85 season. They reached another FA final in 1986 when they lost to

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in the

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final at

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. When the league reorganised for the 1991–92 season the club was moved up to the new Division Two. They played for two seasons in the higher division before being relegated back to the bottom division of the league. In 1992, the club lost the use of its Western Road ground and was forced to start ground sharing with other clubs. They remained in the lowest division of the Isthmian League until the end of the 1999–2000 season when, after finishing bottom of the table, they were relegated to the

Combined Counties Football League The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Jersey, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half and sou ...

. Southall remained in the Combined Counties League until March 2006, when they were expelled and their records for the 2005–06 campaign expunged due to financial irregularities. However, the club was able to clear its debts and continued to operate, restarting two levels lower in the

Middlesex County Football League The Middlesex County Football League is a football competition based in England loosely drawing teams from the central, northern and western parts of Greater London. The league was founded in 1984 and initially had only one division, although it ...

Premier Division, from the 2006–07 season. After the division was cut from 15 to 11 teams, Southall were put in Division One Central and East. They finished runners up and immediately jumped back up to the Premier Division. The 2011–12 season saw manager Steve Embleton guide the club to a third-place finish, securing promotion to the

Spartan South Midlands Football League The Spartan South Midlands Football League is an English football league covering Hertfordshire, northwest Greater London, central Buckinghamshire and southern Bedfordshire. It is a feeder to the Southern Football League or the Isthmian League, ...

Division One. With new manager Paul Palmer in charge for 2016–17, Southall reached the quarter-finals of the FA Vase, then the 2017–18 season saw the club crowned

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champions, Southall's first league title for 91 years. They finished the season with 94 points, with 116 goals scored and a +80 goal difference. The team also broke the club record for most wins at the start of a season (7). For 2018–19, the club were members of the

Combined Counties League The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Jersey, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half and sou ...

Premier Division and, under the management of Max Howell, finished fourth. The 2019-20 Combined Counties League Premier Division season was abandoned as a result of the

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. The pandemic led to further disruption the following season, with Southall's 2020-21 campaign starting in September, before being suspended in December with Southall in fifth place in the table. The club celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2021.

Ground

Southall FC currently play their home games at Robert Parker Stadium in

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, sharing with Ashford Town (Middlesex). They previously played their home games at Hanwell Town's Reynolds Field ground in Perivale. Southall have shared grounds with other clubs since having to move from their Western Road stadium in 1992, and were playing their home games at

Burnham FC Burnham F.C. is a non-League football club based in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, Burnham in Buckinghamshire, near Slough. They currently compete in the . The team play in blue and white shirts and white shorts. The club was taken over by new owne ...

's The Gore when they secured their first league title since 1927 in the 2017-18 season. They have plans to return to

and are reported to be in discussions with Ealing Council and private landowners about building a new stadium. The club is proposing a community health and wellbeing centre, to be incorporated into the new stadium as a hub for sports projects and educational use. The new community stadium would offer local residents training and fitness equipment, health checks, sports injury prevention advice, martial arts and boxing coaching sessions. Across the community classes are proposed that will suit the elderly, disabled, youth and other local community groups, and will include female only classes.

In the media

Ahead of Southall's 1986 FA Vase final against

, Thames News televised a preview for the final, interviewing the team's manager Gordon Bartlett at the club's Western Road ground. The piece shows footage of former Southall players

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and

Les Ferdinand Leslie Ferdinand MBE (born 8 December 1966) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and television pundit, who is currently the director of football at Queens Park Rangers. A striker, his playing career included notable sp ...

, who at the time was Southall's leading goalscorer. The UK television series ''

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'' episode "Last Orders at the Winchester" made by Euston Films in 1993 includes a charity football match filmed at the Western Road ground between a police team and a team of regulars from the Winchester Club. Reggae singer

Maxi Priest Max Alfred "Maxi" Elliott (born 10 June 1961), known by his stage name Maxi Priest, is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with an R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion. He was one ...

made an appearance for Southall in 2003. Priest registered to play with the club suffering from a player shortage crisis, as a result of injuries and suspensions. He came on as a substitute during a 3–0 defeat against Feltham, playing alongside his son Marvin.

Honours & achievements

League honours

– Division Two **Runners Up (1): 1974–75 *

**Champions (1): 1926–27 **Runners Up (1): 1954–55 *

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– Division One **Champions (1): 2017–18 *Great Western Suburban League **Champions (1): 1912–13 *London League – Division One **Champions (1): 1904-05 *West Middlesex League **Champions (1): 1906-07

Cup honours

**Runners Up (1): 1985–86 *

**Runners Up (1): 1924–25 **Semi Finalists (2): 1926–27, 1952–53 *

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**Winners (12): 1907–08, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1936–37, 1944–45, 1953–54, 1954–55 **Runners Up (4): 1895–96, 1919–20, 1928–29, 1985-86 *

Middlesex Senior Charity Cup The Middlesex Senior Charity Cup is a knock-out system football competition that has been running since 1901. It was presented in 1901 by C.S. Goldmann, Esq. and was first played for in the 1901–02 season, the first winners being Clapton Orien ...

**Winners (10): 1910–11, 1911–12, 1913–14, 1922–23 (joint winners with Botwell Mission), 1923–24 (joint winners with Botwell Mission), 1927–28, 1936–37, 1951–52, 1968–69, 1983–84 **Runners Up (10): 1919–20, 1931–32, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1998–99 *

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**Runners Up (1): 1997–98 *

Premier Division Cup **Runners Up (2): 2006–07, 2011–12 *West Middlesex Challenge Cup **Winners (10): 1886–87, 1895–96, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1921–22 **Runners Up (3): 1891–92, 1901–02, 1912–13

Cup achievements

**3rd Round Proper (1): 1935-36 **1st Round Proper (5): 1925–26, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1936–37, 1955–56 *

**Quarter Finalists (2): 2016-17, 2021-22 *

**Semi Finalists (2): 1926–27, 1952–53 **Quarter Finalists (3): 1935–36, 1945–46, 1959–60

Records

Club records

* Highest league position: 14th in Isthmian League Premier Division (1976–77) *

best performance: Third Round (1935–36) *

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best performance: Second Qualifying Round (1975–76, 1978–79) *

best performance: Finalists (1985–86) *

best performance: Finalists (1924–25) * Highest attendance: 19,094 v

( 1935-36 FA Cup Third Round Proper) * Biggest win: 12-0 v Cranleigh * Biggest defeat: 14-0 v Grays United

Player records

* Record appearances: Reg Short (450+) * Record goalscorer: Ken Merry (117) * Record goals scored in a season: Charles Roach (57)

Former players

Notable former Southall players include

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(QPR, Tottenham, Newcastle and England),

(West Ham and England), Gordon Hill (Manchester United and Millwall),

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(Norwich), Eric Young (Brighton, Wimbledon, Crystal Palace and Wales), Mark Nicholls (Chelsea),

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(Chelsea and Brentford),

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(Portsmouth, Birmingham and QPR),

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(Ipswich, Manchester City, Chelsea and England), former Bradford and Wigan manager

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(who played for Chelsea, Brighton and Huddersfield) and the current Leyton Orient head coach

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. Arthur Shaw played 61 times as a wing half for

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during a seven-year period with the Gunners, including 25 league appearances during Arsenal's 1952-53 Division One title winning season. A flag bearing his name flies in tribute on the Ken Friar Bridge, close to Arsenal tube station.

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was a prolific goalscorer who made more than 100 appearances as a centre forward for Wycombe, Grimsby, Stoke, Everton, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion and Brentford. He represented the

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in matches versus the

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in 1905 and 1906, scoring once in a 6–0 victory in the second match.

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OBE made 374 appearances for

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as a goalkeeper. He set a club record of 187 consecutive appearances for Brentford between November 1958 and August 1962, and played for England Youth and England Under 23s. He remained a part-time player throughout his career. He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford

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in 2015, and was described as "arguably Brentford's finest ever goalkeeper". Many former Southall players played for other London clubs. More than one in four on the former players list below have also played for

, with

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(Brentford's home until August 2020) located less than five miles from

. Many of the players listed below have represented at least one of the following London clubs:

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and

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. Other former Southall players include: * Charles Ballard – Played for Southall before emigrating to New Zealand in March 1913. After The Great War he represented New Zealand in two matches against Australia. His older brother Tommy 'Brancher' Ballard was a Southall stalwart, who was killed on the Western Front in October 1918. His last match at Western Road was for 3/8th Middlesex Regt., against Southall. * Cliff Ette – Joined Southall after playing for

, where he had made one appearance and scored one goal. He captained Southall in their 3–1 win against

in the 1935-36 FA Cup First Round, and an 8-0 Second Round win against Newport (IOW) saw Southall into the Third Round Proper for the first time in the club's history. * Frederick Chapman – Played for

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prior to joining Southall and was part of the Great Britain team that won Gold at the

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. * Ted Bennett – Played for QPR and Watford, was an England amateur goalkeeper and represented Great Britain at the

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in Helsinki. * Frederick Gamble – Represented

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and

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and played first class cricket for

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between 1933 and 1935. * Charles 'Wag' Roach – Scored 57 goals in one season for Southall, which remains a club record. Also played for Fulham, Reading and Tottenham's reserves. Known as Wag on account of his love of telling jokes. * John 'Jack' Bowman played for

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and

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and was later manager of Norwich and QPR. * Alan Nelmes – Made more than 300 appearances for Brentford as a defender and was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in 2014. * Albert Thain – Made 153 appearances for

, scoring 51 goals. * Cyrus Vanterpool – Has made five appearances as an international for

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. *

and Marvin Elliott / Marvin Priest – Reggae singer Maxi Priest and his son Marvin have both played for Southall. Marvin was known by his given name, Marvin Elliott, during his Southall playing days. Charles_Roach

Included on the former players list below are: # Players who have played/managed in the

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or foreign equivalents. # Players with international caps. # Players who have achieved success in other professions. * Herbert Ashford (

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) * Andrew Anderson ( St Mirren,

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) * H.S. 'Berty' Austin ( Mardy AFC) * Charles Ballard (

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) * Cristian Barrett (

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) * Ted Bennett (

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) * Sid Chandler (

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) * Frederick Chapman (

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) * Dennis Cutbush ( England amateur international) * Alex Davidson (

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Dickie Foss Sidney Lacy Richard Foss (28 November 1912 – 3 August 1995), commonly known as Dick Foss or Dickie Foss, was an English professional footballer who played as a left half in the Football League for Chelsea, with whom he had a 30-year associati ...

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) * Frederick Gamble (

) * T. Gale (

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ...

) * Mick Gilchrist (

Bangor City Bangor City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Bangor) are an inactive Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. They started the 2021–22 season in the Cymru North the second level of the Welsh football league system, but ...

) * Bert Gower (

) *

Alfred Hawkins Alfred Howard Hawkins (August 6, 1906 – 1981) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1960 to 1967 as member of the Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberal ...

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) * Mick Heath (

) * Gordon Hill (

Manchester United Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...

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Myles Hippolyte Myles Elliot Zach Hippolyte (born 9 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Stockport County. Born in England, he represents Grenada at international level. A product of the Brentford Academy, Hippolyte mov ...

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Livingston Livingston may refer to: Businesses * Livingston Energy Flight, an Italian airline (2003–2010) * Livingston Compagnia Aerea, an Italian airline (2011–2014), also known as Livingston Airline * Livingston International, a North American custom ...

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C. Bridgwater United Women's Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset who wer ...

) * Robert Holland (

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...

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Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league ...

player;

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

and

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

manager) * Clifford Jones ( Wales amateur international) *

Roger Joseph Roger Anthony Joseph (born 24 December 1965) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right back, best remembered for his time in the Football League with Wimbledon and Brentford. He won two caps for England B at internat ...

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Goma Lambu Goma Lambu (born 10 November 1984) is a Democratic Republic of Congo, Congolese Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or right winger for Kingstonian F.C., Kingstonian. Career Lambu has played at Millwall F.C., Mil ...

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Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

) * Percy Leahy ( Wales amateur international) * W. F. Lewis ( Wales amateur international) * Ralph McElhaney (

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

) * Charles McKinley ( Charlton,

) *

Frank Morrad Frank Morrad (28 February 1920 – 13 July 1981) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a forward, most notably for Leyton Orient and Brighton & Hove Albion. Playing career Morrad began his career as a ...

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) * Pat Morrissey (

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...

* Mark Nicholls ((

) * John Payne (

) *

Ron Peplow Ronald Rupert Peplow (4 May 1935 – 15 March 2019) was an English professional association football, footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford F.C., Brentford as a wing half. He also played non-League football for Southall F.C ...

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) * Sean Priddle (

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

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(reggae singer) * Charles 'Wag' Roach (

) * Albert Rogers (

) *

( Everton,

) *

Fred Ryecraft Frederick Ryecraft (29 August 1939 – 26 September 2017) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a goalkeeper. He was a member of the club's 1962–63 Fourth Division championship-winning t ...

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) * J. Sangster (

) * Arthur Shaw (

1952-53 title winner,

) * Gary Smith (

) * Ron Smith ( Keflavik,

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

and

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

interim manager) * Charles Snarey ( Lincoln City) * Albert Thain (

) * Peter Turnbull ( Rangers,

Third Lanark Third Lanark Athletic Club was a Scottish football club based in Glasgow. Founded in 1872 as an offshoot of the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, the club was a founder member of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) in 1872 and the Scottish ...

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. T ...

, Millwall Athletic,

, Barrow,

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they adop ...

) * Sam Turner (

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club are a professional association football, football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they wer ...

) * Cyrus Vanterpool (

) *

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Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...

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Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...

) * George Weeks (

) * Denis Weidlich (

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

) *

(

) * George Willis (

) * George Willshaw (

) * Eric Young (

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

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Former coaches

Included on the former managers/coaches list below are: # Managers/coaches who have played, managed or coached in the

or a foreign equivalent # Managers/coaches who have international caps * Dave Anderson – Was manager of

AFC Wimbledon AFC Wimbledon is an English professional Association football, football club, based in London Borough of Merton, Merton, London, that plays in the EFL League Two, after being relegated from the EFL League One following the 2021–22 EFL Leagu ...

from 2004 to 2007. * Gordon Bartlett – Played for

and

Denver Dynamos The Denver Dynamos were a soccer team based in Denver that played in the NASL from 1974 to 1975. Their home field was Mile High Stadium. After the 1975 season, they moved to Minnesota and became the Minnesota Kicks. History Between the 1973 and ...

. Was the longest serving manager in English football's top six tiers. *

Terry Fenwick Terence William Fenwick (born 17 November 1959) is an English football manager and former player who played either as a centre-back or a full-back. During his playing career, he made a total of 455 appearances in the Football League for Cryst ...

– Played for

and

. Managed

Northampton Town Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team plays in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1897, the club competed in the Midland ...

and

Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of Gr ...

. * Mick Gilchrist – Played for

and

. * Pat Morrissey – Played for

, and

. *

Tommy Taylor Thomas Taylor (29 January 1932 – 6 February 1958) was an English footballer, who was known for his aerial ability. He was one of the eight Manchester United players who died in the Munich air disaster. Career Taylor was born in Smithies, ...

– Played for

and

. Managed

Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They compete in EFL League one , the 3rd tier of the English football league system. The club is based at the Abbey Stadium on N ...

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

and

Grenada Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...

. * Tom Tranter – Has managed

England Women The England women's cricket team represents England and Wales in international women's cricket. Since 1998, they have been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by the Women's Cricket Association ...

and Keflavik in Iceland.

References

External links

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