John Gunter was secretary-manager of
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club ( ) is a professional football club in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, which competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium ...
from February 1909 to June 1910.
Following the departure of
Andy Aitken to
Leicester Fosse
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, Boro were left without a manager in name for sixteen months, and so the responsibilities of management fell to secretary John Gunter.
Gunter joined the board in 1893, after Middlesbrough had reverted to amateur status. When he took over first team affairs in 1909, he guided the team from mid-table to finish ninth. However, his reign included heavy defeats, one being 7–3 to
Bradford at home on
Christmas Day
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and a 5–0 defeat to
Bury at home six weeks later.
He stepped down in June 1910 to be replaced by
Andy Walker.
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Middlesbrough F.C. managers
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