Eric Webster (24 June 1931 – 24 January 2016) was an English

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player and coach.

Career

Playing career

Born in

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

, Webster began his career with Ardwick Lads Club, before signing for

Manchester City Manchester City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the English football league system, top flight of Football in England, English footbal ...

, where he made one appearance in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...

. After leaving Manchester City, Webster played with

Ashton United Ashton United Football Club is a football club in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of and play at Hurst Cross. Having been founded as Hurst in 1892, they folded in 1892, before being reformed in 1909. ...

, Hyde United, Macclesfield Town, Nantlle Vale,

Pwllheli Pwllheli ( ; ) is a market town and community on the Llŷn Peninsula (), in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It had a population of 4,076 in 2011, which declined slightly to 3,947 in 2021; a large proportion (81%) were Welsh language, Welsh speaking. ...

and

Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921, Stalybridge Celti ...

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Webster managed Stalybridge Celtic, Hyde United,

Runcorn Runcorn is an industrial town and Runcorn Docks, cargo port in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. Runcorn is on the south bank of the River Mersey, where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. It is upstream from the port of Live ...

and Ashton United, before moving to

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in EFL League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton ...

to become head groundsman and a coach, eventually becoming full manager between 1982 and 1985. He died on 24 January 2016.

References

1931 births 2016 deaths English men's footballers English football managers Manchester City F.C. players Ashton United F.C. players Hyde United F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Nantlle Vale F.C. players Pwllheli F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players English Football League players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. managers Hyde United F.C. managers Runcorn F.C. Halton managers Ashton United F.C. managers Stockport County F.C. non-playing staff Stockport County F.C. managers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Manchester 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-manager-stub