| William E. Barclay: 'Joint Manager' |
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1892 - 1896 |
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| 1st team
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| Characteristics:
David Ashworth was a former referee who later moved into a career in football management.
He was apparently a very small man, only about five foot according to some accounts, with
a carefully manicured, waxed moustache. He became the first manager of Oldham Athletic
Football Club in 1906, moving to manage Stockport County in 1914 and staying with them
through the First World War. |
| Other
Clubs as Manager: Oldham Athletic, Stockport County, Manchester City, Walsall |
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| Honours: 2 One
Division Championship 1893-94, 1895-96, 1 Lancashire League Championship 1892-93 |
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PROFILE
After the defection, Houlding and Barclay were left with a football ground and no team,
but together rapidly and successfully created a brand new one - Liverpool Football Club.
Barclay was the actual 'secretary-manager' of Liverpool Football Club during this period
and had been involved at Liverpool before John McKenna, who seems to have acted as a
'coach-manager'. The tremendous work achieved by Barclay should not be overlooked, as he
was the organisational force that helped create the great 'Team of the Macs' and the early
successes of the Club.
A widely respected and well-liked man, Barclay later became a headmaster of the Industrial
Schools in Everton Crescent, Liverpool.
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