Arthur Chadwick (July 1875 – 21 March 1936) was a professional footballer whose playing career as a

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included spells at

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and

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, before going on to be manager at

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and Southampton. He also made two appearances for

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in 1900.

Playing career

Chadwick was born in

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and started his career playing in his native county for

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and Burton Swifts. When he signed for

in May 1897, little was known about him. He travelled to Southampton for a trial accompanied by

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Southampton

Chadwick initially played at right-half, but was not a great success until he was converted to a centre-half in which position his career took off. Described in Holley & Chalk's ''The Alphabet of the Saints'' as "''a powerful and efficient defender, Arthur reached his peak at the turn of the century''". He helped Saints to win the Southern League title in 1897–98 and again in 1898–99 and to the

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final in 1900, defeating three top flight clubs along the way, by when he had been rewarded with two

caps, against

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and

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. Southampton again won the Southern League title in 1900–01 before Chadwick decided to move on. In January 1899, in a match at Sheppey United, Chadwick became the first Saints player to be sent off in a League match. In his four seasons with Southampton, he made a total of 96 appearances, scoring six goals.

Portsmouth

In May 1901 Chadwick moved to local rivals,

, and was part of their side who won the Southern League title in 1901–02.

Later career

In 1904 Chadwick moved on to

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, and then returned to

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before joining

, where he finished his playing career in 1910, although by now he was acting as manager.

Managerial career

Exeter City

In 1910, Chadwick became the first manager of

, a post he held for 12 years until December 1922. When he first joined Exeter, they had recently joined the Southern League, and in 1920 Exeter City were invited by

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to become founder members of the Third Division.

Reading

In January 1923, Chadwick was at the helm of

, where he guided the club through two seasons in the Third Division. He is credited with signing most of the players that won promotion to Division 2 in 1926.A Sedunary, The Little Book of Reading FC, 2008

Southampton

When the manager's job at Second Division

became vacant in October 1925, Chadwick resigned his post at Reading to take charge at The Dell, thus becoming the first ex-player to become manager. He found immediate success by guiding the Saints to the semi-final of the 1927

, defeating

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on the way. In the semi-final, played at

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on 26 March 1927, Saints were eliminated 2–1 by

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with Saints' goal coming from

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. In this match, Saints came up against their former star full-back Tom Parker who had had a nightmare in Saints' previous semi-final appearance two years earlier. This time Parker was on the winning side as Arsenal moved on to

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, losing to

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in the final. Shrewdly Chadwick bought several new players, including forward

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from

and by the end of the 1928–29 season, he had taken Southampton to fourth place, their then best ever position in Division 2. Soon after, Saints embarked on a policy of selling their best players to survive financially, and Chadwick grew disillusioned with both the club in particular and the game of football in general and he resigned on 16 April 1931, thereby ending a long association with the game.

After football

Chadwick left Hampshire and settled in

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, where in 1936 he collapsed and died whilst watching a match at Exeter's ground.

Family

His cousin,

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also played for

as well as for Everton and Southampton. He also had a brother,

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who was an apprentice with Everton, making five appearances between 1888 and 1892.

Honours

Southampton *

finalist:

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* Southern League championships: 1897–98, 1898–99, 1900–01 Portsmouth * Southern League championships: 1901–02

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chadwick, Arthur 1875 births 1936 deaths Sportspeople from Church, Lancashire English men's footballers England men's international footballers Southern Football League players Burton Swifts F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Exeter City F.C. managers Reading F.C. managers Southampton F.C. managers Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players English Football League managers Men's association football midfielders English football managers Footballers from Lancashire