Henry J. Newbould (1861 – April 1928) was an English

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player and manager who managed

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and

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. Newbould was born in Liverpool,

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. Before becoming a manager, he combined a job at an iron foundry with playing football, p237 playing as an outside right. p148 Derby St. Luke and

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were among his clubs. He later trained as an accountant. In 1900 he became the first person to hold the position of manager at Derby County, stepping up from his previous position as assistant secretary. Prior to his appointment, the Derby team was selected by committee. Newbould's Derby reached the

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final in 1903, but lost 6–0 to Bury at

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. In 1906, financial pressures led Derby's directors to sell

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international

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. Newbould disagreed with the decision, and left the club at the end of the season to take up the managerial position at Manchester City. Newbould joined Manchester City with the club in turmoil. A scandal concerning illegal payments to players had resulted in the suspension of seventeen players, leaving a squad of only eleven players. Newbould was tasked with both rebuilding the team and proving the club's accounts were being run in a lawful manner. Newbould's first match was an encounter with Woolwich Arsenal at Hyde Road. The makeshift side struggled on a hot day, losing three players to sunstroke by half-time. By the end of the match City were down to just six players, the final score was 4–1 to Arsenal.''Manchester City – The Complete Record'' p112-3 His second match saw an even heavier defeat, 9–1 to Everton, a scoreline which remains a club record defeat more than a century later. Over the course of the season Newbould's City gradually recovered, winning the first top-flight

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3–0, but only finished two places above the relegation zone. The following season, he guided Manchester City to a third-place finish, but performances were inconsistent, and in the 1908–09 season the club were

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. Newbould remained manager after relegation and led City to the

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championship at the first attempt. After two consecutive bottom half Division One finishes, Newbould left the club. After leaving City he had a brief spell as a coach at Copenhagen's

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before becoming secretary of the

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in 1913, a position he held until his death in 1928.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Newbould, Harry 1861 births 1928 deaths English men's footballers Footballers from Liverpool Men's association football outside forwards Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players English football managers English Football League managers Derby County F.C. managers Manchester City F.C. managers