Ian Britton (born 20 December 1956) is an English former

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player and

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and current

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coach.

Career

Britton played football for

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. The team compete in the ...

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located ...

, Telford United, AP Leamington and

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team competes in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system. Formed in ...

. He became a youth team coach at Kidderminster and also managed

Bridgnorth Town AFC Bridgnorth is a football club based in the town of Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Crown Meadow. The club badge depicts the town hall in Bridgnorth's high town. History Bridgnorth Town A Bri ...

and

Redditch United Redditch United Football Club is an English football club based in Redditch, Worcestershire. The club participates in the and play their home games at the Valley Stadium. They are managed by Matt Clarke. History They were originally called Re ...

, before he succeeded

Jan Mølby Jan Mølby (; born 4 July 1963) is a Danish former professional footballer and manager. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1982 to 1998. After starting his career with Kolding, he moved on to Ajax before spending twelve years playing in Engl ...

as Kidderminster manager in March 2002. Originally appointed on a caretaker basis, he was manager until 2003. He went on to be Stratford Town manager before converting to

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* 1956 births Living people Footballers from Bristol English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Birmingham City F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Telford United F.C. players Leamington F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players English football managers A.F.C. Bridgnorth managers Redditch United F.C. managers Kidderminster Harriers F.C. managers Stratford Town F.C. managers English Football League managers {{England-footy-manager-stub