Southall Football Club is a

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club representing

Southall Southall () is a large suburban town in West London, England, part of the London Borough of Ealing and is one of its seven major towns. It is situated west of Charing Cross and had a population of 69,857 as of 2011. It is generally divided ...

in the

London Borough of Ealing The London Borough of Ealing () is a London boroughs, London borough in London, England. It comprises the districts of Acton, London, Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale and Southall. With a population of 367,100 inhabitants, i ...

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. The club is affiliated to the

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. They are currently members of the . From the start of the 2025-26 season, Southall FC will ground share at Hayes & Yeading United's SKYex Community Stadium.

History

Southall FC was founded in 1871, making it one of England's oldest

clubs, and two seasons later they entered the

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. After playing friendlies and cup competitions they joined the

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as founder members in 1892, but only stayed for a single season. Four seasons later the club joined Division Two of the

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in 1896. The 1904–05 season saw the club attempt to go professional, but this left them with massive debts and they dropped out of the league at the end of the season, and also stopped playing in competitions the following season. Returning to amateur status, Southall merged with another club, Southall Athletic, and moved to a new ground at Western Road. In 1907 the club entered the

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, where they remained until the

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. After the First World War, Southall joined the

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for the 1919–20 season. They stayed in The Athenian League until 1972–73, during which time they won the league once in 1926–27, two seasons after reaching the

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final. Southall reached the FA Cup third round in 1935-36, beating

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3–1 in the first round and Newport (IOW) 8–0 in the second round, before losing to

Watford Watford () is a town and non-metropolitan district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of Central London, on the banks of the River Colne, Hertfordshire, River Colne. Initially a smal ...

. Southall became founding members of the

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional Association football, football league covering Greater London, East of England, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, th ...

Second Division for the start of the 1973-74 campaign. They finished as runners up in their second season in the Isthmian League and gained promotion to the league's top division. The club then changed its name to Southall & Ealing Borough. They spent three seasons in the top division before suffering two relegations in a row and finishing in the bottom division of the Isthmian league, after which the club changed its name back to Southall. The club stayed in the bottom division until the end of the 1984–85 season. They reached another FA final in 1986 when they lost to Halesowen Town in the

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final at

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. When the league reorganised for the 1991–92 season the club was moved up to the new Division Two. They played for two seasons in the higher division before being relegated back to the bottom division of the league. In 1992, the club lost the use of its Western Road ground and was forced to start ground sharing with other clubs. They remained in the lowest division of the Isthmian League until the end of the 1999–2000 season when, after finishing bottom of the table, they were relegated to the

Combined Counties Football League The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's Association football, football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the wester ...

. Southall remained in the Combined Counties League until March 2006, when they were expelled and their records for the 2005–06 campaign expunged due to financial irregularities. However, the club was able to clear its debts and continued to operate, restarting two levels lower in the

Middlesex County Football League The Middlesex County Football League is a Association football, football competition based in England loosely drawing teams from the central, northern and western parts of Greater London. The league was founded in 1984 and initially had only one ...

Premier Division, from the 2006–07 season. After the division was cut from 15 to 11 teams, Southall were put in Division One Central and East. They finished runners up and immediately jumped back up to the Premier Division. The 2011–12 season saw manager Steve Embleton guide the club to a third-place finish, securing promotion to the

Spartan South Midlands Football League The Spartan South Midlands Football League is an English football league covering Hertfordshire, northwest Greater London, central Buckinghamshire and southern Bedfordshire. It is a feeder to the Southern Football League or the Isthmian League, ...

Division One. With new manager Paul Palmer in charge for 2016–17, Southall reached the quarter-finals of the FA Vase, then the 2017–18 season saw the club crowned Division One champions, Southall's first league title for 91 years. They finished the season with 94 points, with 116 goals scored and a +80 goal difference. The team also broke the club record for most wins at the start of a season (7). For 2018–19, the club were members of the

Combined Counties League The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half of Greater Lond ...

Premier Division and, under the management of Max Howell, finished fourth. The 2019-20 Combined Counties League Premier Division season was abandoned as a result of the

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. The pandemic led to further disruption the following season, with Southall's 2020-21 campaign starting in September, before being suspended in December with Southall in fifth place in the table. The club celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2021 and gained promotion to Step 4 by finishing runners-up in the Combined Counties Premier Division North. From 2022 the club play in the Isthmian League South-Central Division and reached the playoffs in 2024.

Ground

From the start of the 2025-26 season, Southall FC will play their home games at Hayes & Yeading United's SKYex Community Stadium in Beaconsfield Road, Hayes. Up to and including the 20024-25 season, Southall FC played their home games at The 1878 Stadium in Burnham, groundsharing with Burnham FC for a second time, having previously played their home fixtures at Burnham and then at the Robert Parker Stadium in

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, groundsharing with Ashford Town (Middlesex). Southall have shared grounds with other clubs since having to move from their Western Road stadium in 1992, including Hanwell Town FC, Chalfont St Peter FC and Yeading FC. They were playing their home games at Burnham FC when they secured their first league title since 1927 in the 2017-18 season. They have plans to return to

and are reported to be in discussions with Ealing Council and private landowners about building a new stadium. The club is proposing a community health and wellbeing centre, to be incorporated into the new stadium as a hub for sports projects and educational use. The new community stadium would offer local residents training and fitness equipment, health checks, sports injury prevention advice, martial arts and boxing coaching sessions. Across the community classes are proposed that will suit the elderly, disabled, youth and other local community groups, and will include female only classes.

In the media

Ahead of Southall's 1986 FA Vase final against Halesowen Town, Thames News televised a preview for the final, interviewing the team's manager Gordon Bartlett at the club's Western Road ground. The piece shows footage of former Southall players Alan Devonshire and

Les Ferdinand Leslie Ferdinand (born 8 December 1966) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and television pundit. A striker, his playing career included notable spells in the Premier League with Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, ...

, who at the time was Southall's leading goalscorer. The UK television series ''

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'' episode "Last Orders at the Winchester" made by Euston Films in 1993 includes a charity football match filmed at the Western Road ground between a police team and a team of regulars from the Winchester Club. Reggae singer

Maxi Priest Max Alfred Elliott (born 10 June 1961), known by his stage name Maxi Priest, is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with an Contemporary R&B, R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion. ...

made an appearance for Southall in 2003. Priest registered to play with the club suffering from a player shortage crisis, as a result of injuries and suspensions. He came on as a substitute during a 3–0 defeat against Feltham, playing alongside his son Marvin.

Honours and achievements

League honours

– Division Two **Runners Up (1): 1974–75 *

**Champions (1): 1926–27 **Runners Up (1): 1954–55 * Spartan South Midlands League – Division One **Champions (1): 2017–18 *Great Western Suburban League **Champions (1): 1912–13 *London League – Division One **Champions (1): 1904–05 *West Middlesex League **Champions (1): 1906–07

Cup honours

**Runners Up (1): 1985–86 *

**Runners Up (1): 1924–25 **Semi Finalists (2): 1926–27, 1952–53 *

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**Winners (12): 1907–08, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1936–37, 1944–45, 1953–54, 1954–55 **Runners Up (4): 1895–96, 1919–20, 1928–29, 1985–86 *

Middlesex Senior Charity Cup The Middlesex Senior Charity Cup is a knock-out system Association football, football competition that has been running since 1901. It was presented in 1901 by C.S. Goldmann, Esq. and was first played for in the 1901–02 season, the first winn ...

**Winners (10): 1910–11, 1911–12, 1913–14, 1922–23 (joint winners with Botwell Mission), 1923–24 (joint winners with Botwell Mission), 1927–28, 1936–37, 1951–52, 1968–69, 1983–84 **Runners Up (11): 1919–20, 1931–32, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1998–99, 2024–25 *

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**Runners Up (1): 1997–98 *

Premier Division Cup **Runners Up (2): 2006–07, 2011–12 *West Middlesex Challenge Cup **Winners (10): 1886–87, 1895–96, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1921–22 **Runners Up (3): 1891–92, 1901–02, 1912–13

Cup achievements

**3rd round proper (1): 1935–36 **1st round proper (5): 1925–26, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1936–37, 1955–56 *

**Quarter Finalists (2): 2016–17, 2021–22 *

**Semi Finalists (2): 1926–27, 1952–53 **Quarter Finalists (3): 1935–36, 1945–46, 1959–60

Records

Club records

* Highest league position: 14th in Isthmian League Premier Division (1976–77) *

best performance: Third round (1935–36) *

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best performance: Second qualifying round (1975–76, 1978–79, 2022–23, 2023–24) *

best performance: Finalists (1985–86) *

best performance: Finalists (1924–25) * Highest attendance: 19,094 v

( 1935-36 FA Cup Third round proper) * Biggest win: 12-0 v Cranleigh * Biggest defeat: 14-0 v Grays United

Player records

* Record appearances: Reg Short (450+) * Record goalscorer: Ken Merry (117) * Record goals scored in a season: Charles Roach (57)

Former players

Notable former Southall players include

MBE (QPR, Tottenham, Newcastle and England), Alan Devonshire (West Ham and England), Gordon Hill (Manchester United and Millwall),

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(Norwich), Eric Young (Brighton, Wimbledon, Crystal Palace and Wales), Mark Nicholls (Chelsea), Graham Wilkins (Chelsea and Brentford), Rowan Vine (Portsmouth, Birmingham and QPR),

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(Ipswich, Manchester City, Chelsea and England), former Bradford and Wigan manager

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(who played for Chelsea, Brighton and Huddersfield) and former Leyton Orient head coach Ross Embleton. Myles Hippolyte played for a number of clubs including Livingston, Falkirk, St Mirren, Dunfermline Athletic, Yeovil Town, Scunthorpe United, Stockport County and AFC Wimbledon. He has represented Grenada. He won the Scottish Challenge Cup with Livingston in 2015, the Scottish Championship with St Mirren in 2018, the National League and Legue Two titles with Stockport in 2022 and 2024 respectively, and scored the winning goal in AFC Wimbledon's 1-0 League Two play off final against Walsall at Wembley on 26 May 2025. Arthur Shaw played 61 times as a wing half for

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during a seven-year period with the Gunners, including 25 league appearances during Arsenal's 1952-53 Division One title winning season. A flag bearing his name flies in tribute on the Ken Friar Bridge, close to Arsenal tube station. Fred Rouse was a prolific goalscorer who made more than 100 appearances as a centre forward for Wycombe, Grimsby, Stoke, Everton, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion and Brentford. He represented the

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in matches versus the

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in 1905 and 1906, scoring once in a 6–0 victory in the second match. Gerry Cakebread

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made 374 appearances for

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as a goalkeeper. He set a club record of 187 consecutive appearances for Brentford between November 1958 and August 1962, and played for England Youth and England Under 23s. He remained a part-time player throughout his career. He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford

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in 2015, and was described as "arguably Brentford's finest ever goalkeeper". Many former Southall players played for other London clubs. More than one in four on the former players list below have also played for

, with

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(Brentford's home until August 2020) located less than five miles from

. Many of the players listed below have represented at least one of the following London clubs: QPR, Chelsea,

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and

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. Other former Southall players include: * Charles Ballard – Played for Southall before emigrating to New Zealand in March 1913. After The Great War he represented New Zealand in two matches against Australia. His older brother Tommy 'Brancher' Ballard was a Southall stalwart, who was killed on the Western Front in October 1918. His last match at Western Road was for 3/8th Middlesex Regt., against Southall. * Cliff Ette – Joined Southall after playing for

, where he had made one appearance and scored one goal. He captained Southall in their 3–1 win against

in the 1935-36 FA Cup First round, and an 8-0 second round win against Newport (IOW) saw Southall into the third round proper for the first time in the club's history. * Frederick Chapman – Played for

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prior to joining Southall and was part of the Great Britain team that won Gold at the 1908 London Olympics. * Ted Bennett – Played for QPR and Watford, was an England amateur goalkeeper and represented Great Britain at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. * Frederick Gamble – Represented

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and

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and played first class cricket for

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between 1933 and 1935. * Charles 'Wag' Roach – Scored 57 goals in one season for Southall, which remains a club record. Also played for Fulham, Reading and Tottenham's reserves. Known as Wag on account of his love of telling jokes. * John 'Jack' Bowman played for

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, QPR and

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and was later manager of Norwich and QPR. * Alan Nelmes – Made more than 300 appearances for Brentford as a defender and was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in 2014. * Albert Thain – Made 153 appearances for Chelsea, scoring 51 goals. * Cyrus Vanterpool – Has made five appearances as an international for

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. *

and Marvin Elliott / Marvin Priest – Reggae singer Maxi Priest and his son Marvin have both played for Southall. Marvin was known by his given name, Marvin Elliott, during his Southall playing days. Charles_Roach

Included on the former players list below are: # Players who have played/managed in the

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or foreign equivalents. # Players with international caps. # Players who have achieved success in other professions. * Herbert Ashford (

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) * Andrew Anderson ( St Mirren,

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) * H.S. 'Berty' Austin ( Mardy AFC) * Charles Ballard (

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) * Cristian Barrett ( England C) * Ted Bennett (

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, England amateur) * David Bitsindou ( Kemi City) * John 'Jack' Bowman (

and

player and manager) *

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(

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) * Gerry Cakebread (

) *

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(

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) * Brian Caterer (

) * Sid Chandler (

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) * Frederick Chapman (

, GB) * John 'Jack' Chapman (

) * S. Chapman (

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) * Dennis Cutbush ( England amateur international) * Alex Davidson (

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* Alan Devonshire (

) * Marvin Elliott / Marvin Priest (singer, son of

) * Ross Embleton (current

head coach) * Cliff Ette (

) *

(

) *

(

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) * Dickie Foss ( Chelsea) * Robert Fry (

) * Frederick Gamble (

) * T. Gale (

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) * Mick Gilchrist (

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) * Bert Gower (

) * Alfred Hawkins (

) * Leslie Heard (

) * Mick Heath (

) * Gordon Hill (

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) * Robert Holland (

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) *

( Chelsea and

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player;

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and

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manager) * Clifford Jones ( Wales amateur international) * Roger Joseph (

) * Ray Knowles (

) * Goma Lambu (

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third level of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1897 as Mans ...

) * Percy Leahy ( Wales amateur international) * W. F. Lewis ( Wales amateur international) * Ralph McElhaney (

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foot ...

) * Charles McKinley ( Charlton,

) *

Frank Morrad Frank Morrad (28 February 1920 – 13 July 1981) was an English professional association football, footballer who played in the The Football League, Football League as a Forward (association football), forward, most notably for Leyton Orient F. ...

(

) * Robert Morris (

) * Pat Morrissey (

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands. The club plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club is nicknamed The Sky Blues after the sky blue colou ...

* Mark Nicholls (( Chelsea) * John Payne (

) * Ron Peplow (

) * Sean Priddle (

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third level of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

) *

(reggae singer) * Charles 'Wag' Roach (

) * Albert Rogers (

) * Fred Rouse ( Everton, Chelsea) * Fred Ryecraft (

) * J. Sangster (

) * Arthur Shaw (

1952-53 title winner,

) * Gary Smith (

) * Ron Smith ( Keflavik,

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

and

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

interim manager) * Charles Snarey ( Lincoln City) * Albert Thain ( Chelsea) * Peter Turnbull (

Rangers A ranger is typically someone in a law enforcement or military/paramilitary role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called "ranging" or "scouting". The term most often refers to: * Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with prot ...

, Third Lanark,

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River B ...

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. Th ...

, Millwall Athletic,

, Barrow,

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ...

) * Sam Turner (

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 ...

) * Cyrus Vanterpool (

) *

(

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The club currently competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Ipswich Town were founded in 1878 but did not turn ...

, Chelsea,

) * Rowan Vine (

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

) * George Weeks (

) * Denis Weidlich (

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from ...

) * Graham Wilkins ( Chelsea) * George Willis (

) * George Willshaw (

) * Eric Young (

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

)

Former coaches

Included on the former managers/coaches list below are: # Managers/coaches who have played, managed or coached in the

or a foreign equivalent # Managers/coaches who have international caps * Dave Anderson – Was manager of

AFC Wimbledon AFC Wimbledon is an English professional association football club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton, London. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in ...

from 2004 to 2007. * Gordon Bartlett – Played for

and Denver Dynamos. Was the longest serving manager in English football's top six tiers. *

Terry Fenwick Terence William Fenwick (born 17 November 1959) is an English former football manager and player who played either as a centre-back or a full-back. During his playing career, he made a total of 455 appearances in the English Football League f ...

– Played for

and

. Managed

Northampton Town Northampton Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, England. The team competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1897, the c ...

and

Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several smaller islets. The capital city is Port of Spai ...

. * Mick Gilchrist – Played for

and

. * Pat Morrissey – Played for

, and

. *

Tommy Taylor Thomas Taylor (29 January 1932 – 6 February 1958) was an English association football, footballer, who played as a Forward (association football), centre-forward and was known for his aerial ability. He was one of the eight Manchester United ...

– Played for

and

. Managed

Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They currently compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed the U’s, the club h ...

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. The club is known as 'the ...

and

Grenada Grenada is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about north of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and the So ...

. * Tom Tranter – Has managed England Women and Keflavik in Iceland.

References

External links

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