Albert Evans (footballer, born 1874)

Football League for Aston Villa.^[1][3][4][5] After his retirement as a player he managed Coventry City and coached Aston Villa and Sarpsborg FK.^[2][6]

Football League championships in his time, including a 'double' with the FA Cup in 1896–97.^[6]

West Bromwich Albion, but remained there only until December 1908 when a broken leg – one of many that he had suffered in his career – forced him to retire from the professional game.^[2]

Football League, was largely unsuccessful. They spent most of it in last place and were saved only through a run of six wins and two draws in their final nine games.^[7] They remained poor on the field in 1921–22, escaping relegation by one point.^[8] Eighteenth- and nineteenth-place finishes followed in the subsequent two seasons and in 1924–25 and, facing their sixth relegation battle in a row, Coventry finally succumbed and were relegated to the Third Division North. It looked for a while as if they would stage another dramatic escape, climbing out of the relegation zone in March,^[7] but the form was not sustained and they slipped back to last place.^[8] Evans left the club in November 1924 and at the end of the season James Kerr was named as his replacement.^[7]

First World War.^[9] Evans travelled overseas between 1924 and 1950, finding employment as he travelled, including sheep farming and gold prospecting in Canada.^[2] He returned to England in 1950.^[2]