Bill Ridding
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Ridding | ||
Date of birth | 4 April 1911 | ||
Place of birth | Heswall, Cheshire, England | ||
Date of death | 20 September 1981 | (aged 70)||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Heswall PSA | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1928–1930 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | (13) |
1930–1931 | Manchester City | 9 | (4) |
1931–1934 | Manchester United | 42 | (14) |
1934 | Northampton Town | 0 | (0) |
1935 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | (0) |
1935–1936 | Oldham Athletic | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1942–1946 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
1950–1968 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Ridding (4 April 1911 – 20 September 1981)
Playing career
Ridding started his playing career at Tranmere Rovers in 1928, where he had his most successful run, scoring 12 goals in 13 games, before being transferred to Manchester City in early 1930, for £3,500. He only made a handful of appearances for City before, in 1931, he was transferred to cross-town rivals Manchester United, then playing in the Second Division.
In the 1932–33 season he was United's top scorer with eleven goals. He would go on to score league 14 goals for United in 42 matches before retiring due to injury in 1934 (aged 23), although he subsequently had brief spells at Northampton Town in 1934, Tranmere Rovers and Oldham Athletic in 1935.
Managerial career
Tranmere Rovers
In 1942, Ridding was appointed manager of
Bolton Wanderers
Ridding replaced
The
The FA Cup victory inspired Bolton in the league as they embarked on their finest league performance in 33 years, finishing the 1958–59 season in fourth position. The 1959–60 season saw Bolton finish sixth, a position it would take another forty five years to replicate. A slow and gradual demise in Bolton's fortunes started from here, linked somewhat to Lofthouse's retirement and respective finishes of eighteenth, eleventh and eighteenth foreshadowed what was to come. Ridding also missed out on signing
The 1963–64 season proved to be the nadir of Ridding's times at the club as a twenty first-place finish condemned Bolton to relegation, their first time out of the top flight since 1935. In the 1964–65 season Bolton narrowly missed out on promotion back to the top flight, finishing the season in third position. Positions became gradually worse, with Bolton finishing ninth, twice, and then twelfth, at the time the club's worst ever position. Ridding left Bolton just before the start of the next season and was replaced by Lofthouse.[6]
Honours
Manager
Bolton Wanderers
- 1957–58
- FA Charity Shield (1): 1958
References
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations)
- ^ a b "Tranmere Rovers Managers Since 1912". Tranmere Rovers official website. 12 May 2010. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ a b "Managers – Bill Ridding". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ "FOOTBALLING FIFTIES, THE GREAT POLL: MANAGERS (Bill Ridding)". footballingfifties. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
- ^ Glanville, Brian (25 April 2007). "Dynamo who terrorised world's best defences (Alan Ball obituary)". London: football.guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 August 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
- ^ "Bolton Wanderers FC Football Years 1966–1970 Overview". Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2007.