Dick Molyneux

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Richard Molyneux
Molyneux while with Brentford in 1903.
Personal information
Full name Richard Molyneux[1]
Date of birth January 1858
Place of birth Prescot, England
Date of death 5 June 1906 (aged 48)[2]
Place of death West Derby, England
Managerial career
Years Team
1889–1901 Everton
1903–1906 Brentford

Richard Molyneux (January 1858 – 5 June 1906) was an English

Football League with Everton from 1889 to 1901 and later managed Brentford
.

Managerial career

Everton

Molyneux joined

1896–97.[6] Everton also twice won the Lancashire Senior Cup under Molyneux, in 1894 and 1897.[6] Molyneux's tenure came to an end on 11 September 1901,[5] when he was suspended by the board of directors for suspected drunkenness.[7]

Brentford

Molyneux became manager of

Boston Park cricket ground to a ground of their own in 1904.[10] Serious illness (described as "paralysis") saw Molyneux replaced temporarily by trainer Bob Crone and then secretary William Brown until the end of the 1905–06 season, at the end of which his contract was terminated.[2] He returned to Liverpool in June 1906 to be with his wife Anne and died a few days after arriving home.[2]

Administrative career

Molyneux was a member of the

Football League Management Committee from 1893 to 1899.[1]

Managerial statistics

Team From To Record Ref
G W D L Win %
Everton 23 August 1889 11 September 1901 386 194 64 128 050.26 [11]
Brentford May 1903 February 1906 102 33 25 44 032.35 [12]
Total 488 227 89 172 046.52

Honours

Everton

See also

  • List of English football championship winning managers

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ .
  3. ^ "Guide". TalkFootball. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ^ .
  5. ^ a b "Everton Results". evertonresults.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Honours | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Daniel Kirkwood – The Director Years". The Everton Collection. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  8. ^ Haynes 1998, p. 12.
  9. ^ Brentford F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  10. ^ Haynes 1998, p. 65-66.
  11. ^ Dick Molyneux management career statistics at Soccerbase
  12. ^ White 1989, p. 357-358.

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