George Morrell (football manager)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | c. 1872 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1931 (age 59) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1904–1908 | Morton | ||
| 1908–1915 | (Woolwich) Arsenal | ||
George Morrell (1872-after 1915) was a Scottish football manager.
He joined
In 1910 Arsenal were taken over by
relegation.[4]
Despite relegation, Arsenal, who had by now moved to the new
1914-15.[5] This placing was high enough to get them eventually elected back into the expanded First Division in 1919, when competitive football resumed after the conclusion of World War I; however, Wolves and Barnsley had finished higher that season and were not granted promotion. Arsenal's return to the First Division appears to have been mainly thanks to political machinations by their chairman, Henry Norris, rather than their performance.[6]
By then, Morrell was no longer Arsenal manager; after having been told he was due to be sacked at the end of the 1914-15 season due to the suspension of football due to World War I, he resigned on or around 19 April 1915.[7] He returned to Scotland to manage Third Lanark, and died in January 1931 in Glasgow.
References
- ISBN 0-600-61344-5.
- ^ a b c d "Woolwich Arsenal". Football Club History Database.
- ^ Davis, Sally. "William Hall 1910-12: Taking Over at Woolwich Arsenal". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11.
- ^ "The Managers". Arsenal.com.
- ^ "Arsenal". Football Club History Database.
- ^ Soar & Tyler (2005), pp.39-40
- ^ Davis, Sally. "Henry Norris in 1915 - the war begins to bite, and gets very nasty". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11.
External links
- Soccerbase profile Archived 2004-10-20 at the Wayback Machine