Harry Bradshaw (football manager)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henry Bradshaw | ||
| Date of birth | 1853 | ||
| Place of birth | Burnley, England | ||
| Date of death | 28 September 1924 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Wandsworth, London, England | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1894–1899 | Burnley | ||
| 1899–1904 | Woolwich Arsenal | ||
| 1904–1909 | Fulham | ||
Henry Bradshaw (1853 – 28 September 1924) was an English football manager.
Although he was never a professional footballer himself, Bradshaw was a committee member of
test matches, but they were promoted straight back up again the following season. Back in the top flight, Burnley finished third in 1898–99, the then best position in the club's history.[1]
In the summer of 1899, Bradshaw moved south to
1903-04 and won promotion to the First Division, for the first time in the club's history.[4] Eighteen of the twenty Arsenal players in the squad had been Bradshaw's signings.[5]
However, he never oversaw Arsenal at the top, as he joined
1906-07.[6] In their first season at the top, Fulham finished fourth and reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup; however, they could not maintain their ascendance and only finished tenth the next season. Bradshaw continued to manage Fulham until his contract expired in 1909.[6]
Bradshaw declined to continue as Fulham manager and instead went on to become secretary of the Southern League, a post he held until his retirement in 1921.[6] He died in 1924. His sons, Joe Bradshaw and William Bradshaw, played for Arsenal and Fulham under him, and Joe went on to follow in his father's footsteps and was manager of Fulham between 1926 and 1929.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0955746802.
- ISBN 0-600-61344-5.
- ^ Joy, Bernard (1952). Forward Arsenal!. Phoenix House. p. 14.
- ^ "Woolwich Arsenal". Football Club History Database.
- ^ Joy (1952) p. 15
- ^ a b c d "Harry Bradshaw". FulhamFC.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009.