Horace Austerberry
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Horace Denham Austerberry[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1868 | ||
| Place of birth |
Hanley, Staffordshire, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 1946 (aged 77–78)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1897–1908 | Stoke | ||
Horace Denham Austerberry (1868–1946) was an English football manager who managed Stoke.[1]
Career
Austerberry was born in
The 1898–99 season was much better as Stoke took 12th position and also reached the FA Cup semi final for the first time, losing out 3–1 to Derby County.[1] Austerberry became known as a strict disciplinarian and once suspended three players for drinking champagne.[1] He spent eleven seasons in charge of Stoke during which time the club were having serious financial problems.[1] Stoke regularly battled against relegation and only stayed up on the final day of the season on three separate occasions, in 1900–01, 1901–02 and 1903–04, eventually the inevitable happened and Stoke finished bottom in 1906–07.[1] In 1907–08 Stoke failed to mount a promotion challenge and their finances worsened which led to the club being liquidated at the end of the season leaving Austerberry without a job.[1]
Managerial statistics
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Stoke[1] | September 1897 | May 1908 | 421 | 149 | 89 | 183 | 35.4 |
| Total | 421 | 149 | 89 | 183 | 35.4 | ||
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
External links
- Stoke City managers at stokecityfc.com