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Dennis Butler Personal information Full name Dennis Anthony Butler Date of birth 24 June 1944 Place of birth Macclesfield, England Playing position Winger Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1959–1968 Bolton Wanderers 65 (11) 1968–1973 Rochdale 156 (36) Total 221 (47) Teams managed 1978–1979 Port Vale * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Dennis Anthony Butler (born 24 June 1944) is an English former footballer and football manager. He played as a winger for Bolton Wanderers between 1959 and 1968, before ending his playing career following a five year spell at Rochdale. Later working as a coach an assistant manager, he spent an unsuccessful time as Port Vale manager between 1978 and 1979.
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Playing career
Dennis played for Leigh Grammar School and Atherton Schoolboys before joining Bolton Wanderers at the age of 15 in 1959. He spent nine years with the club, racking up 65 appearances. Dennis made his debut in December 1963 at Aston Villa. The following week he made a winning home debut against the great Tottenham Hotspur side before scoring his first league goal at Arsenal in January 1964. He was an ever present until a bad cartilage injury in October 1964,which kept him out of football for nearly a year. Butler made other appearances for Bolton before moving on to Rochdale in 1968. He was signed by Bob Stokoe and spent over six years with Rochdale playing 156 league games, and scoring 36 goals before his early retirement as a player in 1973.
Managerial career
Following his retirement as a player, he coached at Rochdale and Bury.
He was made assistant manager of Port Vale under Bobby Smith in November 1977. After Smith's departure, he became manager for the 1978–79 season. Butler signed and gave debuts to Mark Chamberlain and Felix Healy and continued to try to sign young players to secure a healthy future for the club. Port Vale finished 16th in the Fourth Division and later he left by mutual consent in August 1979. Dennis then reunited with Bobby Smith at Swindon becoming the first team coach before retiring from football in 1980.
Managerial statistics
Team From To Matches Won Drawn Lost Win % Port Vale[1] 17 May 1978 30 August 1979 49 14 14 21 28.57 Total 49 14 14 21 28.57 References
- ^ "Dennis Butler's managerial career". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=1204. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
External links
- Dennis Butler management career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile at the LMA website
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