Don Welsh

Don Welsh
Don Welsh
Personal information
Full name Donald Welsh
Date of birth 25 February 1911(1911-02-25)
Place of birth Manchester, England
Date of death 2 February 1990(1990-02-02) (aged 78)
Place of death England
Playing position Centre-forward/centre-half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
Torquay United
1935–1947 Charlton Athletic 199 (44)
National team
1938–1939 England 3 (1)
Teams managed
1947–1951 Brighton & Hove Albion
1951–1956 Liverpool
1958–1961 Bournemouth
1962–1964 Wycombe Wanderers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Donald "Don" Welsh (25 February 1911 – 2 February 1990) was an English football player and manager. As a player he played at inside left for Charlton Athletic and for England, winning the FA Cup with Charlton in 1946–47.

Contents

Playing career

Welsh joined Charlton Athletic in 1935, costing a fee of £3,250 from Torquay United. An extremely versatile player, he could play equally well at inside left, centre forward, centre half or left half. He soon became captain and skippered Charlton to consecutive promotions from the Third Division to the First Division. In 1938 he gained the first of three caps for England against Germany. He later played for the national team against Switzerland and Romania, scoring once against the latter in 1939.

During the Second World War he made guest appearances for Charlton and Liverpool. He scored 100 goals in 119 games for Charlton and 43 goals in 40 games for Liverpool. Welsh also led Charlton to two War Cup finals in 1943 and 1944, winning in 1944 by beating Chelsea. He also made nine appearances for England in the semi-official wartime matches, scoring twelve goals.

He returned playing for Charlton at the end of the war. He captained the side to FA Cup finals in 1946 and 1947, winning the latter game against Burnley. He left the club in November 1947 in order to begin his management career.

Management career

With his playing days over, Welsh started his managerial career at Brighton & Hove Albion in November 1947 aged 36 years old. His managerial career did not start well – Brighton finished bottom of the Third Division (South) at the end of the 1947–48 season. Brighton recovered to finish 6th and 8th in the next two years. Following this he joined Liverpool as manager on 5 March 1951 as a result of George Kay's decision to step down through ill-health.[1]

In 1954 Welsh became the first manager to guide Liverpool into relegation for over 50 years. Unfortunately, that day also saw Everton promoted back to the First Division. He had almost accomplished that feat the season before finishing 17th, and only a scrappy win over Chelsea on the last day of the season kept Liverpool up. After this relegation Liverpool would stay in the Second Division for eight more seasons. Liverpool came near to being promoted again in 1955–56, but Welsh would not be given another chance and was sacked as Liverpool manager in 1956. He became the first of the only two Liverpool managers to ever be sacked by the club.

After leaving Liverpool, Welsh became a publican for a while in the West Country before the lure of football brought him back into club management again, this time at Bournemouth in the newly-formed and non-regional Third Division just before the start of the 1958–59 season. After two average seasons (they finished 12th and 10th), he was dismissed in February 1961 following a string of poor results. In 1962 he worked for the London County Council Education Department as a Football Coach/Teacher at Tollington Park School in North London. He left the LCC to manage non-League Wycombe Wanderers for a brief spell between July 1963 and November 1964 before returning to the club where he had enjoyed such success as a player, Charlton Athletic, to become a member of their administrative staff. He died in 1990, aged 78.

Honours

As a player

Charlton Athletic

References

  1. ^ Statistics. "A timeline for Liverpool Football Club". LFChistory.net. http://www.lfchistory.net/Stats/Article/2561. Retrieved 2011-08-06. 

External links

v · d · eBrighton & Hove Albion F.C. – managers

Jackson (1901–05) · Scott-Walford (1905–08) · Robson (1908–14) · Webb (1919–47) · Cook (1947) · Welsh (1947–51) · Lane (1951–61) · Curtis (1961–63) · Macauley (1963–68) · Goodwin (1968–70) · Saward (1970–73) · Clough (1973–74) · P.T.Taylor (1974–76) · Mullery (1976–81) · Bailey (1981–82) · Melia (1982–83) · Cattlin (1983–86) · Mullery (1986–87) · Lloyd (1987–93) · Brady (1993–95) · Case (1995–96) · Gritt (1996–98) · Horton (1998–99) · Wood (1999) · Adams (1999–2001) · Hinshelwood (2001c) · Booker (2001c) · P.J.Taylor (2001–02) · Hinshelwood (2002) · Coppell (2002–03) · Booker (2003c) · McGhee (2003–06) · Wilkins (2006–08) · Adams (2008–09) · White (2009c) · Slade (2009) · Hinshelwood (2009c) · Poyet (2009–)

(c) caretaker
v · d · eLiverpool F.C. – managers

Barclay and McKenna (1892–96) · Watson (1896–1915) · Ashworth (1919–23) · McQueen (1923–28) · Patterson (1928–36) · Kay (1936–51) · Welsh (1951–56) · Taylor (1956–59) · Shankly (1959–74) · Paisley (1974–83) · Fagan (1983–85) · Dalglish (1985–91) · Moran (1991c) · Souness (1991–94) · Evans (1994–98) · Evans and Houllier (1998) · Houllier (1998–2004) · Thompson (2001a–02) · Benítez (2004–10) · Hodgson (2010–11) · Dalglish (2011–)
(a) acting in regular manager's absence; (c) caretaker
v · d · eA.F.C. Bournemouth – managers

Kitcher (1914–23) · Kinghorn (1923–25) · Knighton (1925–28) · Richards (1928–30) · Birrell (1930–35) · Crompton (1935–36) · Bell (1936–39) · Kinghorn (1939–47) · Lowe (1947–50) · Bruton (1950–56) · Cox (1956–58) · Welsh (1958–61) · McGarry (1961–63) · Flewin (1963–65) · Cox (1965–70) · J. Bond (1970–73) · Hartley (1974–78) · Nelson (1975) · Benson (1975–78) · Stock (1979–80) · Webb (1980–82) · Megson (1983) · Redknapp (1983–92) · Pulis (1992–94) · Williams (1994) · Machin (1994–2000) · O'Driscoll (2000–06) · Roach & Murdoch (2006) · K. Bond (2006–08) · Quinn (2008) · Howe (2008–11) · Bradbury (2011–)
v · d · eWycombe Wanderers F.C. – managers

McCormick (1951–52) · Cann (1952–61) · McDonald (1961) · G. Adams (1961–62) · Welsh (1962–64) · Darvill (1964–68) · Lee (1968–76) · Powell (1976–77) · Reardon (1977–78) · Williams (1978–80) · Keen (1980–84) · Bence (1984–86) · Gane (1986–87) · Suddaby (1987–88) · Kelman (1988–90) · O'Neill (1990–95) · Smith (1995–96) · Gregory (1996–98) · Smillie (1998–99) · Sanchez (1999–2003) · T. Adams (2003–04) · Gorman (2004–06) · Lambert (2006–08) · Taylor (2008–09) · Waddock (2009–)

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Don Welsh — Pas d image ? Cliquez ici. Biographie Nom Donald Wels …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Dôn — (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈdoːn]) was a Welsh mother goddess. She does not play a direct part in the action of the Mabinogi, though many characters in that cycle are related to her. She is the mother of Arianrhod, Gwydion, Gilfaethwy, Gofannon …   Wikipedia

  • Welsh mythology — Welsh mythology, the remnants of the mythology of the pre Christian Britons, has come down to us in much altered form in medieval Welsh manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of… …   Wikipedia

  • Don Devereux — Full name Donald Brian Devereux Date of birth 18 October 1932(1932 10 18) Place of birth Neath, Wales[1] Date of death 8 Febr …   Wikipedia

  • Don Tarr — Full name Donald James Tarr Date of birth 11 March 1910(1910 03 11) Place of birth Llandeilo Fawr, Wales Date of death …   Wikipedia

  • Don Hayward — Full name Donald Hayward Date of birth 30 July 1925(1925 07 30) Place of birth Pontypool, Wales[1] Date of death 16 February 1 …   Wikipedia

  • Don — /don/; for 1 also Russ. /dawn/, n. 1. a river flowing generally S from Tula in the Russian Federation in Europe, to the Sea of Azov. ab. 1200 mi. (1930 km) long. 2. a river in NE Scotland, flowing E from Aberdeen county to the North Sea. 62 mi.… …   Universalium

  • Don Dearson — Personal information Full name Donald John Dearson Date of birth 13 May 1914 …   Wikipedia

  • Don Shepherd — Personal information Full name Donald John Shepherd Born 12 August 1927 (1927 08 12) (age 84) Port Eynon, Glamorg …   Wikipedia

  • Don Emery — Personal information Full name Donald Emery Date of birth 11 June 1920(1920 06 11 …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”