| George Swift | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Harold Swift | |
| Date of birth | February 3, 1870 | |
| Place of birth | Oakengates, Shropshire, England | |
| Date of death | 1956 | |
| Playing position | Full-back | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| St George's Swifts Wellington Town Wellington St George's |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1891–1894 1895–1896 1896–1902 1902–1905 1905–1906 |
Stoke Crewe Alexandra Wolverhampton Wanderers Loughborough Leicester Fosse Notts County Leeds City |
59 (1) 26 (1) 186 (5) 16 (0) 1 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1907–1910 1911–1912 |
Chesterfield Southampton |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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George Harold Swift (born Oakengates, Shropshire 3 February 1870, died 1956) was the first secretary-manager of Southampton Football Club, appointed in April 1911. Oakengates is a Town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, and now forms part of the Shropshire (ˈʃrɒpʃɪə/ /-ʃə alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated in print only Shrops, is a county in the Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Southampton Football Club is a professional English football team, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton.
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Playing career
He was a decent full back in his prime with Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom he won the FA Cup in 1893, Leicester Fosse, Notts County and Leeds City where he retired in 1906. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The 1893 FA Cup Final was contested by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Everton. PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here Notts County Football Club is a football club based in Nottingham, England, and the oldest of all the clubs that are now professional Leeds City Football Club were the leading professional football club in Leeds, England, before World War I.
He represented England against Ireland in the Inter-League match at the Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent, in November 1895. For Hartlepool United FC 's ground see Victoria Park Hartlepool The Victoria Ground was the home ground of Stoke City F Stoke-on-Trent ( often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city in Staffordshire, England which forms a linear Conurbation almost 12 miles (19
Coaching and management career
After retiring from playing, he became trainer at Leeds City where he stayed for two seasons. Leeds City Football Club were the leading professional football club in Leeds, England, before World War I. Swift had a good deal of influence on onfield activities and gave manager Gilbert Gillies great support before taking the post of manager at Chesterfield in summer 1907. Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He spent three years at Chesterfield, with no conspicuous success. In his first season in charge, Chesterfield finished second from bottom of Football League Second Division but were re-elected. From 1892 until 1992 the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football. The following season (1908-09) they finished in the same position but this time failed to be re-elected. There then followed a season in the Midland League, where Chesterfield were champions at the end of the 1909-10 season. There have been at least two different football competitions in England which used the name Midland Football League. Swift left Chesterfield in May 1910 before moving south to become secretary-manager at The Dell in April 1911. The Dell in Milton Road Southampton, England was the home ground of Southampton Football Club between 1898 and 2001
Prior to Swift's appointment, The Saints had been "managed" by the board under the company secretary, Mr. Southampton Football Club is a professional English football team, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton. E. Arnfield, with W. Dawson as trainer. The board had made a concerted effort to find a manager who could end the team's dreadful run of form (which had seen them drop to 17th place in the Southern League at the end of the 1910-11 season), and interviewed 140 applicants. History Professional football (and Professional sport in general developed more slowly in Southern England than in the north.
Following the appointment of Swift, Dawson (who had been trainer for seventeen years) resigned and Armfield moved to financial secretary. In the first six weeks of Swift's brief reign he spent £820 recruiting 11 new players. Unfortunately, the appointment of a full-time manager failed to stop the rot and the 1911-12 season was another disappointment with the team finishing in 16th place, resulting in Swift's resignation.
Honours
As a player
Wolverhampton Wanderers
References
- Gary Chalk & Duncan Holley (1987). The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The 1893 FA Cup Final was contested by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Everton. Saints - A complete record. Breedon Books. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
External links
- George Swift (incomplete) management career stats at Soccerbase
- Mention in article about history of Leeds United
- Article in Andover Advertiser about auction of medal in July 2000
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