Bill Leivers

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William Ernest Leivers {born January 29, 1932 in Bolsover) was an English professional footballer and football manager.

[edit] Playing career

Leivers, who played at right back and centre half, began his professional career with Chesterfield who he joined as amateur from Clay Lane Sports Club in 1948. He turned professional in February 1950. He moved to Manchester City in November 1953 for a fee of £10,000 and played in the 1956 FA Cup winning side. He made 250 league appearances for City before moving to Doncaster Rovers as player-manager in July 1964.

[edit] Coaching and managerial career

He resigned as Doncaster manager in February 1964 with Doncaster well placed for promotion from the Fourth Division. In November 1966 he took over as manager of Workington, but left in December 1967 to managed Southern League Cambridge United.

Leivers led Cambridge to the Southern League title in 1969 and 1970 and to promotion to the Football League. He also guided the side to promotion to Division Three in 1973 but was unable to stop them being relegated the following season. He was sacked by Cambridge in October 1974 after a disappointing start to the season.

He subsequently managed Chelmsford City between February and December 1975 and in the 1979 returned to Cambridge to manager Cambridge City. In 1987 he became City's general manager, a position he held until retiring in 1989.

Preceded by Oscar Hold	Doncaster Rovers F.C. Manager 1964-1966	Succeeded by Keith Kettleborough
Preceded by George Ainsley	Workington A.F.C. Manager 1966-1967	Succeeded by Frank Upton
Preceded by Roy Kirk	Cambridge United F.C. Manager 1967-1974	Succeeded by Ron Atkinson
Preceded by Sid Prosser	Chelmsford City F.C. Manager 1975	Succeeded by Bobby Kellard