Sydney Beaumont

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Sydney Beaumont (born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire) was an English professional footballer and football manager. He played at both half-back and left-wing during his career.

Syd Beaumont began his career Watford in 1909, playing in the Southern League. He played 25 times for Watford before joining Preston North End in 1911, but made just one league appearance before joining Merthyr Town in the 1912 close season. He spent just one season with Merthyr, making 15 appearances before joining Troedyrhiw in the summer of 1913. He later finished his playing career with Llanelli.

In the summer of 1923, Beaumont was appointed as manager of Football League Division Three South side Aberdare Athletic. Aberdare finished 9th in the 1925-26 season, but a combination of circumstances, including industrial action amongst the local mining community which affected attendances and the burning down of a wooden grandstand, meant that Aberdare's poor finanical situation deteriorated. At the end of the 1926-27 season Aberdare failed to gain re-election to the league and were replaced by Torquay United.

Beaumont left that summer, but was soon appointed as manager of Blackpool, another club with severe financial problems at that time. He took over from Frank Buckley and immediately began to dismantle the team and bring in big-money names. His outlook was different to that of his predecessor and his overhaul of tactics resulted in problems. The team struggled, losing five of their first six league games (a draw at Swansea on the opening day being the exception to the rule). One tactic that did work, however, was his moving Billy Tremelling from centre-forward back to half-back, which resulted in a fruitful partnership with Jimmy Hampson (a player Beaumont had brought to the seaside).

Being a former Preston North End player hardly endeared Beaumont to the Blackpool faithful. As the Seasiders struggled in Division One, criticism of Beaumont grew. Eventually, in May 1928, with the team in the bottom three, he resigned."^[1]

Two months later, he took over as secretary-manager of Bangor City.

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1. ^ Calley, Roy. Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, 1992.

Preceded by Frank Bradshaw	Aberdare Athletic Manager 1924-1927	Succeeded by Harry Hadley
Preceded by Frank Buckley	Blackpool Manager 1927-1928	Succeeded by Alex McFarlane
Preceded by ?	Bangor City Manager 1928-?	Succeeded by Len Davies