Alex Raisbeck

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Alex Raisbeck
Full name	Alexander Galloway Raisbeck
Date of birth	26 December 1878
Place of birth	Polmont, Scotland
Date of death	March 12, 1949 (aged 70)
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
18??-18?? 18??-1898 1898-1909 1909-1914 19??-19??	Hibernian Stoke City Liverpool Partick Thistle Hamilton Academical	340 (21) 138 (9)
National team²
1900-1907	Scotland	8 (0)
Teams managed
1914-1917 1921-1929 1930-1936 1936-1938 19??-19??	Hamilton Academical Bristol City Halifax Town Chester City Bath City
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 June 07. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 17 June 07. * Appearances (Goals)

Alexander "Alex" Galloway Raisbeck (born 26 December 1878; died 12 March 1949) was a Scottish international footballer who played for Liverpool in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, leading them to two Football League Championships.

[edit] Life and playing career

Born in Polmont, Stirlingshire, Raisbeck played for Hibernian and Stoke before being signed by Liverpool manager Tom Watson in May 1898. Making his debut in a Football League Division One match against Sheffield Wednesday on September 3rd 1898, the centre-half eventually became club captain and led Liverpool to the championship in 1900-1901 and 1905-1906. While at Liverpool, he won 8 caps for Scotland and captained his country on 5 occasions.

After leaving the club in 1909, Raisbeck played for Partick Thistle and Hamilton Academical, where he eventually became manager, and went on to manage Bristol City, Halifax Town, Chester City and Bath City, before returning to Liverpool as a scout.

[edit] Career details

As a player:

Liverpool FC (1898 - 1909): 340 appearances, 21 goals - Football League Championship winner's medal (1901, 1906)
Partick Thistle FC (1909 - 1914): 138 appearances, 9 goals

Scotland (1900 - 1907): 8 appearances

As a manager:

Bristol City (1921 - 1929): Football League Division Three (South) Champions (1923, 1927)
Halifax Town (1930 - 1936)
Chester City (1936 - 1938)

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Hamilton Academical F.C. – Managers

Raisbeck (1914–22) • Buchanon (1922–23) • Duncan (1923–25) • McAndrew (1925–46) • McStay (1946–51) • Wylie (1951–53) • Cox (1953–56) • Lowe (1956–59) • Paton (1959–68) • Crines (1968–69) • Lamont (1969) • Ewing (1969–70) • Shearer (1970–71) • Simpson (1971–72) • Lamont (1972) • Smith (1972–78) • McParland (1978–82) • Blackley (1982–83) • Auld (1983–84) • Lambie (1984–88) • Dempsey (1988–89) • G. Miller (1989) • Lambie (1989–90) • G. Miller (1990) • McLaren (1990–92) • Munro (1992–96) • Clark (1996–98) • C. Miller (1998–99) • Dawson (1999–02) • Hillcoat (2002–03) • Maitland (2003–05) • Reid (2005–-) •

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Halifax Town A.F.C. – Managers

McClelland (1911–30) • Raisbeck (1930–36) • Thompson (1936–47) • Breedon (1947–51) • Wooton (1951–52) • Henry (1952–54) • Browne (1954^c) • Watson (1954–56) • Burnicle (1956^c) • Hooper (1957–962) • McEvoy (1962–64) • Watson (1964–66) • Metcalfe (1966–67) • Ball (1967–70) • Kirby (1970–71) • Henderson (1971–72) • Mulhall (1972–74) • Quinn (1974–76) • Ball (1976–77) • Lawson (1977–78) • Kirby (1978–81) • Bullock (1981–84) • Ayre (1984^c) • Jones (1984–86) • Ayre (1986–90) • McCalliog (1990–91) • McGrath (1991–92) • Rathbone (1992–93) • Wragg (1993–94) • Bird (1994–96) • Mulhall (1996^c) • Carroll (1996–97) • Mulhall (1997–98) • O'Regan (1998–99) • Worthington (1999^c) • Lillis (1999–2000) • Butler (2000^c) • Parks (2000^c) • Bracewell (2000–01) • Parks (2001^c) • Redfearn (2001^c) • Little (2001–02) • Redfearn (2002^c) • Wilder (2002–)

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Bristol City F.C. – Managers

Hollis (1897–99) • Campbell (1899–1901) • Hollis (1901–05) • Thickett (1905–10) • Bacon (1910–11) • Hollis (1911–13) • Hedley (1913–15) • Hamilton (1915–19) • Palmer (1919–21) • Raisbeck (1921–29) • Bradshaw (1929–32) • Hewison (1932–49) • Wright (1949–50) • Beasley (1950–58) • Doherty (1958–60) • Ford (1960–67) • Dicks (1967–80) • Houghton (1980–82) • Hodgson (1982) • Cooper (1982–88) • Jordan (1988–90) • Lumsden (1990–92) • Smith (1992–93) • Osman (1993–94) • Jordan (1994–97) • Sweeney (1997) • Ward (1997–98) • Lennartsson (1998–99) • Pulis (1999–2000) • Fawthrop & Burnside (2000) • Rosenior (2000) • Wilson (2000–04) • Tinnion (2004–05) • Millen (2005) • Johnson (2005–)

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Chester City F.C. – Managers

Hewitt (1930–36) • Mansley (1936) • Raisbeck (1936–38) • Brown (1938–53) • Page (1953–56) • Harris (1956–59) • Pearson (1959–61) • Lambton (1962–63) • Hauser (1963–68) • Roberts (1968–76) • Oakes (1976–82) • Sear (1982) • Sainty (1982–83) • Storton (1983–84) • Sear (1984) • McGrath (1984) • Speight (1984–85) • McNally (1985–92) • Barrow (1992–94) • Pejic (1994–95) • Mann (1995) • Ratcliffe (1995–99) • Smith (1999–2000) • Atkins (2000) • Barrow (2000–01) • Hill (2001) • Mungall (2001) • Spink (2001–02) • Porter (2001–02) • Wright (2002–04) • Mathias (2004) • Rush (2004–05) • Bell (2005) • Curle (2005–06) • Wright (2006–07) • Davies (2007) • Williamson (2007–2008) • Davies (2008–)