George Roughton

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George Roughton
Personal information
Full name	William George Roughton
Date of birth	(1909-05-11)11 May 1909
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Date of death	7 June 1989(1989-06-07) (aged 80)
Place of death	Southampton, England
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Droylsden
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1928–1936	Huddersfield Town	164	(0)
1936–1945	Manchester United	86	(0)
Teams managed
1945–1952	Exeter City
1952–1955	Southampton
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

William George Roughton (born Manchester 11 May 1909, died Southampton 7 June 1989) was a professional footballer who played for Huddersfield Town and Manchester United in the 1930s and was subsequently manager of Exeter City and Southampton.

Playing career

He started his career at Huddersfield Town, then in Division 1, in 1928 and was a regular member of the team, playing at full-back. He helped Huddersfield to the runners-up position in the 1933–34 season.

In September 1936 he moved back to his native Manchester, joining Manchester United, who were relegated to Division 2 at the end of his first season with them, although they were promoted straight back up as runners-up in 1937–38.

Management career

After World War II, he joined Exeter City as Manager. He kept the Grecians on an even keel but did not achieve any real success, generally finishing mid-table in the Third Division (South).

In March 1952, he moved to Southampton, taking over from Sid Cann who had resigned the previous December. As part of the deal with Exeter, Norman Kirkman moved in the opposite direction to become player-manager.

Roughton's time at The Dell was not a geat success and the Saints were relegated to Division 3 (South) at the end of his first full season in charge. He was unable to re-gain Southampton's place in Division 2, and in September 1955, he was asked to resign, to be replaced by the man who would change Southampton's history, Ted Bates.

After leaving Southampton F.C., he worked part-time for the Hampshire F.A.

External links

George Roughton management career stats at Soccerbase

Exeter City F.C. – managers

Chadwick (1908–22)
Maven (1923–27)
D. Wilson (1928–29)
McDevitt (1929–35)
English (1935–39)
Roughton (1945–52)
Kirkman (1952–53)
Ward (1953)
Dodgin (1953–57)
Thompson (1957–58)
Broome (1958–60)
G. Wilson (1960–62)
Spiers (1962–63)
Edwards (1963–65)
Stuttard (1965–66)
Basford (1966–67)
Broome (1967–69)
Newman (1969–76)
Saxton (1977–79)
Godfrey (1979–83)
Francis (1983–84)
Iley (1984–85)
Appleton (1985–87)
Cooper (1988–91)
Ball (1991–94)
Cooper (1994–95)
Fox (1995–2000)
Blake (2000–01)
Cornforth (2001–02)
McNab (2002–03)
Peters (2003)
Dolan (2003–04)
Perryman (2004)
Inglethorpe (2004–06)
Tisdale (2006–)

Southampton F.C. – managers

Knight (1892–95^s)
Robson (1895–96^s)
McMinn (1896–97^s)
Arnfield (1897–1911^s)
Swift (1911–12)
Arnfield (1912–19^s)
McIntyre (1919–24)
Goss (1924–1925^s)
Chadwick (1925–31)
Kay (1931–36)
Goss (1936–37)
Parker (1937–43)
Dominy (1943–46)
Dodgin (1946–49)
Cann (1949–51)
Roughton (1952–55)
Bates (1955–73)
McMenemy (1973–85)
Nicholl (1985–91)
Branfoot (1991–94)
Ball (1994–95)
Merrington (1995–96)
Souness (1996–97)
Jones (1997–2000)
Hoddle (2000–01)
Gray (2001)
Strachan (2001–04)
Sturrock (2004)
Wigley (2004)
Redknapp (2004–05)
Bassett and Wise (2005^c)
Burley (2005–08)
Gorman and Dodd (2008^c)
Pearson (2008)
Poortvliet (2008–09)
Wotte (2009)
Pardew (2009–10)
Wilkins (2010^c)
Adkins (2010–13)
Pochettino (2013–)

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Persondata
Name	Roughton, George
Alternative names
Short description	English footballer and manager
Date of birth	11 May 1909
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Date of death	7 June 1989
Place of death	Southampton, England

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