Thomas Slaney

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Thomas Slaney
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Charles Slaney^[1]
Date of birth	1852^[1]
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England^[1]
Date of death	1935 (aged 82–83)^[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1871–1874	Stoke
Teams managed
1874–1883	Stoke
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Thomas Charles "Tom" Slaney (1852 – 1935) was an English footballer and manager who was the first manager of Stoke.^[1]

Career

Slaney trained as a teacher at Saltley Collage until 1874 and was appointed Stoke's Secretary-Manager in the summer of 1874 holding the position until his resignation in 1883.^[1] He continued to play during his time in office and was club captain for seven years from 1875. Described as a "fine and dashing" player, he stopped playing to become a referee in 1885.^[1] Slaney also helped form the Staffordshire Football Association.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

External links

Stoke City managers at stokecityfc.com

Stoke City F.C. – managers

Slaney (1874–83)
Cox (1883–84)
Lockett (1884–90)
Bradshaw (1890–92)
Reeves (1892–95)
Rowley (1895–97)
Austerberry (1897–1908)
A. Barker (1908–14)
Hodge (1914–15)
Schofield (1915–19)
Shallcross (1919–23)
Rutherford (1923)
Mather (1923–35)
McGrory (1935–52)
Taylor (1952–60)
Waddington (1960–77)
Eastham (1977–78)
A'Court (1978)
Durban (1978–81)
R. Barker (1981–83)
Asprey (1983–85)
Lacey (1985)
Mills (1985–89)
Ball (1989–91)
Paddon (1991)
Macari (1991–93)
Jordan (1993–94)
Hartford (1994)
Macari (1994–97)
Bates (1997–98)
Kamara (1998)
Durban (1998)
Little (1998–99)
Megson (1999)
Thordarson (1999–2002)
Cotterill (2002)
Kevan (2002)
Pulis (2002–05)
Boskamp (2005–06)
Pulis (2006–13)
Hughes (2013–)

Persondata
Name	Slaney, Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	English footballer and manager
Date of birth	1852
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Date of death	1935
Place of death

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