Fred Halliday (footballer)

Fred Halliday
Personal information
Full nameJohn Frederick Halliday
Date of birth19 April 1880
Place of birthChester, England
Date of death20 May 1953 (aged 73)
Place of deathWillesden, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing positionFull-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
????–1898Chester
1898–1900Liverpool
1900–1901Everton
1901–1903Bolton Wanderers
1903–1907Bradford City72(0)
1907–1908Bradford Park Avenue1(0)
Teams managed
1907–1908Bradford Park Avenue
1908–1912Brentford
1915–1921Brentford
1924–1926Brentford
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

John Frederick Halliday was an English professional footballer and manager who played as a full-back in the Football League for Liverpool, Everton, Bolton Wanderers and Bradford City between 1898 and 1907. He went on to manage Bradford Park Avenue and Brentford.

Playing career

Halliday began his career as an amateur at local club Chester, playing in The Combination. He came to the attention of First Division side Liverpool after impressing in a friendly against the Merseyside club towards the end of the 1897/98 season. He completed his transfer to Liverpool in April 1898.[1] He enjoyed a good first season as a professional, with the Reds finishing second in the First Division.[2] Halliday was released by Liverpool at the end of the 1899/00 season and joined cross-city rivals Everton.[3] He played with the Toffees for one season before moving to Bolton Wanderers in 1901.[4] He left Wanderers at the end of the 1902/03 season after the club's relegation to the Second Division was confirmed. He moved to newly founded Second Division side Bradford City in the summer of 1903.[4] He made 72 appearances in the Football League and two FA Cup appearances for Bradford[5] and departed the club in 1907.

Management career

Bradford Park Avenue

Halliday became manager of Southern League Division One side Bradford Park Avenue in May 1907,[4] guiding the club to a mid-table finish in the 1907/08 season. He made one playing appearance for the club as an emergency goalkeeper in a match versus Swindon Town, when regular keeper Tom Baddersley missed his train.[6]

Brentford

Halliday joined Southern League Division One side Brentford as manager in June 1908,[6] taking over from W G Brown.[7] Halliday's team had a disastrous 1908/09 campaign in the league, finishing bottom (though avoiding relegation to Division Two), but he brought silverware to the club, winning the Southern Professional Charity Cup.[8] He led the Bees to a mid-table finishes in the 1909/10, 1910/11 and 1911/12 seasons. He carried on into the 1912/13 season, but with the club still in relegation trouble, Halliday stepped down in November 1912 and became the club's secretary.[9] He was replaced by one of his players, Ephraim Rhodes.[8]

Halliday stepped up to become Brentford manager for the second time in August 1915,[10] replacing Ephraim Rhodes, who was inducted into the army. He led the club to a mid-table finish in the Southern League Division Two during the 1914/15 season. The break-out of the First World War led the Football League and Southern League to cease operations until the Armistice in November 1918, so Halliday took charge of a Brentford team playing in the unofficial War League and the newly formed London Combination.[11] He managed the club in both leagues during the 1915/16, 1916/17, 1917/18 and 1918/19 seasons, winning the London Combination in the latter campaign.[12] League football returned for the 1919/20 season and Halliday's Bees were elected back to the Southern League Division One,[13] finishing in mid-table. Brentford won election to the Football League as founding members of the Division Three South for the 1920/21 season. An unsuccessful season saw the Bees finish second-from-bottom and Halliday stepped down in the summer of 1921 to return to desk duties.[8] He was replaced by Archie Mitchell.[14]

Still members of the Division Three South, Halliday stepped back up to take the reigns at Griffin Park for the third time in December 1924, taking over from Archie Mitchell.[10] Another second-from-bottom finish followed in the 1924/25 season. An 18th-place finish followed in the 1925/26 season, after which Halliday left the Bees permanently.[10] He managed the club in 321 games, winning 106, drawing 68 and losing 150.[8]

Honours

As a manager

Brentford

References

  1. ↑ kjehan. "Local talent signs on " Kjell Hanssen, football historian". Kjellhanssen.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Football Club History Database – Liverpool". Fchd.info. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ↑ kjehan. "Halliday given a free transfer " Kjell Hanssen, football historian". Kjellhanssen.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. p. 397. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
  5. ↑ Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. p. 383. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 TW8: Brentford Official Matchday Programme versus Notts County 24/02/01. Charlton, London. 2001. p. 14.
  7. ↑ "League Managers Association". Leaguemanagers.com. 31 May 1908. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
  9. ↑ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 0955294916.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "League Managers Association". Leaguemanagers.com. 31 May 1912. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Match Database – all matches for season 1915/16 | Stamford-Bridge.com The History of Chelsea FC". Stamford-bridge.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "London Combination 1918–19". Westhamstats.info. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  13. ↑ "Football Club History Database – Brentford". Fchd.info. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  14. ↑ "League Managers Association". Leaguemanagers.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.