Alfred Homer

Alfred Homer
Personal information

Full name	Alfred Homer
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Teams managed
Years	Team
1899-1920	Bristol Rovers

Alfred Homer, Jr. (born in Birmingham, England) was an English professional football manager.

Homer became Bristol Rovers' first full-time manager-secretary in 1899, a job he held for twenty-one years until 1920. Prior to this he was assistant secretary of Aston Villa.

Homer's father, also called Alfred Homer, founded the Vulcan Brewery in Aston, Birmingham, in 1878. The business was later sold in 1899 to Mitchells & Butlers, before the brewery site was sold to HP Foods for an HP Sauce factory.^[1]

References

↑ Kieron McMahon (2007). "Birmingham Breweries". MidlandsPubs.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-12-12.

Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.

External links

Alfred Homer management career statistics at Soccerbase

Bristol Rovers F.C. – managers

Homer (1899–1920)
Hall (1920–21)
Wilson (1921–26)
Palmer (1926–29)
McLean (1929–30)
Prince-Cox (1930–36)
Smith (1936–37)
Fletcher (1938–50)
Tann (1950–68)
Ford (1968–69)
Dodgin (1969–72)
Megson (1972–77)
B. Campbell (1977–79)
Jarman (1979–80)
Cooper (1980–81)
Gingell (1981)
Gould (1981–83)
Williams (1983–85)
Gould (1985–87)
Francis (1987–91)
Dobson (1991)
Rofe (1991–92)
Allison (1992–93)
Ward (1993–96)
Holloway (1996–2001)
Francis (2001)
Thompson (2001–02)
Bater (2002)
Graydon (2002–04)
Bater (2004)
Atkins (2004–05)
Trollope (2005–10)
Patterson (2010–11)
Penney (2011)
S. Campbell (2011)
Buckle (2011–12)
McGhee (2012)
Ward (2012–14)
Clarke (2014–)

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