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Scotsman Frank Hill, who was in charge of Burnley from October 1948 to August 1954, was the first non-English manager in the club's history. [7] From 1954 to 1983, under chairman Bob Lord , only managers with a previous playing career at the club were appointed—this trend ended when John Bond took the post in June 1983.
Burnley's committee and manager John Haworth believed it might bring a change of fortune. The club decided to re-register its colours as claret and blue in 1946, partly due to readers' letters to the Burnley Express. [76] Burnley's jerseys were manufactured by local companies until 1975, when Umbro became the first to have its logo on the club ...
The directors appointed John Haworth as the new manager, who subsequently signed Burnley's first overseas player—the German Max Seeburg—and changed the club's colours from green to the claret and blue of First Division champions Aston Villa; Haworth and the Burnley directors believed the change might improve the club's fortunes.
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All Burnley (team) managers until 1945 also assumed secretarial duties at some point but not everyone was a "full-time secretary-manager". E.g. Bradshaw was appointed team manager in 1894 and only assumed secretarial duties from 1897 until his departure, whereas Haworth was secretary/manager during his whole stint at the club.
In February 1970, when Burnley manager Harry Potts was made general manager, Adamson stepped up to become team manager. Burnley were relegated at the end his first full season in charge, but returned to the top-flight in 1973, winning the Second Division title. [2] Burnley were relegated again in 1976, although Adamson had already left that ...
Hill returned to Britain in 1944 and became player-manager of Crewe Alexandra (making 20 appearances, excluding Football War League games, and playing his last game for Crewe in February 1948) [11] until he was 42. He went on to manage Burnley from September 1948 to 1954 then Preston North End from 1954 to 1956. [12]
Sean Mark Dyche (/ d aɪ tʃ /; [3] born 28 June 1971) is an English professional football manager and former footballer who was most recently the manager of Premier League club Everton. During his playing career, Dyche played as a centre-back , making his professional debut in 1990 and representing Chesterfield – whom he captained and scored ...