- Frank Upton
Football player infobox
playername= Frank Upton
fullname = Frank Upton
height = 5' 11" / 1.81 m
weight = 11stone 9lbs
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1934|10|18
cityofbirth =Ansley Hall ,
countryofbirth =
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position = Central defender
years = 19??-1954
1953-1954
1954-1961
1961-1965
1965-1966
1966-1967
1967-1968
1968
clubs = Nuneaton Borough
Northampton Town
Derby County
Chelsea
Derby County
Notts County
Worcester City
Workington
caps(goals) = ? (?)
17 (1)
224 (12)
74 (3)
35 (5)
34 (3)
? (?)
7 (0)
manageryears = 1968
managerclubs = Workington
pcupdate =September 29 ,2006
ntupdate =September 29 ,2006 Frank Upton is an English former professional footballer and football club manager.
Playing career
Upton, a hard tackling central defender, began his football career with Nuneaton Borough. He moved to Northampton Town in March 1953, making his league debut the same season. In June 1954 he moved to Derby County, making over 200 appearances before a £15,000 move to Chelsea in August 1961. He helped Chelsea to promotion back to the First Division in the 1962-63 season and won the League Cup with them in 1965.
In September 1965 he rejoined Derby County, moving on to Notts County a year later. He left league football the following summer, joining non-league Worcester City in July 1967,
Coaching and managerial career
Upton joined Workington as player-manager in January 1968, but lost his job six months later after Workington had finished 23rd in
Football League Division Four Division Four and been forced to seek re-election.He joined Northampton Town's coaching staff in October 1969, but moved to coach Aston Villa in January 1970. He joined Chelsea's coaching staff in August 1977 and was caretaker manager in December 1978 after the dismissal of
Ken Shellito . He was later coach of Danish side Randers Freja between February 1979 and February 1980.He joined Dundee as a coach in August 1980 and coached Al Arabi of
Kuwait in 1981. In 1982 he returned to the UK as coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers, a post he held until October 1984 when he was appointed as manager of Bedworth United.He was assistant manager of Coventry City between December 1985 and April 1987. The following month he took over as coach of
Iceland ic sideKeflavik ÍF . In May 1989 he was appointed as coach to theSabah FA , but returned to theUK as caretaker-manager of Burton Albion in January 1990.He was appointed as youth coach at Conference side Northwich Victoria in April 1990, taking a similar position at Cheltenham Town in November 1990.
In 1991 he opened a sports injuries clinic in
Derby , continuing with his coaching career and joined the coaching staff at Leicester City in 1992.
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