Arthur Chadwick

Football player infobox
playername= Arthur Chadwick


fullname = Arthur Chadwick
nickname =
dateofbirth = July 1875
cityofbirth = Church, Lancashire
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date|1936|3|21|df=y (age 60)
cityofdeath = Exeter
countryofdeath = England
position = Centre-half
youthyears =
youthclubs = Church F.C.
Accrington
years = 1895-1897
1897-1901
1901-1904
1904-1906
1906-1908
1908-1910
clubs= Burton Swifts
Southampton
Portsmouth
Northampton Town
Accrington Stanley
Exeter City
caps(goals) = 55 0(7)
81 0(6)
70 (12)



manageryears = 1908-1922
1923-1925
1925-1931
managerclubs = Exeter City
Reading
Southampton
nationalyears = 1900
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 2 (0)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =

Arthur Chadwick (July 1875 - 21 March 1936) was a professional footballer whose playing career (as a centre-half) included spells at Portsmouth and Southampton, who went on to be manager at Exeter City, Reading and Southampton. He also made 2 appearances for England in 1900.

His cousin, Edgar Chadwick also played for England as well as for Everton and Southampton. He also had a brother, Albert who was an apprentice with Everton, making 5 appearances between 1888 and 1892.

Playing career

He was born in Church, Lancashire and started his career playing in his native county for Accrington and Burton Swifts. When he signed for Southampton in May 1897, little was known about him.

outhampton

He initially played at right-half, but was not a great success until he was converted to a centre-half in which position his career took off. Described in Holley & Chalk's "The Alphabet of the Saints" as "a powerful and efficient defender, Arthur reached his peak at the turn of the century" [cite book |author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk |title=The Alphabet of the Saints| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992| pages=p.66 | id=ISBN 0-9514862-3-3] . He helped Saints to win the Southern League title in 1897-98 and again in 1898-99 and to the FA Cup final in 1900, defeating three top flight clubs along the way, [ [http://www.freewebs.com/captainbeecher/1900.htm Giant Killers 1900] ] by when he had been rewarded with two England caps, against Scotland and Wales. Southampton again won the Southern League title in 1900-01 before Chadwick decided to move on.

In January 1899, in a match at Sheppey United, Chadwick became the first Saints player to be sent off in a League match.

In his 4 seasons with Southampton, he made a total of 96 appearances, scoring 6 goals.

Portsmouth

In May 1901 he moved to local rivals, Portsmouth, and was part of their side who won the Southern League title in 1901-02.

Later career

In 1904 he moved on to Northampton Town, and then returned to Accrington Stanley before joining Exeter City, where he finished his playing career in 1910, although by now he was acting as manager.

Management career

Exeter City

In 1910, he became the first manager of Exeter City, a post he held for 12 years until December 1922.

When he first joined Exeter, they had recently joined the Southern League, and in 1920 Exeter City were invited by the Football League to become founder members of the Third Division.

Reading

In January 1923, he was at the helm of Reading, where he guided the club through two seasons in the Third Division.

outhampton

When the manager's job at Second Division Southampton became vacant in October 1925, Chadwick resigned his post at Reading to take charge at The Dell, thus becoming the first ex-player to become manager.

He found immediate success by guiding the Saints to the semi-final of the 1927 FA Cup, defeating Newcastle United on the way. In the semi-final, played at Stamford Bridge on 26 March 1927, Saints were eliminated 2-1 by Arsenal with Saints' goal coming from Bill Rawlings. In this match, Saints came up against their former star full-back Tom Parker who had had a nightmare in Saints' previous semi-final appearance two years earlier. This time Parker was on the winning side as Arsenal moved on to Wembley, losing to Cardiff City in the final.

Shrewdly Chadwick bought several new players, including forward Willie Haines from Portsmouth and by the end of the 1928-29 season, he had taken Southampton to fourth place, their then best ever position in Division 2. Soon after, Saints embarked on a policy of selling their best players to survive financially, and Chadwick grew disillusioned with both the club in particular and the game of football in general and he resigned on 16 April 1931, thereby ending a long association with the game.

After football

He left Hampshire and settled in Exeter, where in 1936 he collapsed and died whilst watching a match at Exeter's ground.

Honours

Southampton

* FA Cup finalist: 1900
* Southern League championships: 1897-98, 1898-99 and 1900-01

Portsmouth

* Southern League championships: 1901-02

Footnotes

References

*cite book
author=Mike Neasom, Mick Cooper & Doug Robinson
title=Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club
publisher=Milestone Publications
year=1984
id=ISBN 0-903852-50-0
*cite book |author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk |title=The Alphabet of the Saints| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992| id=ISBN 0-9514862-3-3

External links

*soccerbase (manager)|id=94|name=Arthur Chadwick

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