- Herbert Dainty
Infobox Football biography
playername = Herbert Dainty
fullname = Herbert Charles Dainty
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nickname = Bert
dateofbirth = birth date|1879|2|6|df=y
cityofbirth = flagicon|ENGGeddington
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = 1961
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position = Centre half
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1899-1900
1900-1901
1901-1902
1902-1903
1903-1904
1904-1905
1905-1911
1911-1913
1913-1915
1915-1918
clubs = Kettering
Leicester Fosse
New Brighton Tower
Leicester Fosse
Northampton Town
Notts County
Southampton
Dundee
Bradford Park AvenueAyr United
Dundee Hibernian
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030 0(3)
033 0(3)
023 0(0)
020 0(0)
031 0(1)
187 (24)
063 0(1)
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manageryears = 1914-1915
1915-1917
managerclubs =Ayr United
Dundee UnitedHerbert Charles Dainty (
February 6 1879 - 1961) was an English footballer and manager.Playing career
Dainty was born in
Geddington ,Northamptonshire and started his playing career for local club Kettering.A different club each year
He joined
Football League Second Division team, Leicester Fosse in August 1899 and in the summer of 1900, he moved to fellow Second Division team, New Brighton Tower. At the end of the 1900-01, despite finishing in a creditable fourth place, New Brighton Tower folded and Dainty returned to Leicester Fosse. He moved on again at the end of the season joining Southern League Northampton Town. His transient lifestyle continued when he joined Notts County at the end of the 1902-03 season to play for the first time in the First Division of the Football League.outhampton
In May 1904, Dainty decided to move South to join Southern League champions Southampton.
According to Holley & Chalk's "The Alphabet of the Saints", Dainty was "a worthy successor to previous Saints' centre-halves, Bowman and Chadwick. Bert was coolness personified and was at his best during desperate pressure around the goal area." [cite book |author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk |title=The Alphabet of the Saints| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992| pages=p.91-92| id=ISBN 0-9514862-3-3] . He played alongside Saints' stalwarts,
Samuel Meston and Bert Lee as Saints failed to repeat their previous season's performance, finishing in third place. At the end of the season Dainty decided to move on again, which "provoked an outcry in the town".Dundee
He moved this time to
Scotland where he joined Dundee in May 1905. Dundee was obviously to his liking as he stayed atDens Park for 6 seasons, and was one of four Englishmen who helped Dundee to win theScottish Cup in 1910.Managerial career
A two year spell at Bradford Park Avenue followed before moving back to Scotland in October 1913 to join
Ayr United , where he served as player/manager. In April 1915, Dainty moved to Dundee Hibernian (later to become Dundee United) and similarly became player/manager shortly afterwards, becoming the club's second ever manager. Dainty relinquished managerial duties in 1917 and retired from playing the following year, staying at the club as secretary and then briefly in 1922 as chairman.cite web|url=http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/index.asp?pg=238|title=Dundee United A - Z ( D )|publisher=Dundee United FC website]During
World War I , Dainty stayed on Tayside, where he formed his own side known as "Dainty's XI" which played regular matches for charity against other Tayside teams.Later career
After leaving Dundee United, Dainty travelled to South America as a coach, before returning to England as a coach with Ipswich Town from 1932 to 1934. Little is known of his later career. Dainty died in 1961.
Honours
Dundee
*Scottish Cup : winner 1910Footnotes
References
*cite book
author=Gary Chalk & Duncan Holley
title=Saints - A complete record
publisher= Breedon Books
year=1987
id=ISBN 0-907969-22-4
*cite book
author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk
title=The Alphabet of the Saints
publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing
year=1992
id=ISBN 0-9514862-3-3External links
* [http://www.dundee-mad.co.uk/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=EDZ4&id=92397 Photo of Dundee F.C. Scottish Cup winning team of 1910]
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