Halifax Town A.F.C. Managers - Alan Ball, Sr., Alan Little, Billy Ayre, Billy Wootton, Bobby Browne (Footballer Born 1912), Chris Wilder, Dave Worthi (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Alan Ball, Sr., Alan Little, Billy Ayre, Billy Wootton, Bobby Browne (footballer born 1912), Chris Wilder, Dave Worthington, Don McEvoy, George Kirby (footballer), George Mulhall, Gerry Henry, Harry Hooper (footballer born 1910), Jack Breedon, Jimmy Lawson, Jim McCalliog, Joe McClelland, John Bird (footballer), John McGrath (English footballer), Kieran O'Regan, Mark Lillis, Mickey Bullock, Mick Jones (footballer born 1947), Mick Rathbone, Neil Redfearn, Paul Bracewell, Peter Butler (footballer born 1966), Ray Henderson (footballer), Tony Parks, Vic Metcalfe, Willie Watson (England cricketer). Excerpt: Neil David Redfearn (born 20 June 1965) is an English former footballer and manager who is currently Reserve Team Manager and Development Squad Manager and former Caretaker Manager at Leeds United. Redfearn played 790 matches in the Football League, the fifth highest total of all-time, and more than a thousand first team games overall in a career that has spanned 24 years. He has had spells as caretaker manager of Halifax Town and York City and as manager of Scarborough and Northwich Victoria. Born in Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, Redfearn began his career at Bolton Wanderers in 1982, having previously been on the books of Nottingham Forest's youth team. He later made his name as goalscoring midfielder at lower-division sides Lincoln City and Doncaster Rovers. In May 1985 he was to witness a nightmare when 56 spectators were killed in a horrendous stand fire while playing for Lincoln against Bradford City. In 1987, he was signed by Crystal Palace for 100,000, and he later played for Watford, before moving again in 1989 to Oldham Athletic. Redfearn's last season with Oldham constituted a career highlight as he was an ever-present in the team that won the Second Division title and returned the Latics to the top-flight of English football after a gap of 68 years. Redfearn converted the injury time penalty kick in the final game of the season against Sheffield Wednesday that completed a 3-2 victory (after Oldham had trailed 2-0), and snatched the championship from West Ham United, who had prematurely been handed the trophy some 15 minutes earlier. Despite his contribution to Oldham's promotion, he became surplus to requirements with the re-signing of former club captain Mike Milligan from Everton in the off-season and Redfearn was transferred without playing for Oldham in the top flight. In September 1991, Redfearn joined Barnsley, and it was at this club he arguably spent his prime years. In his seven seasons at Oakwell, he hardly missed a single game, and was n