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MANAGER: HAROLD WIGHTMAN

Born:: Jun 19, 1894
Died:: Apr 05, 1945 (Age: 50)
Country:: England
Wikipedia:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Wightman
Manager From:: Jul 01, 1936
Manager To:: Mar 11, 1939
Time as Manager:: 2 years, 8 months, 10 days
Last game:: 85 years, 6 months, 24 days ago
PLAYER COUNTS
Used:: 46
Debuts:: 28
Transfers In:: 26
Transfers Out:: 21
Honours:

Record each season for Harold Wightman (Note: Competitive games only)

Season	Tier	League Name	League Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	League Points	Notes
1936-37	2	English Second Division	18 of 22	43	12	10	21	70	94	34
1937-38	2	English Second Division	20 of 22	44	15	8	21	51	64	36
1938-39	2	English Second Division	20 of 22	34	6	10	18	37	75	21	Replaced by Billy Walker

Note: This list also includes cup games, but the League Points total includes only League games

Summary for Harold Wightman

Game	First Game	Last Game	P	W	D	L	F	A
COMPETITIVE
League Tier 1
League Tier 2	Aug 29, 1936	Mar 11, 1939	116	32	27	57	152	222
League Tier 3
Playoffs
FA Cup	Jan 16, 1937	Jan 16, 1939	5	1	1	3	6	11
League Cup
European Cup
Fairs Cup
UEFA Cup
Super Cup
Intercontinental Cup
Full Members Cup
EFL Trophy
Charity Shield
Anglo-Scottish Cup
Anglo-Italian Cup
Total	Aug 29, 1936	Mar 11, 1939	121	33	28	60	158	233

NON-COMPETITIVE
County Cup	Oct 08, 1936	Nov 02, 1938	6	3	1	2	13	9
Pre-Season Friendly	Aug 20, 1938	Aug 20, 1938	1	1			4	1
Total	Oct 08, 1936	Nov 02, 1938	7	4	1	2	17	10

TOTAL	Aug 29, 1936	Mar 11, 1939	128	37	29	62	175	243

Players bought by Harold Wightman (26)

Player	Club	Date	Fee
Ashley Hunt	-
Boy Martin	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Eric Oakton	Chelsea		£3,000
Frank Hindley	Netherton United
Fred Stanley (1938-43))	-
George Pritty	-
Harold Crawshaw	Mansfield Town
Jack Surtees	Sheffield Wednesday
Jimmy Dyson	Grimsby Town
Len Beaumont	-
Lewis Stoker	Birmingham City
Robert Davies	-
Ted Blagg	-
Thomas Clark	-
Reg Trim	-
William Baxter	-
William Hardy	-
Richard 'Dick' Brown	Northampton Town	May 20, 1936
John Munro	Heart of Midlothian	May 28, 1936
Meynell Burgin	Bournemouth	Jul 03, 1936
Horace Smith	Stoke City	Jul 03, 1936
Alex Wood	Leicester City	Aug 01, 1936
Walter Alsford	Tottenham Hotspur	Jan 09, 1937
Grenville Roberts	Huthwaite Colliery	Mar 01, 1937
Alan Todd	Port Vale	Aug 01, 1937	Free
Jack Fryer	Hull City	Sep 03, 1938

Players loaned in by Harold Wightman (0)

Player	Club	Date	Until

Players loaned out by Harold Wightman (0)

Player	Club	Date	Until

Players sold or released by Harold Wightman (21)

Player	Club	Date
Gibson McNaughton	Notts County
Harry Smith	Darlington
Henry Race	Shrewsbury Town
Horace Smith	-
Jimmy Barrington	Ollerton Colliery
Jimmy Dyson	Accrington Stanley
John Getty	Dumbarton
Meynell Burgin	Bournemouth
Ossie Bowden	Brighton and Hove Albion
Richard 'Dick' Brown	-
Robert Pugh	-
Roy Brown	Wrexham
William Hardy	-
William Simpson	Jarrow
Arthur Masters	Port Vale
Billy McKinlay	-
Charlie Gardiner	Mansfield Town
Eric Oakton	Boston United
Eric Stubbs	Leicester City	Nov 01, 1936
Alex Wood	Colchester United	May 30, 1937
Alan Todd	Darlington	May 30, 1939

Players given debuts by Harold Wightman (28)

Player	Date	Opposition
Alex Wood	Aug 29, 1936	Burnley
Boy Martin	Aug 29, 1936	Burnley
Richard 'Dick' Brown	Aug 29, 1936	Burnley
Horace Smith	Sep 19, 1936	Coventry City
Gibson McNaughton	Oct 03, 1936	West Ham United
Meynell Burgin	Oct 03, 1936	West Ham United
Jack Surtees	Oct 31, 1936	Bradford Park Avenue
John Munro	Oct 31, 1936	Bradford Park Avenue
John Getty	Dec 05, 1936	Blackburn Rovers
Arthur Betts	Dec 28, 1936	Bradford City
Walter Alsford	Jan 09, 1937	Doncaster Rovers
Robert Davies	Mar 06, 1937	Bradford Park Avenue
William Hardy	Apr 24, 1937	Leicester City
Reg Trim	Aug 28, 1937	Sheffield United
Eric Oakton	Aug 28, 1937	Sheffield United
William Baxter	Sep 11, 1937	Burnley
Alan Todd	Oct 02, 1937	Swansea Town
Jimmy Dyson	Feb 19, 1938	Newcastle United
Grenville Roberts	Apr 15, 1938	Luton Town
Fred Stanley (1938-43))	Apr 16, 1938	Blackburn Rovers
Len Beaumont	Aug 27, 1938	Sheffield United
Lewis Stoker	Aug 27, 1938	Sheffield United
Harold Crawshaw	Aug 31, 1938	Plymouth Argyle
Jack Fryer	Sep 03, 1938	Burnley
Frank Hindley	Nov 19, 1938	Millwall
Thomas Clark	Nov 26, 1938	Manchester City
George Pritty	Dec 24, 1938	Sheffield United
Ashley Hunt	Feb 04, 1939	Tranmere Rovers

ALL GAMES FOR HAROLD WIGHTMAN

#	Date	Game Type	Opponent	H/A	Score	Ground	Scorer(s)
1936-37
1	Sat Aug 29, 1936	League Tier 2	Burnley	A	0-3	Turf Moor
2	Wed Sep 02, 1936	League Tier 2	Aston Villa	H	1-1		Brown (?)
3	Sat Sep 05, 1936	League Tier 2	Fulham	H	5-3		Martin (?, ?), Peacock (?, ?, ?)
4	Mon Sep 07, 1936	League Tier 2	Aston Villa	A	1-1	Villa Park	Martin (?)
5	Sat Sep 12, 1936	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers	A	2-0	Belle Vue	Bowden (?), Martin (?)
6	Wed Sep 16, 1936	League Tier 2	Southampton	H	1-1		Martin (?)
7	Sat Sep 19, 1936	League Tier 2	Coventry City	H	1-1		Martin (?)
8	Sat Sep 26, 1936	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-4	Home Park	Martin (?)
9	Sat Oct 03, 1936	League Tier 2	West Ham United	H	1-0		Martin (?)
	Thu Oct 08, 1936	County Cup	Newark	H	3-1		Gardiner (?), Simpson (?), Dent (?)
10	Sat Oct 10, 1936	League Tier 2	Chesterfield	H	2-2		Martin (?, ?)
11	Sat Oct 17, 1936	League Tier 2	Norwich City	A	0-4	Carrow Road
12	Sat Oct 24, 1936	League Tier 2	Newcastle United	H	0-2
	Wed Oct 28, 1936	County Cup	Notts County	A	0-1	Meadow Lane
13	Sat Oct 31, 1936	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2-3	Horton Park Avenue	Surtees (?), Burgin (?)
14	Sat Nov 07, 1936	League Tier 2	Barnsley	H	4-1		Martin (?, ?, ?), Simpson (?)
15	Sat Nov 14, 1936	League Tier 2	Sheffield United	A	1-4	Bramall Lane	Surtees (?)
16	Sat Nov 28, 1936	League Tier 2	Blackpool	A	1-7	Bloomfield Road	Gardiner (?)
17	Sat Dec 05, 1936	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-0		Dent (?, ?)
18	Sat Dec 12, 1936	League Tier 2	Bury	A	1-1	Gigg Lane	Dent (?)
19	Sat Dec 19, 1936	League Tier 2	Leicester City	H	0-3
20	Fri Dec 25, 1936	League Tier 2	Bradford City	H	2-1		Martin (?, ?)
21	Sat Dec 26, 1936	League Tier 2	Burnley	H	1-2		McNaughton (?)
22	Mon Dec 28, 1936	League Tier 2	Bradford City	A	1-2	Valley Parade	Martin (?)
23	Sat Jan 02, 1937	League Tier 2	Fulham	A	2-5	Craven Cottage	Pugh (?), Surtees (?)
24	Sat Jan 09, 1937	League Tier 2	Doncaster Rovers	H	2-1		Martin (?), Gardiner (?)
25	Sat Jan 16, 1937	FA Cup	Sheffield United	H	2-4		Martin (?, ?)
26	Sat Jan 23, 1937	League Tier 2	Coventry City	A	2-2	Highfield Road	Masters (?), Pugh (? pen)
27	Wed Feb 03, 1937	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle	H	2-3		Martin (?, ?)
28	Sat Feb 06, 1937	League Tier 2	West Ham United	A	2-2	Upton Park	McNaughton (?), Brown (?)
29	Sat Feb 13, 1937	League Tier 2	Chesterfield	A	2-4	Saltergate	Martin (?, ?)
30	Sat Feb 20, 1937	League Tier 2	Norwich City	H	3-4		Pugh (?), Surtees (?), Martin (?)
31	Sat Mar 06, 1937	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue	H	3-2		Martin (?, ?), McNaughton (?)
32	Sat Mar 13, 1937	League Tier 2	Barnsley	A	0-1	Oakwell
33	Wed Mar 17, 1937	League Tier 2	Newcastle United	A	2-3	St. James Park (Newcastle)	Martin (?, ?)
34	Sat Mar 20, 1937	League Tier 2	Sheffield United	H	1-1		Betts (?)
35	Fri Mar 26, 1937	League Tier 2	Swansea Town	A	0-1	Vetch Field
36	Sat Mar 27, 1937	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	White Hart Lane	Betts (?)
37	Mon Mar 29, 1937	League Tier 2	Swansea Town	H	6-1		Betts (?), Martin (?, ?), Burgin (?, ?), Brown (?)
38	Sat Apr 03, 1937	League Tier 2	Blackpool	H	1-1		Martin (?)
39	Sat Apr 10, 1937	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-9	Ewood Park	Pryde (? OG)
40	Sat Apr 17, 1937	League Tier 2	Bury	H	1-0		Betts (?)
41	Wed Apr 21, 1937	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3-0		Surtees (?, ?, ?)
42	Sat Apr 24, 1937	League Tier 2	Leicester City	A	1-2	Filbert Street	Pugh (?)
43	Sat May 01, 1937	League Tier 2	Southampton	A	3-0	The Dell	Burgin (?, ?, ?)
1937-38
44	Sat Aug 28, 1937	League Tier 2	Sheffield United	A	1-2	Bramall Lane	Burgin (?)
45	Wed Sep 01, 1937	League Tier 2	Stockport County	H	1-2		Martin (?)
46	Sat Sep 04, 1937	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3-1		Martin (?), McNaughton (?, ?)
47	Mon Sep 06, 1937	League Tier 2	Stockport County	A	0-1	Edgeley Park
48	Sat Sep 11, 1937	League Tier 2	Burnley	A	0-0	Turf Moor
49	Wed Sep 15, 1937	League Tier 2	Barnsley	H	2-1		Surtees (?), Brown (?)
50	Sat Sep 18, 1937	League Tier 2	Bury	H	1-0		Surtees (?)
51	Sat Sep 25, 1937	League Tier 2	Coventry City	A	1-1	Highfield Road	Betts (?)
52	Sat Oct 02, 1937	League Tier 2	Swansea Town	H	2-1		Edgar (?), Martin (?)
53	Sat Oct 09, 1937	League Tier 2	Newcastle United	H	0-0
	Wed Oct 13, 1937	County Cup	Notts County	H	1-0		Gardiner (?)
54	Sat Oct 16, 1937	League Tier 2	Norwich City	A	0-2	Carrow Road
55	Sat Oct 23, 1937	League Tier 2	Aston Villa	H	0-2
56	Sat Oct 30, 1937	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2-2	Horton Park Avenue	Peacock (?, ?)
	Wed Nov 03, 1937	County Cup	Mansfield Town	A	1-2		Martin (?)
57	Sat Nov 06, 1937	League Tier 2	West Ham United	H	0-0
58	Sat Nov 13, 1937	League Tier 2	Southampton	A	0-2	The Dell
59	Sat Nov 20, 1937	League Tier 2	Fulham	H	0-1
60	Sat Nov 27, 1937	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-0	Hillsborough	Martin (?), McNaughton (?)
61	Sat Dec 04, 1937	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers	H	3-1		Pugh (?), Surtees (?), Martin (?)
62	Sat Dec 11, 1937	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	Home Park
63	Sat Dec 18, 1937	League Tier 2	Chesterfield	H	4-2		Pugh (?), Surtees (?), McNaughton (?), Brown (?)
64	Mon Dec 27, 1937	League Tier 2	Manchester United	A	3-4	Old Trafford	Gardiner (9'), Graham (31'), Martin (63')
65	Tue Dec 28, 1937	League Tier 2	Manchester United	H	2-3		Martin (43'), McNaughton (87')
66	Sat Jan 01, 1938	League Tier 2	Sheffield United	H	2-1		Martin (?), Peacock (?)
67	Sat Jan 08, 1938	FA Cup	Southampton	H	3-1		McNaughton (?), Martin (?, ?)
68	Sat Jan 15, 1938	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-3	White Hart Lane
69	Sat Jan 22, 1938	FA Cup	Middlesbrough	H	1-3		Martin (?)
70	Wed Jan 26, 1938	League Tier 2	Burnley	H	1-1		Gardiner (?)
71	Sat Jan 29, 1938	League Tier 2	Bury	A	0-2	Gigg Lane
72	Sat Feb 05, 1938	League Tier 2	Coventry City	H	2-1		Gardiner (?), Oakton (?)
73	Sat Feb 12, 1938	League Tier 2	Swansea Town	A	0-1	Vetch Field
74	Sat Feb 19, 1938	League Tier 2	Newcastle United	A	1-3	St. James Park (Newcastle)	Pugh (?)
75	Sat Feb 26, 1938	League Tier 2	Norwich City	H	1-2		McNaughton (?)
76	Wed Mar 09, 1938	League Tier 2	Aston Villa	A	2-1	Villa Park	Martin (?), Surtees (?)
77	Sat Mar 12, 1938	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1-0		Burgin (?)
78	Sat Mar 19, 1938	League Tier 2	West Ham United	A	1-2	Upton Park	Surtees (?)
79	Sat Mar 26, 1938	League Tier 2	Southampton	H	2-1		Martin (?), Burgin (?)
80	Sat Apr 02, 1938	League Tier 2	Fulham	A	0-2	Craven Cottage
81	Sat Apr 09, 1938	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-1
82	Fri Apr 15, 1938	League Tier 2	Luton Town	H	1-0		Surtees (?)
83	Sat Apr 16, 1938	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-5	Ewood Park	Burgin (?)
84	Mon Apr 18, 1938	League Tier 2	Luton Town	A	2-2	Kenilworth Road	McNaughton (?), Brown (?)
85	Sat Apr 23, 1938	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-0		Burgin (?)
86	Sat Apr 30, 1938	League Tier 2	Chesterfield	A	0-1	Saltergate
87	Sat May 07, 1938	League Tier 2	Barnsley	A	2-2	Oakwell	Martin (?, ?)
1938-39
	Sat Aug 20, 1938	Pre-Season Friendly	Notts County	H	4-1		Getty (?), Dyson (?), Crawshaw (?), Brown (?)
88	Sat Aug 27, 1938	League Tier 2	Sheffield United	H	0-2
89	Wed Aug 31, 1938	League Tier 2	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-3	Home Park
90	Sat Sep 03, 1938	League Tier 2	Burnley	A	1-2	Turf Moor	Fryer (?)
91	Wed Sep 07, 1938	League Tier 2	Norwich City	H	1-0		Crawshaw (?)
92	Sat Sep 10, 1938	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-1		Betts (?), Peacock (?)
93	Sat Sep 17, 1938	League Tier 2	Southampton	A	2-2	The Dell	Betts (?), Crawshaw (?)
94	Sat Sep 24, 1938	League Tier 2	Coventry City	H	3-0		Betts (?), Crawshaw (?, ?)
95	Sat Oct 01, 1938	League Tier 2	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-1	Prenton Park	Crawshaw (?)
96	Sat Oct 08, 1938	League Tier 2	Newcastle United	A	0-4	St. James Park (Newcastle)
	Wed Oct 12, 1938	County Cup	Newark	H	6-3		? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
97	Sat Oct 15, 1938	League Tier 2	West Ham United	H	0-0
98	Sat Oct 22, 1938	League Tier 2	Bury	A	1-2	Gigg Lane	Peacock (?)
99	Sat Oct 29, 1938	League Tier 2	Swansea Town	H	1-2		Betts (?)
	Wed Nov 02, 1938	County Cup	Mansfield Town	H	2-2		? (?), Fryer (90')
100	Sat Nov 05, 1938	League Tier 2	Fulham	A	2-2	Craven Cottage	McNaughton (?), Beaumont (?)
101	Sat Nov 12, 1938	League Tier 2	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-3		McNaughton (?)
102	Sat Nov 19, 1938	League Tier 2	Millwall	A	0-5	The Old Den
103	Sat Nov 26, 1938	League Tier 2	Manchester City	H	3-4		Betts (?), Crawshaw (?, ?)
104	Sat Dec 03, 1938	League Tier 2	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2-1	Horton Park Avenue	Getty (?), Surtees (?)
105	Sat Dec 10, 1938	League Tier 2	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-3		Surtees (?, ?), Beaumont (?)
106	Sat Dec 17, 1938	League Tier 2	Chesterfield	A	1-7	Saltergate	Getty (?)
107	Sat Dec 24, 1938	League Tier 2	Sheffield United	A	1-0	Bramall Lane	Hindley (?)
108	Mon Dec 26, 1938	League Tier 2	Luton Town	H	2-4		Hindley (?), Surtees (?)
109	Tue Dec 27, 1938	League Tier 2	Luton Town	A	0-1	Kenilworth Road
110	Sat Dec 31, 1938	League Tier 2	Burnley	H	2-2		Fryer (?), Beaumont (?)
111	Wed Jan 11, 1939	FA Cup	Huddersfield Town	A	0-0	Leeds Road
112	Sat Jan 14, 1939	League Tier 2	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-4	White Hart Lane	Hindley (?)
113	Mon Jan 16, 1939	FA Cup	Huddersfield Town	H	0-3
114	Sat Jan 28, 1939	League Tier 2	Coventry City	A	1-5	Highfield Road	Crawshaw (?)
115	Sat Feb 04, 1939	League Tier 2	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-2		Peacock (?), Brown (?)
116	Wed Feb 08, 1939	League Tier 2	Southampton	H	0-2
117	Wed Feb 15, 1939	League Tier 2	Newcastle United	H	2-0		Fryer (?), Crawshaw (?)
118	Sat Feb 18, 1939	League Tier 2	West Ham United	A	0-5	Upton Park
119	Sat Feb 25, 1939	League Tier 2	Bury	H	1-1		Surtees (?)
120	Sat Mar 04, 1939	League Tier 2	Swansea Town	A	0-1	Vetch Field
121	Sat Mar 11, 1939	League Tier 2	Fulham	H	1-1		Fryer (?)