Bill Lambton

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Bill Lambton
Full name	William Ernest Lambton
Date of birth	December 2, 1914(1914-12-02)
Place of birth	Nottingham, England
Date of death	September 16, 1976 (aged 61)
Place of death	Nottingham, England
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
?-1935 1935-c.46 1946 1946-47	Basford North End Nottingham Forest Exeter City Doncaster Rovers	3 0 0(0)
Teams managed
1958-59 1959 1962-63	Leeds United Scunthorpe United Chester
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

William "Bill" Lambton (December 2, 1914, Nottingham-September 16, 1976) was an English football player and manager. He played in goal for Nottingham Forest, Exeter City and Doncaster Rovers, although he made just three Football League appearances in total with his playing days largely coinciding with the Second World War.

Lambton is better remembered for his spells in coaching and management. He worked as a coach in Denmark with KB Copenhagen and then with Scunthorpe United, Grimsby Town and Leeds United. In December 1958 he became Leeds manager, but left after just four months. This however was to be significantly longer than his next managerial post, as he was in charge of Scunthorpe for just three days in April 1959.

Lambton was appointed Chester manager in January 1962, two months after the sacking of Stan Pearson. Chester were enduring a miserable season that saw them finish bottom of the Football League. Greater things were expected the following season, but a poor run of just four wins in their last 18 games saw them finish fourth from bottom and forced to again apply for re-election to the league. Although Chester comfortably achieved enough votes to remain in the league, Lambton had his contract cancelled by mutual consent in July 1963.

A former Sergeant Major in the Army, Lambton was known as 'Iron Man Bill'. He died in Sherwood, Nottingham aged 61.

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Leeds United A.F.C. – Managers

Ray (1919–20) • Fairclough (1920–1927) • Ray (1927–35) • Hampson (1935–47) • Edwards (1947–48) • Buckley (1948–53) • Carter (1953–58) • Lambton (1958–59) • Taylor (1959–61) • Revie (1961–74) • Clough (1974) • Armfield (1974–78) • Stein (1978) • Adamson (1978–80) • Clarke (1980–82) • Gray (1982–85) • Bremner (1985–88) • Wilkinson (1988–96) • Graham (1996–98) • O'Leary (1998–2002) • Venables (2002–03) • Reid (2003) • Gray (2003–04) • Blackwell (2004–06) • Wise (2006–08) • McAllister (2008–)

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Scunthorpe United F.C. – Managers

Allcock (1915–36) • Crilly (1936–37) • Allcock (1937–46) • Harper (1946–48) • Allcock (1948–50) • Jones (1950–51) • Corkhill (1952–56) • Suart (1956–58) • McShane (1958–59) • Lambton (1959) • Soo (1959–60) • Duckworth (1960–64) • Goodwin (1964–67) • Ashman (1967–73) • Bradley (1973–74) • Roots (1974–76) • Ashman (1976–81) • Duncan (1981–83) • Clarke (1983–84) • Barlow (1984–87) • Buxton (1987–91) • Green (1991–93) • Money (1993–94) • Moore (1994–96) • Buxton (1996–97) • Laws (1997–2004) • Wilcox (2004) • Laws (2004–06) • Adkins (2006–)

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Chester City F.C. – Managers

Hewitt (1930–36) • Mansley (1936) • Raisbeck (1936–38) • Brown (1938–53) • Page (1953–56) • Harris (1956–59) • Pearson (1959–61) • Lambton (1962–63) • Hauser (1963–68) • Roberts (1968–76) • Oakes (1976–82) • Sear (1982) • Sainty (1982–83) • Storton (1983–84) • Sear (1984) • McGrath (1984) • Speight (1984–85) • McNally (1985–92) • Barrow (1992–94) • Pejic (1994–95) • Mann (1995) • Ratcliffe (1995–99) • Smith (1999–2000) • Atkins (2000) • Barrow (2000–01) • Hill (2001) • Mungall (2001) • Spink (2001–02) • Porter (2001–02) • Wright (2002–04) • Mathias (2004) • Rush (2004–05) • Bell (2005) • Curle (2005–06) • Wright (2006–07) • Davies (2007) • Williamson (2007–2008) • Davies (2008–)