Herbert Bamlett (1 March 1882 – October 1941) was an English football manager and referee. He was only 32 when he refereed the 1914 FA Cup Final between Liverpool and Burnley.
He started in football management in the same year at Oldham Athletic during the club’s halcyon days, before moving on to Wigan Borough (1921–23), Middlesbrough (1923–26), and then to Manchester United in April 1927, after a break. He remained there until 1931.
Coincidentally, in 1909 he had refereed the FA Cup quarter-final tie between Burnley and his future charges United — calling the game off due to heavy snow, at 1–0 to Burnley and with only 18 minutes left to play. He also refereed the Scotland-England match of 1914.
George Clarence “Lal” Hilditch (2 June 1894 – 31 October 1977), also known as Clarrie Hilditch, was an English footballer, and is the only person ever to have been simultaneously a player and the manager at Manchester United.
Hilditch was born in Hartford, Cheshire, and began his playing career with Hartford, before playing for Witton Albion and Altrincham. He joined Manchester United as an outside left, but soon changed to his favoured half back position. In 1926, after John Chapman was suspended for unknown reasons, Hilditch took over the manager’s job for the rest of the year in addition to his playing duties.
During his United career, he played 322 league games scoring 7 league goals. He retired in 1932, without winning any medals with the club.
John Chapman, footballer and manager from 1906
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