Maurice Setters

Maurice Setters
Personal information
Full name Maurice Edgar Setters
Date of birth (1936-12-16)16 December 1936
Place of birth Honiton, Devon, England
Date of death 22 November 2020(2020-11-22) (aged 83)
Place of death Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
1952–1954 Exeter City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1955 Exeter City 10 (0)
1955–1960 West Bromwich Albion 120 (10)
1960–1965 Manchester United 159 (12)
1965–1967 Stoke City 86 (5)
1967 → Cleveland Stokers (guest) 9 (3)
1967–1970 Coventry City 51 (3)
1970 Charlton Athletic 8 (1)
Total 434 (31)
Managerial career
1971–1974 Doncaster Rovers
1983 Rotherham United (assistant)
1983 Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker)
1986–1995 Republic of Ireland (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Manchester United F.C. in 1960 – from the left, standing: Maurice Setters, Bill Foulkes, Ronnie Cope, Harry Gregg, Albert Scanlon, Bobby Charlton. Front row: Warren Bradley, Albert Quixall, Dennis Viollet, Shay Brennan and Joe Carolan.

Maurice Edgar Setters[1] (16 December 1936 – 22 November 2020) was an English football player and manager. As a player, he made more than 400 appearances in the Football League for Exeter City, West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United, Stoke City, Coventry City and Charlton Athletic,[2] and in the United Soccer Association with the Cleveland Stokers (Stoke City under another name).[3] Setters played in the left wing half position.[4] As manager, he took charge of Doncaster Rovers and (briefly) Sheffield Wednesday,[5] and spent several years as assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland.[6]

Setters died on 22 November 2020 at the Doncaster Royal Infirmary, aged 83.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Maurice Setters". MUFCInfo. Mark Graham. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
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  3. ^ "North American Soccer League Rosters Cleveland Stokers". NASL Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  4. ^ Burke, Darren (23 November 2020). "Former Doncaster Rovers boss Maurice Setters who oversaw Liverpool cup classic dies". Doncaster Free Press. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Maurice Setters's managerial career". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference guardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Club saddened by loss of Maurice Setters". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  8. ^ Kelly, David (23 November 2020). "Jack Charlton's right-hand man Maurice Setter has died, aged 83". Sunday World. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 23 November 2020. Setters spent the last two years in a residential home but became ill a week ago and passed away at the Doncaster Royal Infirmary on Sunday.