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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Horner | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Cassop, England | ||
| Position(s) | Central defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1969 | Middlesbrough | 187 | (11) |
| 1969–1975 | Darlington | 218 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1974–1975 | Darlington | ||
| 1976–1983 | Hartlepool United | ||
| 1984–1986 | Hartlepool United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Horner (born 7 September 1942 in Cassop, England) is an English footballer and manager.
Horner played at Middlesbrough from 1960 to 1969, primarily as a defender. He moved on to Darlington where he played until 1975.
He joined York City as a coach in 1971 under Tom Johnston and was released in January 1972 following a behind the scenes player's dispute.[1][2]
He was player-manager of Darlington during the 1974–75 season, in which the club had to apply for re-election. He left the club at the end of the season and was appointed as coach to Darlington's arch-rivals Hartlepool. In October 1976, he took over as manager, and had two separate spells in this role: one from 1976 to 1983 and the other from 1983 to 1986. Although Hartlepool applied for re-election to the League on three occasions, Horner also guided the club to a respectable 9th-place finish in 1980–81, during which the club had been promotion contenders. In his second spell at the club, Hartlepool finished 7th in 1985–86, in which they had also been a promotion contender for much of the season.
- ^ Batters, Dave (2008). York City: The Complete Record. Breedon Books. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-85983-633-0.
- ^ "1972 YCFC player dispute".