| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lawson Colin Chatterley | ||
| Date of birth | (1945-02-15)15 February 1945 (age 80) | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1960–1962 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1971 | Aston Villa | 153 | (26) |
| 1971 | →Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 1971–1972 | Northampton Town | 23 | (2) |
| 1972–1974 | Grimsby Town | 73 | (16) |
| 1974–1975 | Southampton | 9 | (0) |
| 1975–1977 | Torquay United | 57 | (10) |
| 1977–1978 | Barnstaple Town | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987–1988 | Poole Town | ||
| 1989 | Reading(caretaker) | ||
| 1994 | Southampton(caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lawson Colin Chatterley (born 15 February 1945) is an English former professional football player and coach. He representedEngland at Youth level.
Chatterley was born inBirmingham and began his career as an apprentice atAston Villa, turning professionalin February 1962, with his league debut coming the following season. He remained atVilla Park for over 9 years, making 153 league appearances and scoring 26 goals. During his stay at Villa Park, Aston Villa were relegated from Division 1 in1967 and again from Division 2 in1970.
In March 1971 he joinedDoncaster Rovers on loan, where he first metLawrie McMenemy, who was to have a considerable influence on his later career. With his time at Villa at an end, Chatterley was sold toNorthampton Town in September 1971 for £8,000. His stay at Northampton was only a short one, rejoining McMenemy atGrimsby Town in February 1972 for £8,000. In hisfirst season atBlundell Park, Grimsby were champions of Division 4, and spent the next 2 seasons in Division 3, finishing in a creditable 9th and then 6th place.
He scored 16 times in 73 league games for Grimsby before a £15,000 move toSouthampton in March 1974, once again linking up with McMenemy. He played the last two games of Saints'1973-74 relegation season. As the team struggled to shine in the Second Division, Chatterley became the butt of the crowd's frustration, and, in February 1975, he moved toTorquay United as player-coach, where he was to play a further 57 league games and score 10 goals.
After leaving Torquay he played for NorthDevon non-league sideBarnstaple Town and opened a guest house. However, he was lured back into football, firstly as coach ofChicago Sting in the U.S., and then, in 1979, as McMenemy's right-hand-man back at Southampton. During his 6-year spell atThe Dell, Saints enjoyed some of their finest moments including briefly topping theFootball League tables in January 1982 (finishing the1981-82 season in 7th place), and then finishing the1983-84 season as runners-up toLiverpool.
In 1985, he chose to accompany McMenemy toSunderland, despite being in contention for the vacant manager's job at The Dell. McMenemy's sacking in April 1987 precipitated Chatterley's resignation from his position atRoker Park a few weeks later.
He returned to the Southampton area in 1987 and was manager of The Clump Inn inChilworth, and took a role as manager atPoole Town, before becomingIan Branfoot's assistant atReading in June 1988. In October 1989, he acted as caretaker manager following Branfoot's sacking, handing over the reins toIan Porterfield in November.
In January 1990, Chatterley returned to The Dell as a youth development officer, and, in July 1991, once again became a coach under Ian Branfoot who had recently been appointedSouthampton's manager. In January 1994, following Branfoot's departure, he briefly acted as caretaker manager in tandem withDave Merrington, taking charge of the team for one match, beforeAlan Ball's appointment. He was then promoted to the role of assistant manager, a post he retained until the appointment ofGraeme Souness in July 1996.
He then joinedNewcastle United for a brief spell as a scout, before retraining as a teacher.
From 1998 to 2016, Chatterley was full-time football coach atWinchester College. He enjoyed considerable success there, with the school reaching the semi-finals of the Independent Schools Cup for the first time.