 Halliday whileBrentford manager in 1911. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Frederick Halliday[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1880-04-19)19 April 1880 | ||
| Place of birth | Chester, England | ||
| Date of death | 20 May 1953(1953-05-20) (aged 73)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Willesden, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1898 | Chester | ||
| 1898–1900 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 1899–1900 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| 1900–1901 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
| 1901–1903 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | (0) |
| 1903–1907 | Bradford City | 72 | (0) |
| 1907–1908 | Bradford Park Avenue | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 100 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1907–1908 | Bradford Park Avenue | ||
| 1908–1912 | Brentford | ||
| 1915–1921 | Brentford | ||
| 1924–1926 | Brentford | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Frederick Halliday (19 April 1880 – 20 May 1953) was an English professionalfootballer andmanager who played as afull back in theFootball League forBolton Wanderers andBradford City. He went on to manageBradford Park Avenue andBrentford. He was posthumously inducted into the BrentfordHall of Fame in 2015.
Halliday began his career as anamateur at local clubChester, playing inThe Combination.[3] He transferred toFirst Division clubLiverpool in April 1898, but failed to make a first team appearance.[4] Prior to his release from Liverpool on afree transfer,[5] Halliday played forLancashire League clubCrewe Alexandra.[3] He joinedcross-city rivalsEverton in 1900, but failed to make an appearance for the Toffees before moving toBolton Wanderers in 1901.[5][6]
Halliday left Bolton Wanderers at the end of the1902–03 season, after the club's relegation to theSecond Division was confirmed.[7] He moved to newly founded Second Division clubBradford City prior to the beginning of the1903–04 season.[6] He made 72 appearances in theFootball League and twoFA Cup appearances for Bradford and departedValley Parade in 1907.[8]
Halliday became manager ofSouthern League First Division clubBradford Park Avenue in May 1907,[6] guiding the club to a mid-table finish in the1907–08 season.[9] He made one playing appearance for the club as an emergencygoalkeeper in a match versusSwindon Town, when regular keeper Tom Baddersley missed his train.[10] He departedPark Avenue after the season.[10]
Halliday joined Southern League First Division clubBrentford as manager in June 1908,[10] taking over from W. G. Brown.[11] Halliday's team had a disastrous1908–09 campaign in the league, finishing bottom (though avoiding relegation to the Second Division),[12] but he broughtsilverware to the club, winning the Southern Professional Charity Cup.[13] He led the Bees to a mid-table finishes in the1909–10,1910–11 and1911–12 seasons.[12] He carried on into the1912–13 season, but with the club still in relegation trouble, Halliday stepped down in November 1912 and became the club's secretary.[14] He was replaced by one of his players,Ephraim Rhodes.[13]
Halliday stepped up to become Brentford manager for the second time in August 1915,[11] replacing Ephraim Rhodes, who was inducted into thearmy.[15] The break-out of theFirst World War in August 1914 led the Football League and Southern League to decide tocease operations at the end of the1914–15 season until the end of hostilities, so Halliday took charge of a Brentford team playing in the unofficial War League and the newly formedLondon Combination.[16] He managed the club in both leagues during the1915–16,1916–17,1917–18 and1918–19 seasons and won the London Combination title in the latter campaign.[17]
Competitive football returned for the1919–20 season and Halliday's Bees were elected back to the Southern League First Division, finishing in mid-table.[12] Brentford won election to the Football League as founding members of theThird Division for the1920–21 season.[18] An unsuccessful season saw the Bees finish second-from-bottom and Halliday stepped down at the end of the campaign to return to administrative duties.[13] He was replaced byArchie Mitchell.[11]
After Archie Mitchell's sacking in December 1924, Halliday took over the manager's job for the third time.[11] Another second-from-bottom finish followed in the1924–25 season.[12] An 18th-place finish followed in the1925–26 season,[12] after which Halliday left the Bees permanently.[11] He managed the club in 334 matches, winning 108, drawing 70 and losing 156.[19] Halliday was posthumously inducted into the BrentfordHall of Fame in 2015.[20]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bradford City | 1903–04[21] | Second Division | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Career total | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Brentford | 24 June 1908 | 13 November 1912 | 181 | 62 | 36 | 83 | 034.3 | [19] |
| Brentford | August 1915 | August 1921 | 86 | 24 | 22 | 40 | 027.9 | |
| Brentford | 3 December 1924 | May 1926 | 67 | 22 | 12 | 33 | 032.8 | |
| Total | 334 | 108 | 70 | 156 | 032.3 | — | ||
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