Leeds United A.F.C. personnel
The record of personnel past and present who have been employed by Leeds United A.F.C. since their formation in 1919.
Officials
The Right Honourable The Earl of Harewood KBE LLD was elected the first President of the club in 1961 and has held the position since. John Bromley and Stanley Blenkinsop became Vice Presidents the same year.
Chairmen
From |
To |
Name |
Notes |
1919 |
1919 |
Joe Henry |
|
1919 |
1924 |
J. HILTON Crowther |
|
1924 |
1931 |
Sir Albert Braithwaite |
|
1931 |
1933 |
Eric Clarke |
|
1933 |
1937 |
Alf Masser |
|
1937 |
1948 |
Ernest Pullan |
|
1948 |
1961 |
Sam Bolton |
|
1961 |
1967 |
Harry Reynolds |
|
1967 |
1968 |
Albert Morris |
|
1968 |
1972 |
Percy Woodward |
|
1972 |
1983 |
Manny Cussins |
|
1983 |
1996 |
Leslie Silver |
|
1996 |
1997 |
Bill Fotherby |
|
1997 |
2003 |
Peter Ridsdale |
|
2003 |
2003 |
Professor John McKenzie |
|
2003 |
2004 |
Trevor Birch |
Acting |
2004 |
2005 |
Gerald Krasner |
|
2005 |
present |
Ken Bates |
Brief period not in charge during administration period of 2007 |
Directors
Club Directors
From |
To |
Name |
Executive Position |
Notes |
1919 |
1919 |
Joe Henry Jnr. |
Chairman (1919) |
|
1919 |
1957 |
J. Hilton Crowther |
Chairman (1919-24) |
|
1919 |
1950 |
Alf E. Masser |
Chairman (1933-37) |
|
1919 |
Unknown |
Mark Barker |
||
1925 |
1933 |
Eric Clarke |
Vice Chairman (Unknown-1931),Chairman (1931-33) |
|
Unknown |
c.1950 |
Ernest Pullan |
||
c.1940 |
Unknown |
J.I. Stonehouse |
Vice Chairman (dates unknown) |
|
1946 |
1976 |
Percy Woodward |
Vice Chairman (1961-68),Chairman (1968-72) |
|
1946 |
1968 |
Harold Marjason |
||
1947 |
1965 |
Robert Wilkinson |
||
1945 |
1976 |
Sam Bolton |
Chairman (1948-61) |
|
1949 |
1960 |
John Bromley |
||
c.1950 |
1960 |
Stanley Blenkinsop |
||
1955 |
1967 |
Harry Reynolds |
Chairman (1961-67) |
|
1958 |
1960 |
Jim Baker |
||
1958 |
1960 |
F.G. Moorehouse |
||
1958 |
1960 |
Dr. F.N. Winder |
||
1958 |
1960 |
Robert R. Roberts |
1st spell |
|
1961 |
1968 |
Albert Morris |
Chairman (1967-68) |
|
1961 |
1982 |
Sidney Simon |
||
1961 |
1987 |
Manny Cussins |
Chairman (1972-83) |
|
1973 |
1980 |
Robert R. Roberts |
2nd spell |
|
1976 |
1980 |
R. Brian Roberts |
||
1976 |
2000 |
Rayner Barker |
Vice Chairman (1979-1981) |
|
1976 |
1998 |
Jack Marjason |
Deputy Chairman (c.1988-98), Finance Director (dates unknown) |
|
1976 |
1985 |
Brian Woodward |
||
1981 |
2001 |
Leslie Silver |
Vice Chairman (1981-83)Chairman (1983-96) |
|
1983 |
1997 |
Peter Gilman |
Vice Chairman (1983-96) |
|
1981 |
1994 |
Maxwell Holmes |
||
1981 |
1997 |
Bill Fotherby |
Commerical Director (1987-88),Managing Director (1988-96), Chairman (1996-97) |
|
1985 |
1995 |
Malcolm J. Bedford |
||
1985 |
1995 |
Ronald D. Feldman |
||
1985 |
2002 |
Alec Hudson |
||
1985 |
1995 |
Eric Carlile |
Supporter's Club Representative |
|
1986 |
2003 |
Peter Ridsdale |
Chairman (1997-2003) |
Non-executive following resignation as chairman |
1991 |
1996 |
Ken Woolmer |
||
1995 |
1998 |
Peter McCormick |
Also Club Solicitor (1995-2005), Board Consultant (2005) |
|
1997 |
2001 |
Adam Pearson |
Commercial Director |
|
1997 |
1999 |
Jeremy Fenn |
Managing Director |
|
1997 |
2003 |
David Spencer |
Operations Director |
|
2000 |
2003 |
Stephen Harrison |
Finance Director (2000-02)Chief Operations Officer (2002-03) |
|
2001 |
2003 |
David Walker |
Communications Director |
|
2002 |
2004 |
Professor John McKenzie |
Chairman (2003) |
Non-executive |
2003 |
2004 |
Trevor Birch |
Acting Chairman |
Also Chief Executive Officer |
2004 |
2005 |
Gerald Krasner |
Chairman |
|
2004 |
2005 |
Melvyn Levi |
||
2004 |
2004 |
David Richmond |
Managing Director |
|
2004 |
2005 |
Melvin Helme |
Finance Director |
|
2004 |
2005 |
Simon Morris |
||
2004 |
2007 |
Peter Lorimer |
||
2005 |
present |
Ken Bates |
Chairman |
Due to administration, not a Director for a brief period in July 2007 |
2005 |
2007 |
Jayne McGuinness |
Vice Chairman |
|
2005 |
2007 |
Yvonne Todd |
Finance Director |
|
2005 |
present |
Mark Taylor |
Due to administration, not a Director for a brief period in July 2007. Also Club Solicitor |
|
2007 |
present |
Shaun Harvey |
Also Chief Executive Officer |
Parent Company Directors
In 1996, CASPIAN Group purchased the club from shareholders for £16m. Months later, Caspian Group became a PLC and changed its name to Leeds Sporting PLC. During this period, the club had two Boards of Directors - one for the football club and one for the parent company. The name of the PLC was changed to Leeds United PLC in 2001. The parent company had four chairmen, Chris Akers (June 1996 - July 1998), Peter Ridsdale (July 1998 - April 2003), Prof. John McKenzie (March-December 2003) and Trevor Birch (December 2003 - March 2004)
In 2004, the PLC went in to administration and administraters, Ernst and Young sold the club for £30m to Adulant Force Ltd - a private consortium headed by Gerald Krasner. Several weeks later, the PLC was liquidated.
Listed below are directors of the parent company first created as Caspian Group and liquidated as Leeds United PLC.
From |
To |
Name |
Position |
Club Director? |
Notes |
1996 |
1998 |
Chris Akers |
Chairman,Chief Executive Officer |
No |
|
1996 |
1999 |
Jeremy Fenn |
Yes |
||
1996 |
1999 |
Richard Thompson |
No |
Non-executive |
|
1996 |
1997 |
Bill Fotherby |
Yes |
||
1996 |
2003 |
Peter Ridsdale |
Chairman (1998-2003) |
Yes |
|
1996 |
1998 |
Robin Welch |
No |
Non-executive |
|
c.1996 |
1999 |
Natalie Martin |
Finance Director |
||
1998 |
2003 |
Allan Leighton |
Vice Chairman |
No |
|
1998 |
2002 |
Richard North |
No |
Non-executive |
|
2000 |
2003 |
Stephen Harrison |
Finance Director (2000-02),Chief Operations Officer (2002-03) |
Yes |
|
2001 |
2003 |
David Spencer |
Operations Director |
Yes |
|
2003 |
2003 |
Prof. John McKenzie |
Chairman (2003) |
Yes |
Non-executive |
2003 |
2003 |
Neil Holloway |
No |
Non-executive |
|
2003 |
2004 |
Neil Robson |
Finance Director |
Yes |
|
2003 |
2004 |
Trevor Birch |
Chairman |
Yes |
Chief Executive Officers
From |
To |
Name |
1983 |
1986 |
Terry Nash |
1996 |
1997 |
Robin Saunders |
2002 |
2003 |
Stephen Harrison |
2003 |
2004 |
Trevor Birch |
2004 |
2004 |
Chris Middleton |
2004 |
present |
Shaun Harvey |
Administration
From |
To |
Name |
Position |
Assistant |
1920 |
1927 |
Arthur Fairclough |
Secretary |
|
1935 |
1958 |
C. Arthur Crowther |
|Secretary |
Harry Lunn |
1958 |
1967 |
Cyril Williamson |
Secretary & General Manager |
Keith Archer (1966-68) |
1967 |
P.L. Crowther |
General Manager |
Keith Archer |
|
1966 |
1982 |
Keith Archer |
Assistant Secretary (1966-68),General Manager (1968-77),Secretary (1969-82) |
David Dowse (1974-82) |
1968 |
1969 |
Cyril Williamson |
Secretary |
|
1977 |
1983 |
Mike Lockwood |
General Manager |
|
1974 |
1990 |
David Dowse |
Assistant Secretary (1974-82),Secretary (1982-90) |
Mike Dooley |
c.1983 |
c.1997 |
Alan Roberts |
General Manager |
|
1990 |
1998 |
Nigel Pleasants |
Secretary |
|
1998 |
2005 |
Ian Silvester |
Secretary |
|
1999 |
Ali O'Dowd |
Acting Secretary |
||
c.2005 |
present |
Alison Royston |
Head of Football Administration |
Coaching staff
Managers
Assistant Managers
From |
To |
Name |
Appointed by |
Position (If different to Assistant Manager) |
Notes |
1920 |
1923 |
[...] Ray |
Fairclough |
Demoted from Manager in 1920 |
|
1923 |
1927 |
Bill Norman |
Fairclough |
||
1961 |
c.1982 |
Maurice Lindley |
Revie |
Chief Playing Staff Executive (from 1980) |
|
1979 |
1980 |
David Merrington |
Adamson |
Deputy Manager |
|
1980 |
1982 |
Martin Wilkinson |
Clarke |
Deputy Manager |
|
1982 |
1985 |
Jimmy Lumsden |
Gray |
||
1985 |
1988 |
Dave Bentley |
Bremner |
||
1988 |
1996 |
Mick Hennigan |
Wilkinson |
||
1996 |
1998 |
David O'Leary |
Graham |
Promoted to Manager in 1998 |
|
1998 |
2003 |
Eddie Gray |
O'Leary |
Caretaker Manager in 2003-04 |
|
2003 |
2004 |
Kevin Blackwell |
Reid |
Promoted to Manager in 2004 |
|
2004 |
2006 |
Sam Ellis |
Blackwell |
||
2006 |
John Carver |
Blackwell |
Caretaker Manager in 2006 |
||
2006 |
2007 |
Gus Poyet |
Wise |
||
2007 |
Alan Thompson |
Wise |
Acting |
||
2007 |
2008 |
Dave Bassett |
Wise |
||
2008 |
Steve Staunton |
McAllister |
Coaches/Trainers
From |
To |
Name |
Position |
Managers Served Under |
Notes |
1920 |
1925 |
[...] Murrell |
Trainer |
Trainer for Leeds City from 1911-19 |
|
1920 |
1945 |
Albert Stead |
Assistant Trainer |
||
1923 |
Unknown |
Allan Ure |
Assistant Trainer |
||
1925 |
c.1937 |
Arthur Campey |
Trainer |
||
1935 |
1957 |
Bob Roxburgh |
Trainer |
Demoted to Head Physio in 1957 |
|
1939 |
1946 |
Gordon Hodgson |
Assistant Trainer |
||
1947 |
1949 |
Sam Weaver |
Assistant Trainer |
||
1939 |
1946 |
Willis Edwards |
Assistant Trainer |
||
1948 |
1958 |
Willis Edwards |
Assistant Trainer |
Demoted from Manager in 1948 |
|
1949 |
1950 |
E.C. Taylor |
Assistant Trainer |
||
1956 |
1960 |
Ivor Powell |
Assistant Trainer |
||
1957 |
1958 |
Bill Lambton |
Trainer |
Promoted to Manager in 1958 |
|
c.1958 |
1960 |
Maurice Lindley |
Head Coach |
Taylor |
|
1960 |
1976 |
Syd Owen |
Head Coach |
Taylor, Revie |
|
1961 |
1974 |
Les Cocker |
Trainer |
Taylor, Revie |
|
1974 |
1974 |
Jimmy Gordon |
Trainer |
Clough |
|
1976 |
1978 |
Jim McInearney |
Coach |
Armfield |
|
1978 |
1979 |
Brian Green |
Coach |
Adamson |
|
1979 |
1980 |
Syd Farrimond |
Coach |
Adamson |
|
1980 |
1984 |
Barry Murphy |
First Team Coach |
Clarke |
|
1988 |
1988 |
Norman Hunter |
First Team Coach |
Bremner |
|
2001 |
2003 |
Brian Kidd |
Head Coach |
O'Leary, Venables |
Promoted from Academy Director |
2004 |
2005 |
Aidy Boothroyd |
First Team Coach |
Blackwell |
|
2005 |
2006 |
John Carver |
Head Coach |
Blackwell |
Promoted to Assistant Manager in 2006 |
2006 |
2008 |
Joe Allon |
Coach |
Wise |
|
2007 |
2008 |
John Gannon |
First Team Coach |
Wise |
|
2008 |
Neil McDonald |
First Team Coach |
McAllister |
||
2008 |
present |
Ian Miller |
First Team Coach |
Grayson |
Joint First Team Coach with Glynn Snodin |
2009 |
present |
Glynn Snodin |
First Team Coach |
Grayson |
Joint First Team Coach with Ian Miller |
Goalkeeping Coaches
From |
To |
Name |
Notes |
Unknown |
1998 |
John Burridge |
|
1998 |
2004 |
Steve Sutton |
|
2004 |
2006 |
Martin Hodge |
|
2006 |
present |
Andy Beasley |
Reserve Team Coaches
From |
To |
Name |
Notes |
1948 |
1960 |
Willis Edwards |
Demoted from Manager in 1948. Also Assistant Trainer |
1967 |
1975 |
Cyril Patridge |
|
1978 |
1980 |
Bryan Edwards |
|
1980 |
1991 |
Peter Gunby |
|
1995 |
1997 |
David Williams |
|
1997 |
1998 |
Eddie Gray |
Promoted to Assistant Manager in 1998 |
2000 |
2003 |
Roy Aitken |
|
2003 |
2005 |
Steve Agnew |
|
2006 |
David Geddis |
||
2006 |
present |
Neil Thompson |
Also Academy Director |
Academy Staff
From |
To |
Name |
Position |
Notes |
1976 |
1977 |
Bobby Collins |
Youth Team Coach |
|
1982 |
1986 |
Keith Mincher |
Youth Team Coach |
|
1982 |
1984 |
Jack Roberts |
Youth Team Trainer |
|
1985 |
c.1990 |
Terry Rhodes |
Youth Development Officer |
|
1985 |
1985 |
Peter Cooper |
Youth Team Trainer |
|
1987 |
1989 |
Alan McIvor |
Youth Team Coach |
|
1988 |
1992 |
[...] Bate |
Youth Development Officer |
|
1991 |
1995 |
Eddie Beaglehole |
Youth Development Officer (1992-95) |
|
1992 |
1997 |
Paul Hart |
Academy Director |
|
1994 |
1998 |
Robin Wray |
Youth Team Coach |
|
1995 |
1997 |
Eddie Gray |
Youth Team Coach |
Promoted to Reserve Team Manager in 1997 |
1995 |
1997 |
John Bilton |
Youth Development Officer |
|
1995 |
1995 |
Andy Beaglehole |
Youth Team Manager |
|
1997 |
1999 |
John Dungworth |
Youth Development Officer |
|
1998 |
2000 |
Alan Hill |
Academy Director |
|
1999 |
2000 |
Steve Beaglehole |
Assistant Academy Director |
|
2000 |
2001 |
Brian Kidd |
Academy Director |
Promoted to First Team Coach in 2001 |
2000 |
2004 |
Bryan 'Pop' Robson |
Under 17s Coach (2000-01), Under 19s Coach (2001-04) |
|
2000 |
unknown |
Clive Richards |
Assistant Academy Director |
|
c.2000 |
2009 |
Dave Harrison |
Youth Team Coach |
Also Head of Recruitment |
2001 |
2005 |
Gary Worthington |
Assistant Academy Director |
|
2002 |
2004 |
Andy Ritchie |
Academy Manager |
|
Unknown |
2003 |
John Buckley |
Youth Team Coach |
|
Unknown |
2003 |
John Francis |
Youth Team Coach |
|
2004 |
present |
Neil Thompson |
Academy Manager |
Also Reserve Team Manager from 2006 |
2006 |
2007 |
Steve Agnew |
Under 18s Coach |
|
c.2006 |
present |
Terry Potter |
Development and Recruitment Officer |
Also Academy Scout |
2007 |
Paul Beesley |
Under 18s Coach |
||
2007 |
present |
Daral Pugh |
Under 16s & 18s Coach (2007-09), Assistant Academy Director (2009-present) |
|
2008 |
present |
Mick Walker |
Youth Team Coaching Assistant |
|
c.2008 |
present |
Joe Dove |
Youth Team Coach |
|
2009 |
present |
Neil Redfearn |
Under 18s Coach |
Miscellaneous
Physiotherapists
From |
To |
Name |
Position |
Notes |
1957 |
unknown |
Bob Roxburgh |
Physio |
|
1957 |
1982 |
Bob English |
Head Physio |
|
1976 |
1986 |
Geoff Ladley |
Assistant Physio (1976-82), Head Physio (1982-86) |
1st spell |
1986 |
2007 |
Alan Sutton |
Head Physio (1986-93), Assistant Physio (1993-2007) |
|
1993 |
1997 |
Geoff Ladley |
Head Physio |
2nd spell |
1997 |
2000 |
Dave Swift |
Head Physio |
|
1998 |
2005 |
Bruce Craven |
Sports Therapist |
Died whilst working for the club in 2005 |
2000 |
2002 |
Tim Williamson |
Assistant Physio |
|
2000 |
2003 |
Mark Nile |
Assistant Physio |
|
2000 |
2006 |
Dave Hancock |
Head Physio |
|
2004 |
present |
Harvey Sharman |
Assistant Physio (2004-06), Head Physio (2006-present) |
|
2007 |
present |
Paul Perkins |
Assistant Physio |
|
2007 |
present |
Donna Gormley |
Assistant Physio |
Scouting
From |
To |
Name |
Position |
Notes |
1947 |
'''Billy Hampson |
Chief Scout |
||
1961 |
1997 |
John Barr |
Scout |
|
1961 |
1978 |
Tony Collins |
Chief Scout |
1st spell |
1978 |
1980 |
Dave Blakey |
Chief Scout |
1st spell |
1980 |
1982 |
Tony Collins |
Chief Scout |
2nd spell |
1982 |
Syd Owen |
Chief Scout |
||
1982 |
1985 |
Tony Fawthrop |
Chief Scout |
|
1985 |
1988 |
Dave Blakey |
Chief Scout |
2nd spell |
Unknown |
1993 |
Ian McFarlane |
Chief Scout |
|
1993 |
1996 |
Geoff Sleight |
Chief Scout |
|
1993 |
1998 |
Ian Broomfield |
Scout |
1st spell |
1996 |
1999 |
Ian McNeill |
Chief Scout |
1st spell |
1999 |
2003 |
Ian Broomfield |
Chief Scout |
2nd spell |
2003 |
2004 |
Adrian Heath |
Chief Scout |
|
c.2000 |
2009 |
Dave Harrison |
Head of Recruitment |
|
2005 |
2006 |
Ian McNeill |
Chief Scout |
2nd spell |
c.2006 |
present |
Terry Potter |
Academy Scout |
|
2006 |
present |
Gwyn Williams |
Technical Director |
Others
From |
To |
Name |
Position |
c.1960 |
unknown |
'''Cecil Burrows |
Groundsman |
c.1972 |
c.1998 |
John Reynolds |
Head Groundsman |
c.1990 |
2007 |
Sean Hardy |
Kit Manager |
c.1997 |
c.2000 |
Eddie Baranowksi |
Fitness Coach |
1998 |
present |
Norman Southernwood |
Head Groundsman |
unknown |
c.2001 |
Jez Milner |
Assistant Groundsman |
2001 |
2003 |
Dr. Steve McGregor |
Sports Science Manager |
2003 |
2006 |
Dean Riddle |
Fitness Coach |
c.2005 |
unknown |
Craig Knight |
Assistant Groundsman |
2005 |
present |
Darren Mowbray |
Performance Analyst |
2006 |
2007 |
Carl Serrant |
Assistant Fitness Coach |
2007 |
present |
Matt Pears |
Fitness Coach |
2007 |
present |
Chris Beesley |
Kit Manager |
References
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