Henry J. "Harry" Newbould (1861 in Everton, Liverpool – April 1928) was an English

England

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 football manager who managed Derby County

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

 and Manchester City

Manchester City F.C.

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.

Before becoming a manager Newbould combined a job at an iron foundry with playing football, playing as an outside right. Derby St. Luke and Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

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 among his clubs. He later trained as an accountant.

In 1900 he became the first person to hold the position of manager at Derby County, stepping up from his previous position as assistant secretary. Prior to his appointment the Derby team was selected by committee. Newbould's Derby reached the FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 final in 1903, but lost 6–0 to Bury

Bury F.C.

Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...

 at Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

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. In 1906 financial pressures led Derby's directors to sell England

England national football team

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 international Steve Bloomer

Steve Bloomer

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 to Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

. Newbould disagreed with the decision, and left the club at the end of the season to take up the managerial position at Manchester City.

Newbould joined Manchester City with the club in turmoil. A scandal concerning illegal payments to players had resulted in the suspension of seventeen players, leaving a squad of only eleven players. Newbould was tasked with both rebuilding the team and proving the club's accounts were being run in a lawful manner. Newbould's first match was an encounter with Woolwich Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

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 at Hyde Road

Hyde Road

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. The makeshift side struggled on a hot day, losing three players to sunstroke by half-time. By the end of the match City were down to just six players, the final score 4–1 to Arsenal. His second match saw an even heavier defeat, 9–1 to Everton

Everton F.C.

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, a scoreline which remains a club record defeat more than a century later. Over the course of the season Newbould's City gradually recovered, winning the first top-flight Manchester derby

Manchester derby

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 3–0, but only finished two places above the relegation zone. The following season he guided Manchester City to a third place finish, but performances were inconsistent, and in the 1908–09 season

1908-09 in English football

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 the club were relegated

Promotion and relegation

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. Newbould remained manager after relegation and led City to the Second Division

Football League Second Division

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 championship at the first attempt. After two consecutive bottom half Division One finishes, Newbould left the club.

After leaving City he had a brief spell as a coach at Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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's Akademisk Boldklub

Akademisk Boldklub

Akademisk Boldklub or AB is a Danish professional football club from Copenhagen,currently playing at the second highest level in Danish domestic football, the 1st Division.-History:...

 before becoming secretary of the Players' Union in 1913, a position he held until his death in 1928.