Richard Henry Wadge was an English

England

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 football manager who managed Burnley

Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

 for a short spell in 1910. Born in Liskeard

Liskeard

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, Cornwall

Cornwall

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, he initially joined Burnley as a director

Board of directors

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 before taking charge of the first team for three matches following the death of former manager Spen Whittaker

Spen Whittaker

Spen Whittaker known as "Spen", was the manager of Burnley from 1903 to 1910.His reign as Burnley manager was to come to a tragic end in April 1910. Whittaker was on his way to London by train to register the signing of a new player. When the train stopped in Crewe, it was reported that a man had...

. His first match in charge was the 0–1 defeat to Glossop

Glossop North End A.F.C.

Glossop North End A.F.C. are an English football club based in Glossop, Derbyshire. Former members of the Football League, they are currently in the North West Counties League and are members of the Derbyshire County Football Association. They play their home matches at Surrey Street, which has a...

 at Turf Moor

Turf Moor

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 on 18 April 1910. Five days later, the team drew 1–1 with Leicester Fosse and his final match in charge was the 3–0 victory at home to Lincoln City

Lincoln City F.C.

Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....

 on 30 April 1910, which was the final match of the 1909–10 season. He subsequently returned to his role as a director and was replaced as manager by John Haworth

John Haworth

John Haworth was an English football manager. After playing amateur football as a youth, he was appointed manager of Accrington Stanley in 1897. He was in charge of the team for 13 years, leading them to two Lancashire Combination titles, before moving to nearby Burnley in July 1910...

prior to the start of the 1910–11 campaign. Wadge died in London in 1923, at the age of 59.