Manager Profile: Billy Birrell
Full Name: William Birrell
Born: Saturday, 13th March 1897
Place of Birth: Cellardyke, Fife, Scotland
Died: Friday, 29th November 1968
Billy Birrell became Chelsea Manager on 19th April 1939, a few weeks (and 4 games) before the end of 1938/9 season. He joined from Queens Park Rangers, where he had been manager since 1935. He cut his managerial teeth at Raith Rovers, where he had also previously been a player and then followed that with a period as manager of AFC Bournmouth, before moving to QPR. His playing career also included a 7 season spell at Middlesbrough as well as his time with Raith.
During his time at Chelsea, the club consistently finished in mid-table, narrowly avoiding relegation in 1951 on goal average. Despite less than brilliant league performance, Birrell did guide Chelsea to two FA Cup semi-finals, in 1950 and 1952, on both occasions losing out to Arsenal in replays. He retired following the 1952 defeat to be replaced by Ted Drake.
Billy Birrell also played a significant part in the development of Chelsea's youth system, which was to pay huge dividends over the next 20 or so years.
Managerial RecordManager from: April, 1939 Manager until: April, 1952
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| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Win % | Goals / Game | League | 248 | 80 | 62 | 106 | 349 | 410 | 32.26% | 1.41 | F.A. Cup | 37 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 58 | 37 | 43.24% | 1.57 | Total | 285 | 96 | 74 | 115 | 407 | 447 | 33.68% | 1.43 |
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Players In
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Jul 1940 | Ron Greenwood | From Juniors | Jan 1944 | Jimmy Bowie | £25 |
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Jul 1944 | Alex Machin | unknown |
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Dec 1944 | Robert Russell | unknown | Mar 1945 | John Harris | £5,000 | Mar 1945 | Len Goulden | £4,500 |
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Apr 1945 | Murdoch Dickie | unknown |
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May 1945 | Jimmy Bain | unknown |
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Jul 1945 | Len Dolding | unknown |
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Oct 1945 | Reg Williams | unknown |
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Oct 1945 | Bill Robertson | unknown | Nov 1945 | Tommy Lawton | £11,500 | Dec 1945 | Danny Winter | £5,000 |
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Mar 1946 | Fred Lewis | unknown |
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Jul 1946 | Bill Robertson | unknown |
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Jul 1946 | Willi Steffen | unknown |
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Aug 1946 | Alex Davidson | unknown | Aug 1946 | John Galloway | £4,000 | Sep 1946 | Tommy Walker | £6,000 |
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Sep 1946 | Ray Goddard | unknown |
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Sep 1946 | Sidney Bathgate | unknown |
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Sep 1946 | Fred Richardson | unknown | Nov 1946 | Johnny Paton | On Loan |
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Nov 1946 | James Macaulay | unknown |
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Dec 1946 | Harry Medhurst | unknown |
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Dec 1946 | Ken Armstrong | unknown |
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Jan 1947 | Phil McKnight | unknown |
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May 1947 | Bobby Campbell | unknown |
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May 1947 | John McInnes | unknown |
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Oct 1947 | Joseph Simner | unknown |
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Oct 1947 | Benny Jones | unknown |
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Nov 1947 | Bill Dickson | unknown |
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Nov 1947 | Charlie Dyke | unknown | Jan 1948 | Roy Bentley | £11,000 | Mar 1948 | Hugh Billington | £8,000 | Mar 1948 | Billy Hughes | £12,000 |
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May 1948 | Jack Saunders | unknown |
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May 1948 | Peter Pickering | unknown |
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Jul 1948 | Len Kell | From Juniors |
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Jul 1948 | Bob Warren | unknown |
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Jan 1949 | Frank Mitchell | unknown |
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Mar 1949 | Billy Gray | unknown |
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Jul 1949 | Jimmy Leadbetter | unknown | Jul 1949 | Stan Willemse | £6,500 |
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Jul 1949 | Jack Allister | unknown | Jul 1949 | Freddie Jenkins | £10,000 |
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May 1950 | Bobby Smith | From Juniors | Nov 1950 | Eric Parsons | £23,000 |
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Dec 1950 | Ernie Randall | unknown |
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Jan 1951 | Wally Hinshelwood | unknown |
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Feb 1951 | Harry Hughes | unknown |
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Mar 1951 | Sid Tickridge | unknown |
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Apr 1951 | James Smith | unknown |
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May 1951 | Peter Tuck | From Juniors |
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Jun 1951 | Andy Bowman | From Juniors |
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Aug 1951 | Alan Dicks | unknown | Oct 1951 | Jimmy D'Arcy | £6,000 |
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Oct 1951 | Ralph Oelofse | unknown |
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Nov 1951 | Bob Edwards | unknown |
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Nov 1951 | Mike Collins | unknown |
| Players Out
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May 1939 | Len Allum |
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May 1939 | Harold Miller |
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May 1939 | Ned Barkas | May 1939 | Tommy Law |
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May 1939 | George Gibson |
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May 1939 | Allan Craig |
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Jun 1939 | Ernest Reid |
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Jun 1941 | Bob Griffiths |
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Jun 1941 | John O'Hare |
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Sep 1941 | George Barber |
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Jun 1942 | Jack Mayes |
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Jun 1942 | Johnny Jackson |
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Jun 1943 | George Mills |
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Jun 1945 | David Alexander |
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Jun 1945 | Jack Smith |
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Jun 1945 | Doug Smale |
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Jun 1945 | Jack Sherborne |
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Jun 1945 | Bob Salmond |
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Jun 1945 | Billy Mitchell |
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Jun 1945 | Ron Greenwood |
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Dec 1945 | Victor Woodley | Dec 1945 | Sam Weaver |
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Dec 1945 | Harry Burgess |
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May 1946 | Sid Bidewell |
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Jun 1946 | Alf Hanson |
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Jun 1946 | Peter Buchanan | Dec 1946 | Joe Payne |
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Feb 1947 | Murdoch Dickie |
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May 1947 | Jimmy Bain |
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Jun 1947 | Willi Steffen | Jun 1947 | Johnny Paton |
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Jul 1947 | Jimmy Argue |
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Oct 1947 | Fred Richardson | Nov 1947 | Tommy Lawton |
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Jun 1948 | Alex Machin |
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Jul 1948 | Alex White |
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Jul 1948 | Ray Goddard |
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Jul 1948 | Len Dolding |
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Aug 1948 | Robert Russell |
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Aug 1948 | Alex Davidson | Dec 1948 | Tommy Walker |
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Dec 1948 | Bill Robertson | May 1949 | John Galloway |
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Jul 1949 | Joseph Simner | Jun 1950 | Len Goulden | Jun 1950 | Dick Spence | Jan 1951 | Jimmy Bowie |
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May 1951 | Wally Hinshelwood |
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Jun 1951 | John McInnes |
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Jun 1951 | Charlie Dyke | Jun 1951 | Freddie Jenkins | Jun 1951 | Billy Hughes | Jun 1951 | Danny Winter |
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Jun 1951 | Peter Pickering | Jul 1951 | Hugh Billington |
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Aug 1951 | Bob Warren |
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Aug 1951 | James Macaulay |
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Oct 1951 | Reg Williams |
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