Gordon Bartlett

Gordon Bartlett
Personal information
Full name Gordon Bartlett[1]
Date of birth (1955-12-03) 3 December 1955
Place of birth Chiswick, England[1]
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1973 West Ham United
1973–1974 Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1975 Portsmouth 2 (1)
1975 Denver Dynamos
1975–1977 Slough Town 32 (5)
1977 Brentford 0 (0)
Teams managed
1986–1989 Hounslow
1991–1995 Yeading
1995–2017 Wealdstone
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gordon Bartlett (born 3 December 1955 in London) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Playing career

After beginning his career with West Ham United and Portsmouth,[2][3] Bartlett played for the Denver Dynamos in the North American Soccer League.[4] Following his time with Denver Dynamos, he returned to England and signed for non-league side Slough Town where he enjoyed two years making 43 appearances, scoring seven times.[5] He appeared in pre-season friendlies for Brentford, but failed to make a competitive appearance.[6] His career was cut short by injury.[7]

Managerial career

After managerial spells at Yeading, Hounslow and Southall, Bartlett joined Wealdstone as manager in June 1995.[7] Between May 2013 and August 2017, he was the longest-serving manager in the top six tiers of the English football pyramid.[8] On 21 August 2017, it was announced that he had stepped down as manager and would remain with the club in a backroom role.[9]

Honours

As a manager

Wealdstone

Yeading

  • Isthmian League First Division second-place promotion (1): 1991–92[12]

Hounslow

As an individual

  • Isthmian League Manager of the Year: 2013–14[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gordon Bartlett". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Five Minutes of Your Time Please; Gordon Bartlett - 2nd Yellow". 2nd Yellow. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "PompeyRama". Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "NASL-". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Slough Town FC". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 308. ISBN 978-1906796709.
  7. 1 2 "OFF THE BENCH – Gordon Bartlett". Wealdstone F.C. 26 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  8. ↑ "FA Cup: Longer-serving than Wenger – the manager who goes through chairmen". BBC Sport. 2016-10-14. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Barlett steps down as Wealdstone manager after 22 years". Harrow Times. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 Hodgkins, Leila. "Wealdstone | Clubs | The Non-League Club Directory". www.non-leagueclubdirectory.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  11. ↑ Association, The Football. "Previous Senior Charity Cup Finals | MiddlesexFA". www.middlesexfa.com. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  12. ↑ Hodgkins, Leila. "Yeading | Clubs | The Non-League Club Directory". www.non-leagueclubdirectory.co.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Management Team". Wealdstone FC. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "Ryman Premier Manager of the Year, Gordon Bartlett – The Bostik Football League". www.isthmian.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

Further reading

  • Mike Neasom, Mick Cooper & Doug Robinson (1984). Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club. Milestone Publications. ISBN 0-903852-50-0.
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