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Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United and Barnsley before an injury at Oakwell forced him to retire in November 1935. He came out of retirement to join
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campaign would be a particularly memorable one, as
Lincoln won their last six games of the season to go from 19 points to 31 points, just one ahead of relegated
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1403:
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20:
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after spending just £2,000 building his team. His cause was greatly helped by the division's top scorer
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in March 1938, but in two months at Park Avenue failed to break into the senior side and was released.
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1187:
390:
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1601:
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204:
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For other football players named Bill or
William Anderson, see
370:(club record league appearance holder) being key players. The
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413:. Anderson departed in 1965, after 855 games in charge.
275:(12 January 1913 – 19 February 1986) was the manager of
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354:though, as Lincoln finished three points ahead of
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335:, some seven points behind second-from-bottom
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859:Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939
327:. However they were immediately relegated in
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872:Matthews, Clarebrough & Kirkham (2003).
342:They were four points short of promotion in
28:
409:, as Lincoln finished third-from-bottom in
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1017:Bill Anderson management career statistics
933:"The Bill Anderson Years : 1947-1962"
279:from 1946 to 1965. He led the club to the
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393:. A second successive relegation came in
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722:Managerial record by team and tenure
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964:Sheffield United The Complete Record
861:. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 9.
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429:Football League Third Division North
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876:. Britespot Publishing. p. 11.
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977:Clarebrough & Kirkham (2012).
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346:, before a fifth-place finish in
2124:English Football League managers
2114:English Football League players
307:Anderson led the "Imps" to the
2139:Footballers from County Durham
2134:Hartlepool United F.C. players
2104:Nottingham Forest F.C. players
939:. 26 June 2007. Archived from
397:, as Lincoln dropped from the
331:after finishing bottom of the
16:English footballer and manager
1:
2109:Sheffield United F.C. players
405:. The fall was completed in
350:. Promotion was secured in
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857:Joyce, Michael (2012).
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444:Lincolnshire Senior Cup
293:Lincolnshire Senior Cup
297:Bradford (Park Avenue)
2094:Barnsley F.C. players
717:Managerial statistics
323:with a victory over
309:Third Division North
291:, as well as twelve
281:Third Division North
34:Personal information
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411:the Football League
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220:Hartlepools United
171:Chopwell Institute
89:Radcliffe-on-Trent
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692:
459:Career statistics
422:with Lincoln City
337:Nottingham Forest
303:Management career
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269:
249:Managerial career
156:Nottingham Forest
140:Medomsley Juniors
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837:
834:
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521:Sheffield United
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360:Newcastle United
317:Jimmy Hutchinson
273:William Anderson
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187:Sheffield United
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152:
130:
122:
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76:19 February 1986
56:
54:
42:William Anderson
31:
21:William Anderson
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822:
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802:
799:
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789:
784:
779:
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773:1 January 1946
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714:
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698:
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461:
419:
403:Fourth Division
333:Second Division
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254:
199:
181:
150:
77:
57:12 January 1913
52:
50:
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17:
12:
11:
5:
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2063:
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2053:
2035:
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1981:
1963:
1945:
1927:
1905:
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1869:
1851:
1833:
1815:
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1779:
1761:
1743:
1721:
1703:
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1667:
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1631:
1613:
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1577:
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1541:
1523:
1505:
1487:
1469:
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1433:
1415:
1397:
1379:
1361:
1343:
1325:
1307:
1289:
1271:
1253:
1235:
1217:
1199:
1181:
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1145:
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1076:
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1056:
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981:. p. 359.
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106:Senior career*
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85:Place of death
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70:
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13:
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4:
3:
2:
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2000:
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1982:
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1964:
1953:
1946:
1935:
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1888:
1877:
1870:
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1852:
1841:
1834:
1823:
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1805:
1798:
1787:
1780:
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1668:
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1077:
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1064:
1054:
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826:
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816:
811:
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703:
701:
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676:
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643:
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635:
633:
630:
628:
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624:
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595:
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582:
579:
576:
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560:
559:
555:
552:
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522:
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387:Roy Chapman
364:Andy Graver
321:Sincil Bank
96:Position(s)
2073:Categories
1858:Holdsworth
1224:McClelland
1118:Calderhead
1021:Soccerbase
947:17 January
902:17 January
844:References
762:Win %
391:Portsmouth
368:Tony Emery
53:1913-01-12
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1422:Pickering
888:"Profile"
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151:1931–1932
100:Left back
91:, England
68:, England
39:Full name
1988:Appleton
1512:Thompson
1242:Anderson
1188:Henshall
1135:Strawson
1068:managers
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474:Season
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730:From
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232:Total
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