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He started in football management in the same year at [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] during the club's halcyon days, before moving on to [[Wigan Borough F.C.|Wigan Borough]] (1921–1923), [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] (1923–1926), and then to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in April 1927, after a break.<ref name="Butler"/> He remained there until 1931, resigning in part after United lost 12 consecutive matches during the 1930–31 season.<ref name="Butler"/>
Coincidentally, in 1909 he had refereed the [[FA Cup]] fourth round (quarter-final) tie between Burnley and his future charges United – calling the game off due to heavy snow, at 1–0 to Burnley and with only 18 minutes left to play. He also refereed the 1914 match between [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] and [[England national football team|England]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Red Life Managers |url=http://www.btinternet.com/~c.beirne/managers.html
==Managerial statistics==
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