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David Ashworth
Personal information
Full name David George Ashworth
Date of birth 2 June 1867[1][2][3]
Place of birth Blackpool, Lancashire[4]
Date of death 1947 (aged 79)
Place of death Blackpool, Lancashire
Managerial career
Years Team
1906–1914 Oldham Athletic
1914–1919 Stockport County
1919–1923 Liverpool
1923–1924 Oldham Athletic
1924–1925 Manchester City
1926–1927 Walsall
1928–1930 Caernarvon Athletic
1930–1931 Llanelly

David George Ashworth (2 June 1867 – 1947) was an English football referee and manager.

He became the first manager of Oldham Athletic in 1906, spending eight successful years there before moving on to manage Stockport County in 1914 and staying with them through the First World War.

In 1920 he was appointed manager of Liverpool and in his first season in charge he guided them to their second successive season in 4th place, eight points behind the Champions Burnley.

The following season, 1921–22, Ashworth led Liverpool to their third League Championship. The team were well on their way to a second successive Championship the following season, when in February 1923 Ashworth left the table-topping side to return to Oldham, then at the bottom of the league. Oldham ended the season relegated, while Liverpool only won one of their last seven games, but still won the Championship by six points.

Ashworth remained at Oldham for just over a year before moving to Manchester City, but he resigned in 1925 as the club struggled towards relegation. He next tried his hand in management with a brief spell with Walsall between 1926 and 1927.

He then moved into the Welsh football system at Caernarvon Athletic in the Welsh National League (North) where he was manager-trainer of a team which was already top of the Welsh League North, and did not lose a home match for two years. The club’s total wage bill was £40 a week in a town of only 10,000, a feat which was described in the local paper as one of the ‘little marvels of the football world’.[5] He finally moved to Llanelly where the club reached its best league position before the 1950s, scoring 72 goals in a 22-match season in contrast to 55 in 28 games before his arrival. On 5 December 1931, the ‘Star’ and ‘South Wales Daily Post’ reported his resignation without explanation.[5]

Managerial career

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Club From To Record
Games Won Drawn Lost %
Oldham Athletic 1906 1914 283 126 67 90 44.52
Stockport County 1914 1919 61 25 12 24 40.98
Liverpool 1920 1923 58 25 14 9 43.1
Oldham Athletic 1923 1924 63 20 22 21 31.75
Manchester City 1924 1925 56 20 13 23 35.71
Walsall 1926 1927 42 16 9 17 38.1
Total 1906–27 563 232 137 184 41.2

Career honours

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Liverpool

See also

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References

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  1. ^ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  2. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  3. ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
  4. ^ David Ashworth, Football Club Secretary & Manager, in 1911 England Census
  5. ^ a b "The Ashworth enigmas". LFC History. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
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