Jackie Bray

"Jack Bray" redirects here. For the Australian rules footballer, see Jack Bray (Australian footballer).

Jackie Bray
Personal information
Full name	John Bray^[1]
Date of birth	(1909-04-22)22 April 1909^[1]
Place of birth	Oswaldtwistle, England^[2]
Date of death	20 November 1982 (aged 73)^[1]
Playing position	Left half
Youth career
	Clayton Olympia
	Manchester Central
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1929–1938	Manchester City	257	(10)
Total		257	(10)
National team
1935–1937	England	6	(0)
Teams managed
1947–1948	Watford
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

John "Jackie" Bray (22 April 1909 – 20 November 1982) was an English football player who played in the left half position. He won 6 caps for England between 1934 and 1937. His younger brother, George, was also a professional footballer and spent his entire career with Burnley.^[3]

He played for Manchester Central, before spending 1929 to 1938 with Manchester City, winning an FA Cup runner-up medal in 1933 and a winners medal in 1934, before helping the club to the First Division title in 1936–37. He guested for numerous clubs during World War II, and briefly managed Watford in the 1947–48 season.

Playing career

Manchester City

Bray played for Clayton Olympia and Manchester Central, before joining Manchester City in 1929. He helped the "Citizens" to finish third in the First Division in 1929–30. They dropped to eighth place in 1930–31 and then 14th in 1931–32. City reached the FA Cup semi-finals in 1932, where they lost 1–0 to Arsenal at Villa Park. Though they could only manage a 16th-place finish in the league in 1932–33, City reached the FA Cup final, losing 3–0 to Everton at Wembley. They then rose up to fifth place in 1933–34, and won the FA Cup with a 2–1 victory over Portsmouth. City finished fourth in 1934–35 and ninth in 1935–36. In 1936–37, Bray was a virtual ever-present as Manchester City took the Football League title. The Maine Road outfit then dropped to 21st place in 1937–38, and were relegated into the Second Division.

His career was then interrupted by World War II. During the war he guested for Blackburn Rovers, Nottingham Forest, Bolton Wanderers, Crewe Alexandra, Birmingham and Port Vale.^[1]

England

Bray won his first England cap on 29 September 1934 in a 4–0 win over Wales at Ninian Park.^[4] He won further caps in games against Ireland at Windsor Park, Germany at White Hart Lane, Wales at Molineux, and Scotland at Wembley.^[4] His final appearance was on 17 April 1937, in a 3–1 defeat to Scotland in front of a crowd of 149,407 at Hampden Park.^[4]

Management career

Bray was appointed as Bill Findlay's successor as manager of Watford in March 1947, as the "Hornets" finished the 1946–47 season in 16th place in the Third Division South. The Vicarage Road outfit won only 11 of his 40 games in charge, and Bray departed in January 1948; his replacement, Eddie Hapgood, led the club to a 15th-place finish in 1947–48. Bray later became a coach at non-league club Nelson.

Statistics

Playing statistics

Sourced from Jackie Bray profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Manchester City	1929–30	First Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1930–31	First Division	21	0	1	0	22	0
	1931–32	First Division	20	1	0	0	20	1
	1932–33	First Division	30	0	7	0	37	0
	1933–34	First Division	16	2	3	0	19	2
	1934–35	First Division	39	1	1	0	40	1
	1935–36	First Division	38	1	3	0	41	1
	1936–37	First Division	40	2	4	0	44	2
	1937–38	First Division	28	2	1	0	29	2
	1938–39	Second Division	23	1	0	0	23	1
Career Total			257	10	20	0	277	10

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Watford	1 March 1947	31 January 1948	7001400000000000000♠40	7001110000000000000♠11	7001100000000000000♠10	7001190000000000000♠19	7001275000000000000♠27.50
Total^[5]			7001400000000000000♠40	7001110000000000000♠11	7001100000000000000♠10	7001190000000000000♠19	7001275000000000000♠27.50

Honours

with Manchester City

FA Cup runner-up: 1933
FA Cup winner: 1934
Football League First Division champion: 1936–37

References

1 2 3 4 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 40. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
↑ Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888–1939. Soccerdata. p. 35. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
↑ Simpson, Ray (1996). The Clarets Collection 1946–1996. Burnley FC. p. 33. ISBN 0-9521799-0-3.
1 2 3 "Profile". englandstats.com. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
↑ Jackie Bray management career statistics at Soccerbase

Watford F.C. – managers

Goodall (1903–10)
Kent (1910–26)
Pagnam (1926–29)
McBain (1929–37)
Findlay (1938–47)
Bray (1947–48)
Hapgood (1948–50)
Gray (1950–51)
Green (1951–52)
Goulden (1952–55)
Paton (1955–56)
Goulden (1956)
McBain (1956–59)
Burgess (1959–63)
McGarry (1963–64)
Furphy (1964–71)
Kirby (1971–73)
Keen (1973–77)
Taylor (1977–87)
Bassett (1987–88)
Harrison (1988–90)
Lee (1990)
Perryman (1990–93)
Roeder (1993–96)
Taylor (1996)
Jackett (1996–97)
Taylor (1997–2001)
Vialli (2001–02)
Lewington (2002–05)
Boothroyd (2005–08)
Mackay (2008)
Rodgers (2008–09)
Mackay (2009–11)
Dyche (2011–12)
Zola (2012–13)
Sannino (2013–14)
García (2014)
McKinlay (2014)
Jokanović (2014–15)
Flores (2015–16)
Mazzarri (2016–)

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