Gordon Bartlett

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Gordon Bartlett
Personal information
Full name Gordon Bartlett [1]
Date of birth (1955-12-03) 3 December 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth Chiswick, England [1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1973 West Ham United
1973–1974 Portsmouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973–1975 Portsmouth 2 (1)
1975 Denver Dynamos
1975–1977 Slough Town 32 (5)
1977 Brentford 0 (0)
Managerial career
1986–1989 Hounslow
1991–1995 Yeading
1995–2017 Wealdstone
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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Playing career

Bartlett was born in London. After beginning his career with West Ham United and Portsmouth, [2] [3] he played for the Denver Dynamos in the North American Soccer League. [4] Following his time in the US, he returned to England and signed for non-league side Slough Town where he stayed for two years, making 43 appearances and scoring seven times. [5] He appeared in pre-season friendlies for Brentford, but failed to make a competitive appearance. [6] His playing 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 system. [8] On 21 August 2017, after 22 years in the role, it was announced that he had stepped down as the club's manager but would remain with the club in a backroom role. [9]

Honours

As a manager

Wealdstone

Yeading

Hounslow

As an individual

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References

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