Managerial statistics
| Team | Nat | Year | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Bradford City |  | 1978 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 32.35 |
| Career Total | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 32.35 | ||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert John Napier | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Lurgan, Northern Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1967 | Bolton Wanderers | 69 | (2) |
| 1967–1972 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 218 | (5) |
| 1972–1975 | Bradford City | 106 | (3) |
| 1975 | → Baltimore Comets (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 1975–1976 | Mossley | 24 | (1) |
| 1976 | → San Diego Jaws (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 1976–1978 | Bradford City | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 462 | (13) | |
| International career | |||
| Northern Ireland U-23 | 2 | (0) | |
| 1966 | Northern Ireland | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1978 | Bradford City | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert John Napier (born 23 September 1946) is a Northern Irish former football centre half and manager, who currently teaches soccer in San Diego, California.
Napier was born in Lurgan. With a career as both player and coach, Napier has also been a player agent and a television and radio sports analyst. [1]
Napier began his career in September 1963 playing for the Bolton Wanderers, where he played until 1967, when he was transferred to Brighton & Hove Albion for £25,000. He played until 1972 playing more than 200 games including two seasons as ever-present. In 1972, he was transferred to Bradford City for a record-equalling £10,000. He spent six seasons at Valley Parade interspersed with spells in America at Baltimore Comets and the same team after they became San Diego Jaws, and also at Mossley. In all he played more than 100 games at City, and served as manager, and assistant coach. [2]
Napier served as manager at City from February 1978 to October 1978. He was unpopular as manager of Bradford City, as the team was relegated to the now-defunct Division Four. [3] Napier returned to the United States in 1979 to take a coaching position at Pepperdine University, and continues to coach soccer. [4]
Napier was a Northern Ireland schoolboy international, won 11 youth caps, two under-23 caps. He won his only full international cap against West Germany in May 1966. [5]
| Team | Nat | Year | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Bradford City | | 1978 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 32.35 |
| Career Total | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 32.35 | ||
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