Gordon Bartlett

Gordon Bartlett

Personal information
Full name	Gordon Bartlett[1]
Date of birth	(1955-12-03) 3 December 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Chiswick, England[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1973	West Ham United
1973–1974	Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1975	Portsmouth	2	(1)
1975	Denver Dynamos
1975–1977	Slough Town	32	(5)
1977	Brentford	0	(0)
Managerial career
1985-1986	Southall
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.

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

• Isthmian League Premier Division: 2013–14[10]
• Isthmian League Second Division second-place promotion: 1997–98[10]
• Isthmian League Third Division: 1996–97[10]
• Middlesex Senior Charity Cup: 2003–04, 2010–11[11]

Yeading

• Isthmian League First Division second-place promotion: 1991–92[12]

Hounslow

• Hellenic League Premier Division second-place promotion: 1986–87[13]

As an individual

• Isthmian League Manager of the Year: 2013–14[14]

References

1. "Gordon Bartlett". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
2. "Five Minutes of Your Time Please; Gordon Bartlett - 2nd Yellow". 2nd Yellow. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
3. "PompeyRama". Retrieved 22 August 2017.
4. "NASL-". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
5. "Slough Town FC". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
6. Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 308. ISBN 978-1906796709.
7. "OFF THE BENCH – Gordon Bartlett". Wealdstone F.C. 26 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
8. "FA Cup: Longer-serving than Wenger – the manager who goes through chairmen". BBC Sport. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
9. "Barlett steps down as Wealdstone manager after 22 years". Harrow Times. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
10. Hodgkins, Leila. "Wealdstone | Clubs | The Non-League Club Directory". www.non-leagueclubdirectory.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
11. Association, The Football. "Previous Senior Charity Cup Finals | MiddlesexFA". www.middlesexfa.com. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
12. Hodgkins, Leila. "Yeading | Clubs | The Non-League Club Directory". www.non-leagueclubdirectory.co.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
13. "Management Team". Wealdstone FC. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
14. "Ryman Premier Manager of the Year, Gordon Bartlett – The Bostik Football League". www.isthmian.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

Further reading

• Mike Neasom, Mick Cooper & Doug Robinson (1984). Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club. Milestone Publications. ISBN 0-903852-50-0.