Billy Horner
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| Billy Horner | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | William Horner | |
| Date of birth | 7 September 1942 | |
| Place of birth | Cassop, England | |
| Playing position | Central defender | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1960-1969 1969-1975 |
Middlesbrough Darlington |
187 (11) 218 (5) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1974-1975 1976-1983 1984-1986 |
Darlington Hartlepool United Hartlepool United |
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William 'Billy' Horner (born 7 September 1942 in Cassop, England) is an English footballer and manager.
Horner played at Middlesbrough from 1960 to 1969, primarily as a defender. He moved on to Darlington where he played until 1975.
He was player-manager of Darlington during the 1974–75 season, in which the club had to apply for re-election. He left the club at the end of the season. In October 1976, he was named manager of Darlington's arch-rivals Hartlepool United and had two separate spells as manager: one from 1976-1983 and the other from 1984-1986. Although Hartlepool applied for re-election to the League on three occasions, Horner also guided the club to a respectable 9th place finish in 1980–81, during which the club had been promotion contenders. In his second spell at the club, Hartlepool finished 7th in 1985–86, in which they had also been a promotion contender for much of the season.
[edit] Managerial stats
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Darlington | August 1974 | May 1975 | 46 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 28.3 | |
| Hartlepool United | October 1976 | March 1983 | 307 | 95 | 135 | 77 | 30.9 | |
| Hartlepool United | December 1984 | November 1986 | 94 | 30 | 43 | 21 | 31.9 | |
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