Billy Horner

William Horner (born 7 September 1942 in Cassop, England) is an English footballer and manager.

Billy Horner

Personal information
Full name	William Horner
Date of birth	(1942-09-07) 7 September 1942 (age 83)
Place of birth	Cassop, England
Position	Central defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1969	Middlesbrough	187	(11)
1969–1975	Darlington	218	(5)
Managerial career
1974–1975	Darlington
1976–1983	Hartlepool United
1984–1986	Hartlepool United
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Horner played at Middlesbrough from 1960 to 1969, primarily as a defender. He moved on to Darlington where he played until 1975.

He joined York City as a coach in 1971 under Tom Johnston and was released in January 1972 following a behind the scenes player's dispute.^[1][2]

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 and was appointed as coach to Darlington's arch-rivals Hartlepool. In October 1976, he took over as manager, and had two separate spells in this role: one from 1976 to 1983 and the other from 1983 to 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.

Managerial stats

Team	From	To	Record
			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 1983	November 1986	94	30	43	21	31.9