Maurice Setters

Maurice Edgar Setters^[1] (16 December 1936 – 22 November 2020) was an English football player and manager.

Maurice Setters

Personal information
Full name	Maurice Edgar Setters
Date of birth	(1936-12-16)16 December 1936
Place of birth	Honiton, Devon, England
Date of death	22 November 2020(2020-11-22) (aged 83)
Position(s)	Wing half
Youth career
1952–1954	Exeter City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1955	Exeter City	10	(0)
1955–1960	West Bromwich Albion	120	(10)
1960–1965	Manchester United	159	(12)
1965–1967	Stoke City	86	(5)
1967	→ Cleveland Stokers (guest)	9	(3)
1967–1970	Coventry City	51	(3)
1970	Charlton Athletic	8	(1)
Total		434	(31)
Managerial career
1971–1974	Doncaster Rovers
1982	Rotherham United (assistant)
1983	Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker)
1986–1995	Republic of Ireland (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

As player, he made more than 400 appearances in the Football League representing Exeter City, West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United, Stoke City, Coventry City and Charlton Athletic.

Setters died of Alzheimer's disease-related problems on 22 November 2020, aged 83.^[2][3]

Career statistics

Playing career

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other[A]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Exeter City	1953–54	Third Division South	1	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0	1	0
	1954–55	Third Division South	9	0	1	0	–		0	0	0	0	10	0
	Total		10	0	1	0	–		0	0	0	0	10	0
West Bromwich Albion	1955–56	First Division	11	2	3	0	–		0	0	0	0	14	2
	1956–57	First Division	21	1	3	0	–		0	0	0	0	24	1
	1957–58	First Division	27	3	3	0	–		0	0	0	0	30	3
	1958–59	First Division	41	2	3	0	–		0	0	0	0	43	2
	1959–60	First Division	20	2	0	0	–		0	0	0	0	20	2
	Total		120	10	12	0	–		0	0	0	0	132	10
Manchester United	1959–60	First Division	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
	1960–61	First Division	40	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	45	4
	1961–62	First Division	38	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	4
	1962–63	First Division	27	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	1
	1963–64	First Division	32	4	7	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	44	5
	1964–65	First Division	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	Total		159	12	25	1	2	0	5	1	1	0	192	14
Stoke City	1964–65	First Division	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	1
	1965–66	First Division	39	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	45	3
	1966–67	First Division	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	1
	1967–68	First Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		86	5	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	97	5
Cleveland Stokers (loan)	1967[4]	United Soccer Association	9	3	—		—		—		—		9	3
Coventry City	1967–68	First Division	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	1
	1968–69	First Division	17	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	21	2
	1969–70	First Division	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	Total		51	3	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	59	3
Charlton Athletic	1969–70	Second Division	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
Career Total			443	34	47	1	12	0	5	1	1	0	508	36

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the FA Charity Shield.

Managerial career

Source:^[5]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Doncaster Rovers	1 May 1971	15 November 1974	158	47	42	69	029.75

Honours

Manchester United

• FA Cup: 1962–63^[6]