Managers

Brian Sharples

06/09/1944

Bradford-born centre-half who played in the Football League for Birmingham City and Exeter City. In 1965 he made history when he became Birmingham's first ever Football League substitute in a match against Preston North End, and during his three years at Exeter he played alongside a number of future Tivvy players including John Mitten and Alan Banks. Having retired from the full-time game in 1971 he was appointed manager of Tiverton for the club's inaugural season in the Western League in 1973 and stayed at the helm for 18 months, helping guide the club through what was a difficult transition into more competitive football.

MANAGER STATISTICS
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win %	GF/G	GA/G	PPG
League	45	8	12	25	47	95	17.78	1.04	2.11	0.80
Cup	6	2	0	4	14	9	33.33	2.33	1.50	1.00
Friendly	2	0	0	2	0	9	0.00	0.00	4.50	0.00
Total (competitive matches only)	51	10	12	29	61	104	19.61	1.20	2.04	0.82

There are 53 matches on record

	Date	Ven	Comp	Opponent	Res	Goalscorers
1973/1974
Sat	18/08/1973	H	Fr	Exeter City	0-2
Sat	25/08/1973	A	WL	Bridport	2-3	Terry Butt John Vanstone
Tue	28/08/1973	H	WL	Taunton Town	1-2	John Vanstone
Sat	01/09/1973	H	WL	Weston-super-Mare	1-0	Unknown
Wed	05/09/1973	A	WL	Dawlish	1-3	John Vanstone
Sat	08/09/1973	A	WL	Welton Rovers	1-2	Mike Southcott
Wed	12/09/1973	H	WL	Dawlish	1-2	John Vanstone
Sat	15/09/1973	H	WL	Welton Rovers	1-2	John Vanstone
Sat	22/09/1973	H	DPC	Sidmouth Town	10-0	John Vanstone 4 Alan Broomfield 2 Rod Stone Mike Southcott Mike Howe Nick Seatherton
Sat	29/09/1973	H	WL	Bridgwater	0-3
Sat	06/10/1973	H	DPC	Greyhound	2-1	Terry Butt 2
Sat	13/10/1973	A	WL	Ashtonians United	0-1
Sat	20/10/1973	H	WL	Ashtonians United	2-2	John Vanstone Terry Butt
Sun	21/10/1973	A	SWCC	Truro City	1-2	Mike Southcott
Sat	27/10/1973	A	DPC	Willand Rovers	1-3	Mike Southcott
Sat	03/11/1973	H	WL	Avon Bradford	4-1	John Vanstone 2 Rod Stone Roger Lanscelles
Sat	10/11/1973	A	WL	Keynsham Town	2-3	John Vanstone Roger Lanscelles
Sun	18/11/1973	H	WL	St Lukes College	2-0	Ken Freeman Mike Southcott
Sat	24/11/1973	H	WL	Exmouth Town	1-1	John Vanstone
Sat	01/12/1973	A	WL	Exeter City Reserves	0-0
Sat	08/12/1973	A	WL	Bridgwater	1-4	Ken Freeman
Sat	15/12/1973	H	WL	Exeter City Reserves	0-2
Wed	26/12/1973	A	WL	Barnstaple Town	1-7	Terry Butt
Sat	29/12/1973	A	WL	Exmouth Town	2-2	Terry Butt John Vanstone
Tue	01/01/1974	H	WL	Barnstaple Town	1-1	Mike Howe
Sat	02/02/1974	A	WL	Frome Town	1-1	John Vanstone
Sat	23/02/1974	H	WL	Mangotsfield United	0-2
Sat	02/03/1974	A	WL	Mangotsfield United	2-0	Graham Spurway Roger Lanscelles
Sat	09/03/1974	H	WL	Frome Town	0-2
Sat	16/03/1974	A	WL	Avon Bradford	1-1	John Vanstone
Sat	23/03/1974	H	WL	Keynsham Town	1-2	Dave Broom
Sat	30/03/1974	A	WL	Weston-super-Mare	3-2	Dave Broom 2 Graham Mustard
Sat	06/04/1974	H	WL	Glastonbury	0-2
Sat	13/04/1974	A	WL	Glastonbury	1-1	Graham Mustard
Mon	15/04/1974	H	WL	Devizes Town	0-3
Sat	20/04/1974	A	WLC	Bridport	0-1
Tue	23/04/1974	A	WL	Taunton Town	0-6
Sat	27/04/1974	A	WL	Chippenham Town	1-1	Graham Mustard
Mon	29/04/1974	A	WL	St Lukes College	1-1	Graham Mustard
Sun	05/05/1974	A	WL	Devizes Town	2-2	Dave Broom Unknown
Sat	11/05/1974	H	WL	Chippenham Town	2-0	John Vanstone 2
Mon	13/05/1974	H	WL	Bridport	3-0	John Vanstone Dave Broom Rod Stone
Tue	14/05/1974	H	HC	Exeter City Reserves	0-7
1974/1975
Sat	17/08/1974	H	WL	Falmouth Town	2-2	Graham Mustard Own Goal
Sat	24/08/1974	A	WL	Bridgwater	1-6	Brent Howard
Tue	27/08/1974	H	WL	Taunton Town	0-3
Sat	31/08/1974	H	WL	Frome Town	2-1	Brent Howard 2
Tue	03/09/1974	H	WL	Dawlish	0-3
Sat	07/09/1974	A	WL	Falmouth Town	0-5
Tue	10/09/1974	A	WL	Dawlish	0-1
Sat	14/09/1974	H	WL	Paulton Rovers	0-6
Sat	21/09/1974	A	DPC	Friernhay	0-2
Sat	28/09/1974	A	WL	Melksham Town	0-1

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