Manager Profile

Lindley originally joined Swindon as a coach in 1951, stepping up to the manager's seat two years later, when Louis Page was sacked.

His spell in charge was not a happy one - with the club in financial difficulty, houses were sold to raise cash for players, but Lindley was given just £3,000 to spend. He spent most of this on one player - Matt Gemmell from Portsmouth costing £2,250, and he made just eight appearances for the club.

Swindon finished in their lowest league position in Lindley's first season - 20th - and when the 1954/55 season looked to be going the same way, he was given three months' notice in January 1955. By the time he left the club in April, the Town were well on the way to beating the record set the previous year - with a terrible away record which saw just one win and fifteen defeats, they finished in a lowly 21st position.

Managerial Record

Career details

Club	Details
Ingrow United Ingrow United
Barnoldswick Town Barnoldswick Town	1935
Bradford City Bradford	(trial)
Everton Everton	March 1936 ; retired (1952)
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth	1941/2 (guest)
Bradford City Bradford	1942/3 (guest)
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth	1942/3 (guest)
Bradford City Bradford	1943/4 (guest)
Walsall Walsall	1943/4 (guest)
Leeds United Leeds United	March 1944 (guest)
Leicester City Leicester City	January 1945 (guest)
Swindon Town Swindon	1951 (appointed coach) June 1st, 1953 (announced April 15th, 1953) (appointed manager-coach); sacked (April 15th, 1955)
Barry Town Barry	1955 (appointed manager)
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra	August 1955 (appointed secretary-manager); sacked (May 31st, 1958)
Leeds United Leeds United	(appointed chief scout) 1965/6 (appointed assistant manager) September 12th, 1974 (caretaker manager) July 3rd, 1978 (caretaker manager) October 4th, 1978 (caretaker manager) September 8th, 1980 (caretaker manager)
Bradford City Bradford	1982 (chief scout)