Horace Denham Austerberry (1868–1946) was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 association football manager.

Biography

Austerberry was born in Hanley, Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

 in 1868 and died in 1946.

Career

Austerberry managed Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

 from 1897 to 1908.

Austerberry spent 11 years in charge at Stoke, with the first 10 being in the First Division. He was also the first manager to lead the club in to the semi finals of a national cup competition by reaching the Semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1899. In 1907 Stoke were relegated and Austerberry left the club a year later.

Career statistics

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Stoke Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...	September 1897	May 1908	421	149	89	183