Billy Rodaway

Billy Rodaway
Personal information
Full name William Vincent Rodaway
Date of birth (1954-09-26) 26 September 1954
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position Central defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1981 Burnley 203 (1)
1981–1983 Peterborough United 81 (0)
1983–1984 Blackpool 41 (0)
1984–1986 Tranmere Rovers 58 (5)
1986–1987 Burnley 44 (2)
1987–1988 Runcorn
1988–19?? Colne Dynamoes
Managerial career
1998 Accrington Stanley
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Vincent Rodaway (born 26 September 1954) is an English former football player and manager. A central defender, he made more than 400 appearances in the Football League, playing for Burnley, Peterborough United, Blackpool and Tranmere Rovers. He later played non-league football for Runcorn, Altrincham and Colne Dynamoes, and also had non-playing roles at Halifax Town, Runcorn, Morecambe, Altrincham and Colne Dynamoes before a spell as Accrington Stanley manager in 1998.

Playing career

Born in Liverpool,[2] Rodaway played for England at schoolboy level.[3] He started his career at Burnley, making his debut towards the end of the 1971–72 season, though it took until Colin Waldron's departure in 1976 for Rodaway to receive regular game time as a central defender.[3] He left Burnley after the 1980–81 season, and joined Peterborough United on a free transfer.[4] He later played for Blackpool and Tranmere Rovers.[3] He returned to Burnley on a free transfer ahead of the 1986–87 season.[3] He missed just two games across the season as Burnley finished 22nd in the Fourth Division, one point above relegated Lincoln City.[3][5] He was released at the end of the season,[3] and signed for Football Conference club Runcorn in July 1987.[6] In January 1988, Runcorn agreed a swap deal with Altrincham where Rodaway would join Altrincham in exchange for Eddie Bishop, though to allow the transfer to go through more quickly, Rodaway and Bishop were made free agents by their clubs.[7] Rodaway never completed his move to Altrincham however, and signed for Colne Dynamoes instead.[7][8] He won the 1987–88 FA Vase with Colne.[3] He became a player-coach whilst with Colne Dynamoes.[9]

Managerial career

Rodaway was appointed as assistant manager of Morecambe in August 1990,[9] and left in summer 1992 to become assistant manager at Runcorn.[10] He was assistant to John Carroll at Runcorn and moved to become his assistant at Halifax Town in April 1996,[11] but left the club in February 1997.[12] He later worked as a coach at Altrincham[13] prior to being appointed manager of Accrington Stanley in April 1998.[14][15] He was sacked in December following a 5–0 defeat to Bamber Bridge.[16]

References

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ^ "Billy Rodaway". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Lee, Edward (1991). Burnley : a complete record, 1882-1991. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 124. ISBN 0-907969-90-9. OCLC 26545327.
  4. ^ "Rodaway moves". Star Green 'un. 18 July 1981. p. 2. Retrieved 29 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Season 1986-87". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Rodaway for Runcorn". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 16 July 1987. p. 40. Retrieved 29 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ a b "Doc's sick!". Manchester Evening News. 16 January 1988. p. 53. Retrieved 29 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Now Billy signs on!". Barnoldswick & Earby Times. 15 January 1988. p. 35. Retrieved 29 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ a b "Assistant appointed". Morecambe Visitor. 15 August 1990. p. 21. Retrieved 29 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Rodaway away". Morecambe Guardian. 26 June 1992. p. 15. Retrieved 29 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Duo on a Mersey mission". Halifax Evening Courier. 20 April 1996. p. 13. Retrieved 29 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ Frost, Richard (17 February 1997). "Macc make a pledge". Manchester Evening News. p. 49. Retrieved 29 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ Frost, Richard (14 March 1998). "Robins seek a new king". Manchester Evening News. p. 70. Retrieved 29 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "NON-LEAGUE: Rodaway is new Stanley manager". Lancashire Telegraph. 29 April 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  15. ^ "SOCCER: Billy can!". Lancashire Telegraph. 1 May 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  16. ^ "SOCCER: Stanley appoint Harrison". Lancashire Telegraph. 31 December 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  • Billy Rodaway at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
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