| Brian Grundy | |
| Appointed Manager: | December 1983 |
| Departed: | October 1984 |
| First game in charge: | 7th December 1983 v Burton Albion Home D 1-1 |
| Last game in charge: | 27th October 1984 v Goole Town (FA Cup) Home L 0-1 |
| Games in charge: | Played 43 Won 7 Drawn 9 Lost 27 |
| Honours with Mossley (all won as a player) |
Northern Premier league Champions 1978/79 Northern Premier League Cup Winners 1978/79 Manchester Senior Cup Runners up 1978/79 Northern Premier League Challenge Shield Runners up: 1979 |
Clubs as Player: |
Wigan Athletic |
| Previous Clubs as Manager | Glossop |
| Later Clubs as Manager | All Stars Charity Teams (Manager) |
Brian Grundy was born in Atherton, Lancs on 9th May 1945. An outside-left who was just 5'5" tall, Brian was a schoolteacher who was spotted by Bury playing part-time for Wigan Athletic in a Lancashire Cup tie against the Shakers at Gigg Lane in November 1967. He scored against Bury that day and so impressed boss Les Shannon that he paid out £3,000 to take him to Gigg Lane just a week later. Originally a part-time -professional at Bury, he signed full-time forms in January 1968 and played his part in helping the Shakers to promotion from Division Three later that season. In all he played in 94 league games for Bury over the next four seasons and scored ten goals. Perhaps like all wingers, he was lacking in consistency at times and in July 1971 joined Great Harwood from where he had spells with Bangor City, Morecambe and Winsford United before arriving at Mossley for a bargain £100 fee under Bob Murphy in March 1979. He helped Mossley secure their first Northern Premier League title and played in the League Cup final win over Northwich Victoria at Maine Road. He was in the side as it started the following season but was released in November 1979 making his last appearance in the FA Cup defeat at York City on 24th November having made a total of 30 appearances for the Lilywhites scoring just one goal but creating many more. He became manager of Glossop and spent the next three years at Surrey Street before returning to Seel Park as a popular choice of manager to replace the departed Bob Murphy in November 1983. Unfortunately for Grundy, who was by now landlord of a public house in Glossop, things didn't go as he hoped. Mossley were struggling financially and the team slipped down the table and finally finished bottom of the then one division NPL having to apply for re-election to the League. Fortunately they were successful. Grundy probably saved his job by winning the last two games of the season and was given another opportunity to build a contending side. Sadly he failed - and just four wins in the opening 19 games of the 1984/85 season saw him dismissed following a home FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round home defeat by Goole Town. Brian Grundy never returned to football management and later emigrated to Spain. |
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