Chris Willcock
Appointed Manager: July 2008
Departed:

January 2010

First game in charge: 16th August 2008
v Clitheroe Away W 2-0
Last game in charge: 20th January 2010
v Glossop NE (Mcr Prem Cup) Away L 1-2
Games in charge: Played 87 Won 37 Drawn 15 Lost 35
Honours with Mossley Manchester FA Premier Cup Finalist: 2008/09

Clubs as Player:

 Flixton
Warrington Town
Altrincham
Netherfield
Leigh RMI
Mossley
Ramsbottom United
Previous Clubs as Manager   Salford City (Player - Coach)
Winsford United (Manager)
Woodley Sports (Manager)
Later Clubs as Manager   Stalybridge Celtic (Assistant Manager) Winsford United (Manager)
Woodley Sports (Assistant Manager)
Stocksbridge Park Steels (Manager)
Glossop North End (Manager)
Shaw Lane FC (Manager)
Ramsbottom United (Manager)
Workington (Manager)

Chris Willcock is a former Mossley player who was appointed manager of the Lilywhites in July 2008.

Willcock was then NWCL 2nd Division Manager of the Year in 2006/07 after gaining promotion with Winsford United.

2007/08 was spent at Woodley Sports before internal wranglings precipitated his departure from Lambeth Grove.

After 18 months in charge at Mossley Willcock resigned in January 2010 to briefly become assistant manager to Benny Phillips at Stalybridge Celtic.

He was appointed manager of Winsford United for a second time in the close season of 2010 before returning to Woodley Sports.

Willcock later became manager of Glossop North End and led them to Wembley in the FA Vase and the NWCL title in the 2014-15 season.

He was appointed as manager of Shaw Lane FC in April 2018. Following Shaw Lane folding he became manager at Ramsbottom United.

As a player Chris Willcock played for Flixton, Warrington Town, Altrincham, Netherfield (Kendal Town), Leigh RMI, Mossley and Ramsbottom United before becoming player coach at Salford City.

As a Mossley player, striker Willcock made 96 appearances scoring 34 goals between 1997/98 season and 2000/01 under the management of Benny Phillips. He was a key player in the Mossley side that narrowly lost out on promotion to Workington in 1999.



John Flanagan
Appointed Assistant manager: July 2008
Departed:

April 2010

Clubs as Player:

 Stockport County (Youth)
Stalybridge Celtic
Hyde United
Droylsden
Woodley Sports
Previous Clubs as Manager   Woodley Sports (Manager)
Later Clubs as Manager   Mossley (Manager)
Curzon Ashton (Manager)
Mossley (Assistant Manager)

Former Woodley Sports manager between 2000 and 2003 John Flanagan arrived initially at Mossley as assistant manager to Chris Willcock in the closed season of 2008. He was also previously a player for Woodley and also served at Stockport County, Hyde United, Stalybridge Celtic and Droylsden.

After a great run during the second half of the 2009/10 season Flanagan helped to lift the side from 16th place up to 7th placed finish but unfortunately resigned due to business commitments at the end of the season. He later became manager of Curzon Ashton.

Following around nine tyears in charge at Curzon Flanagan briefly returned to Mossley as assistant manager to Dave Wild in the closed season of 2019. His stay was short lived though as he resigned in November 2019.