Dave Denby
Appointed Manager: October 1993
Departed: Dceember 1993
First game in charge: 12th October 1993
v Goole Town Home D 1-1
Last game in charge: 6th December 1993
v Curzon Ashton Away L 2-4
Games in charge: Played 16 Won 5 Drawn 4 Lost 7
Honours with Mossley none

Clubs as Player:

 Blackpool (Youth)
Glossop
Droylsden
Abbey Hey
Previous Clubs as Manager   Abbey Hey (Coach)
Curzon Ashton (Assistant Manager)
Macclesfield Town (Assistant Manager)
Manchester City (Scout)
Ashton United (Manager)
Later Clubs as Manager   Stalybridge Celtic (Assistant Manager)
Curzon Ashton (Manager)
Droylsden (Scout)

David Denby was born in Manchester on 16th November 1941 and began his career as an associate schoolboy with Blackpool.

Spells as a player with with Glossop, Droylsden and Abbey Hey. He spent eight years as a coach with Abbey Hey before spells as assistant manager at Curzon Ashton and then Macclesfield Town under Peter Wragg.

A spell scouting for Manchester City was followed by three years in charge at Ashton United.

Denby was appointed manager of Mossley in October 1993 but never really settled to the job and resigned suddenly after just two months in charge following a 4-2 defeat at Curzon Ashton.

He became assistant manager at Stalybridge Celtic again under Peter Wragg before a second spell at Curzon Ashton, this time as manager and later scouted for Droylsden.

Dave Deby passed away in December 2021, aged 90.



Gary Riley
Appointed Assistant manager: October 1993
Departed: April 1994

Clubs as Player:

Oldham Athletic
Droylsden
Stalybridge Celtic
Hyde United
Mossley
Ashton United

Previous Clubs as Manager   none
Later Clubs as Manager   Manchester City (Scout)

Gary Riley was born on in Ancoats, Manchester on 23rd March 1959. He began his playing career as a midfield player with Oldham Athletic but never reached first team level and moved on to have spells with Droylsden, Stalybridge Celtic and Hyde United before signing for Mossley in August 1984 under Brian Grundy.

Switching to right full back Riley had a lengthy spell with the Lilywhites making 194 appearances scoring 33 goals before receiving a broken leg on the opening day of the 1988-89 season against Marine.

He was granted a testimonial match which was played on 9th May 1990 against an All Star XI. He attempted a brief comeback two seasons later with Ashton United but returned to Seel Park as assistant manager to Dave Denby in October 1993.

Following Denby's sudden departure in December, Riley took charge of his first game as Mossley Manager on 18th December 1993, a 3-2 win at Alfreton Town.

Riley was asked to stay for the following season but resigned at the end of April due to work commitments.

He as later involved in youth and Sunday football and worked as a scout for Manchester City.