Jason Beckford
Appointed Manager: July 2003
Departed:

April 2007

First game in charge: 16th August 2003
v Warrington Town Home W 6-4
Last game in charge: 28th April 2002
v Gateshead Away L 0-2
Games in charge: Played 206 Won 99 Drawn 31 Lost 76
Honours with Mossley Northern Premier League Division One
Champions 2005/06
North West Counties League Runners up 2003/04

Clubs as Player:

Manchester City
Blackburn Rovers (loan)
Port Vale (loan)
Birmingham City
Bury (loan)
Stoke City
Millwall
Northampton Town
Previous Clubs as Manager   Bolton Wanderers (Youth coach)
Later Clubs as Manager   Bolton Wanderers (Youth coach)
Oldham Athletic (Youth coach)
Newmarket SC (Canada) (Youth coach)
Kleinberg Nobleton SC (Canada) (Youth coach)
Vaughan SC (Canada) (Head Coach)
Simcoe County Rovers (Canada) (Head Coach)

Jason Beckford was born in Manchester on 14th February 1970. A former striker with Manchester City, Birmingham City, Stoke City, Millwall and Northampton Town, his career was ended prematurely by injury and he arrived at Mossley after coaching Bolton Wanderers Academy side.

He was appointed assistant manager in June 2002 and following Ally Pickering's shock departure in July 2003, he was appointed team manager, leading Mossley top promotion back to the UniBond League in his first season in charge. In 2003/04

Mossley won promotion back to the UniBond Premier as Division One champions in 200/06 but, following Mossley's relegation after just one hugely disappointing season in the NPL top flight Beckford resigned.

After leaving Mossley in April 2007, he returned to Bolton in 2008 as part of the club's restructured youth academy, and also worked as the under-16 coach at Oldham Athletic.

In August 2012, he moved to Canada to work as Newmarket Soccer Club's technical director.

 



John Murphy
Appointed Assistant manager: July 2003
Departed:

April 2007

Clubs as Player:

Oldham Athletic
Falkirk
Cork Celtic
Previous Clubs as Manager   Mancheter City (Youth coach)
Nottingham Forest (Youth Coach)
Later Clubs as Manager   Bridgwater College (Somerset) (Youth coach)

John Murphy was a former Manchester City and Nottingham Forest academy coach. Murphy a UEFA A grade coach has extensive coaching experience both in the UK and in New Zealand. His playing days were spent with Oldham Athletic, Falkirk and Cork Celtic. He had previously worked with Jason Beckford Manchester City.