Joe Barlow
Appointed Manager: August 1947
Departed:

April 1948

First game in charge: 23rd August 1947
v Hyde United home W 1-0
Last game in charge: 24th April 1948
v Runcorn away L 1-4
Games in charge: Played 51 Won 18 Drawn 6 Lost 27
Honours with Mossley none

Clubs as Player:

Hyde United
Hurst
Royal Engineers

Previous Clubs as Manager   Blackpool 'A'
Droylsden
Stalybridge Celtic
Darwen
Later Clubs as Manager   Macclesfield

When Alt Jackson returned to purely secretarial duties in the summer of 1947 Mossley appointed former Droylsden United and Hurst manager Joseph Barlow as team manager.

After just one season in charge Barlow was not retained for the following term as he moved on to manage Blackpool's 'A' team.

He later managed , Droylsden, Stalybridge Celtic and Darwen.

As a player Barlow played for Hyde United, Hurst and the Army Royal Engineers.