| John Sainty | |
| Appointed Manager: | March 1987 |
| Departed: | October 1987 |
| First game in charge: | 16th March 1987 v Goole Town home W 2-0 |
| Last game in charge: | 31st October 1987 v Alfreton Town (FA Trophy) away L 0-3 |
| Games in charge: | Played 33 Won 10 Drawn 9 Lost 14 |
| Honours with Mossley | none |
Clubs as Player: |
Tottenham Hotspur |
| Previous Clubs as Manager | Norwich City (Coach) |
| Later Clubs as Manager | Stockport County (Assistant Manager) Southampton (Academy Director) Lymington & New Milton (Manager) Bemerton Heath Harlequins (Manager) |
John Albert Sainty was born in Poplar on 24th March 1946 and served his football apprenticeship with Tottenham Hotspur signing professional in July 1963. He failed to make the first team though and moved to Reading where he made 71 appearances scoring 19 goals between 1967 and 1970. He then moved to Bournemouth for a £5,000 transfer fee where he then went on to make 118 appearances scoring 21 goals from an attacking midfield position. A transfer to Aldershot was less successful and he made just 29 appearances in two seasons. He then joined Norwich City as a coach under John Bond and went with Bond when he took over at Manchester City where he served as assistant manager. A spell as manager of Chester City followed but he then dropped out of League football altogether and had spells as manager of Armthorpe Welfare and Glossop North End. He joined Mossley in March 1987 and turned around a struggling team. The following season didn't begin as hoped though and Sainty was sacked on 31st October 1987 after a 3-0 FA Trophy defeat at Alfreton Town. Sainty later became assistant manager to Danny Bergara and then Dave Jones at Stockport County. Jones took Sainty to Southampton in the role of Academy director where he snapped up later England star Adam Lallana from AFC Bournemouth's Centre of Excellence for a fee of £10,000 at the age of 12 in September 2000. Sainty, who now lives in Verwood, Dorset, also acted as chief scout towards the end of his five-year stint at Southampton before coaching at Lymington & New Milton and a year-long spell as head coach at Bemerton Heath Harlequins in the Wessex League. |
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