| Ken Brierley | |
| Appointed Manager: | October 1956 |
| Departed: | March 1957 |
| First game in charge: | 27th October 1956 v Buxton (League Cup) away L 0-2 |
| Last game in charge: | 9th March 1957 v Winsford United Away L 1-4 |
| Games in charge: | Played 23 Won 4 Drawn 6 Lost 13 |
| Honours with Mossley | none |
Clubs as Player: |
Range Boilers |
| Previous Clubs as Manager | none |
| Later Clubs as Manager | none |
Born Ashton-under-Lyne on 3rd April 1926 Skilful left-winger Ken Brierley had played over 50 League matches for Oldham in Third Division North before signing for League champions Liverpool in February 1948. He appeared in 10 of the last 11 matches of the 1947/48 season and notched his first goal for the club as Everton were beaten 4-0 at Anfield on 21st April 1948. Brierley never really established himself in the Liverpool team and the highest number of League appearances he made in a season was 13, in 1948/49. He returned to his former club Oldham in March 1953. He made a total of 125 appearances for Oldham and scored 10 goals and for Liverpool a total of 58 appearances scoring 8 goals. A spell with Stalybridge Celtic followed before he joined his local club Mossley in August 1956, going on to make 78 appearances for the Lilywhites in two seasons scoring 10 goals. Following Frank Mitcheson's decision to step aside he had a spell in charge of the team which lasted from late October 1956 to early March 1957. The team won only 4 of 23 games in that period before he was replaced by the experienced Pat Murphy but remained at the club as a player through the following season. Ken Brierley was the brother of local Labour politician and one time Mossley Committee member, the late Geoff Brierley. He passed away in February 2004.
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