Len Butt
Appointed Manager: August 1948
Departed:

May 1950
First game in charge: 21st August 1948
v Congleton Town home D 2-2
Last game in charge: 6th May 1950
v Macclesfield away L 0-5
Games in charge: Played 111 Won 47 Drawn 28 Lost 36
Honours with Mossley Manchester Shield Winners 1948/49
Ashton Challenge Cup Winners 1948/49
Ashton Challenge Cup Runners 1949/50
FA Cup 2nd Round Proper 1949/50

Clubs as Player:

Ashton National
Stockport County
Macclesfield
Huddersfield Town
Blackburn Rovers
York City
Mansfield Town
Mossley (Player Manager)

Previous Clubs as Manager   none
Later Clubs as Manager   Macclesfield

Leonard Butt was born on 26th August 1910 in Wilmslow and began his playing career with Ashton National before joining Stockport County in 1928.

He made just 8 appearances scoring one goal for County before joining Macclesfield in 1931. He was picked up by Huddersfield Town in May 1935 and made 67 appearances for them scoring 11 goals in two seasons.

Butt then signed for Blackburn Rovers and in spells both sides of the War made 110 appearances scoring 44 goals. Then followed shorter spells with York City - 25 appearances 2 goals, and Mansfield Town 15 appearances 4 goals.

Butt joined Mossley as Player-Manager in the summer of 1948 and embarked on Mossley's best spell for many years. Mossley finished 5th in the Cheshire League in 1948-49 and Butt made 50 appearances scoring 23 goals.

He was second top scorer behind former Stalybridge Celtic centre forward Jimmy Thorpe who scored a remarkable 30 goals in just 28 appearances in the 1949-50 season and he led Mossley to victory in both the Manchester Junior Cup (2-1 over Goslings at Hurst Cross) and the Ashton Challenge Cup (1-0 over Hyde United).

The following season Butt led his team through the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup to the 2nd Round Proper beating Ashton United, Altrincham, Northwich Victoria, Buxton, Droylsden United, Runcorn and Witton Albion in an epic run. It was ended in a replay by Southern League giants Nuneaton Borough but Mossley had won many friends on the way.

Butt made 37 appearances that season scoring 10 goals but resigned at the end of the season. He later managed his home town club Macclesfield.

Len Butt passed away in Macclesfield on 16th June 1994 age 83 after a series of strokes.