| Les Bardsley | |
| Appointed Manager: | August 1956 |
| Departed: | September 1956 |
| First game in charge: | 18th August 1956 v Crewe Alexandra Reserves home W 7-1 |
| Last game in charge: | 5th September 1956 v Witton Albion away L 0-3 |
| Games in charge: | Played 6 Won 2 Drawn 2 Lost 2 |
| Honours with Mossley | none |
Clubs as Player: |
Manchester City (Youth) |
| Previous Clubs as Manager | none |
| Later Clubs as Manager | Bristol City (Coach) Bristol City (Physio) |
Les Bardsley was born in Stockport on 18th August 1925. He signed for Manchester City as a junior in January 1945 and then had a spell with Linfield in Ireland before a £200 transfer fee took him to Bury in April 1948. He made 200 appearances in six seasons at Bury as a wing half before moving to Barrow where he made 21 appearances in the 1955-56 season. He was appointed Player-Manager of Mossley in the summer of 1956 after Mossley had run without a manager in the 1955-56 season. Unfortunately for Mossley he stayed for just six games before the lure of a job as assistant coach at Bristol City left Mossley disappointed and manager-less. He became a chartered physiotherapist in Bristol in fact the Bardsley Physiotherapy Clinic he established in 1960 is still in existence. LES BARDSLEY MCSP SRP. Quite simply a legend in Sports Therapy. Bardsley finished his distinguished professional football career with Manchester City and Bury in 1954 and following his training as a Chartered Physiotherapist took up the post of Physiotherapist to Bristol City Football Club in 1956, a post he held until 1981. A pioneer in his field, he established an International reputation in the treatment of sporting injury. During his forty two year career as a Physiotherapist, he successfully treated many thousands of Bristol people. After his retirement, he acted as non-practising consultant to the Clinic. Les Bardsley died in Bristol on 30th January 2012 aged 86 following a short illness.
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