Bill Berry

Early years

An outside left, Berry began his career with the Royal Naval Depot team in Chatham, before joining Third Division South club Charlton Athletic in 1923. He made 11 league appearances and scored two goals for the club before moving to Gillingham, of the same division, in February 1924. Berry remained at Priestfield for two-and-a-half seasons and made 87 appearances, scoring 11 goals.

Brentford

Together with Gillingham teammates Wally Barnard, Charlie Reddock, Charlie Butler and Joe Craddock, Berry followed former Gillingham manager Harry Curtis to Third Division South club Brentford in May 1926. He failed to fully make the outside left berth his own and was dropped to the reserve team for the 1929–30 season. He returned to the first team in good form during the 1930–31 season, scoring 19 goals in 37 appearances. The signing of Arthur Crompton in February 1932 signalled the beginning of the end of Berry's time at Griffin Park and after making just one appearance during the early months of the 1932–33 season, he left the club in November 1932. He made 148 appearances and scored 44 goals in just over five seasons with the Bees.

Later career

In November 1932, Berry joined Third Division South club Crystal Palace in a part-exchange deal which saw Idris Hopkins move to Brentford. In what remained of the 1932–33 season, Berry scored four goals in 17 appearances, but in an unlucky twist, he lost his place to new signing Arthur Crompton, whose…

Berry had a long and successful management career in France, Belgium, Denmark, Tunisia and Luxembourg. He won the double with Lille OSC in the 1945–46 season and a Coupe de France with OGC Nice in 1953–54. Berry won the Tunisian National Championship twice, in 1955–56 with CS Hammam-Lif and in 1957–58 with Étoile Sportive du Sahel. He twice won the Luxembourg National Division with Jeunesse Esch (1958–59 and 1959–60) and once with Union Luxembourg (1961–62), in addition to one Luxembourg Cup with the latter club.

Lille

Division 1: 1945–46 Coupe de France: 1945–46 Kjøbenhavns Boldklub

Division 1: 1949–50 Nice

Coupe de France: 1953–54 CS Hammam-Lif

Tunisian National Championship: 1955–56 Étoile Sportive du Sahel

Tunisian National Championship: 1957–58 Jeunesse Esch

Luxembourg National Division: 1958–59, 1959–60 Union Luxembourg

Luxembourg National Division: 1961–62 Luxembourg Cup: 1962–63