Jack Greenwell

Jack Greenwell was born in Crook, County Durham, on 2 January 1884. The son of a miner, he became a miner himself after leaving school and played as a wing-half for Crook Town of the English Northern League from the age of 17. He also played with West Auckland Town as a guest player in their Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy success in 1909. He made his debut as player for Barcelona on 29 September 1912 in a 4–2 win over FC Espanya de Barcelona. Following the departure of Jack Alderson, Greenwell became the club's new player-coach. In 1913, Greenwell arranged for his former team Crook Town to play a series of games against Barcelona. The visiting English team beat them 4–2 and then held them to 1–1 and 2–2 draws. Together with a very young Paulino Alcántara, Francisco Bru and Romà Forns, Greenwell subsequently helped Barcelona win the Catalan championship in 1912–13 and 1915–16.

In Spain

After retiring as a player, he was appointed manager of Barcelona by the club president, Joan Gamper, and made his managerial debut on 7 July 1917 in a 3–1 win over CE Europa. He would eventually take charge of the club for 492 games and coached the club during their first "golden age". He survived early calls for his resignation after experimenting with Alcántara as a defender and went on to lead the club to four Campionats de Catalunya and two Copas del Rey. As well as Alcántara, the Barça team under Greenwell also included Sagibarba, Ricardo Zamora, Josep Samitier, Félix Sesúmaga and Ferenc Plattkó. At Barcelona, Greenwell was noted for his innovative approach to tactics, focussing on developing a passing game and building attacks from the back rather than concentrating on dribbling past opponents. After leaving Barcelona in 1923, Greenwell became the inaugural manager of UE Sants, a club based in the Sants district of Barcelona. During his three seasons with the club, he helped them stave off relegation in his first season, and finish third in the league in his last season, while also finally prevailing over his former team. Greenwell then joined CD Castellón, who played in the Campeonato Regional de Valencia. In the 1926–27 season, the club finished as runners-up, and the following season, they repeated the same feat, but Greenwell did not see the season out as he moved mid-season to Barcelona's local rivals Español. In 1928, he led them into the…

As player

Crook Town

Crook and District League: 1902 West Auckland

Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy: 1909 Barcelona

Campionat de Catalunya: 1912–13, 1915–16

As manager

Barcelona

Copa del Rey: 1920, 1922 Campionat de Catalunya: 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1931–32 RCD Español

Copa del Rey: 1928–29 Campionat de Catalunya: 1928–29 Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII

Baleares Championship: 1930–31 Valencia CF

Campeonato de Valencia: 1933–34 Universitario

Peruvian Primera División: 1939 Peru

South American Championship: 1939 Bolivarian Games: 1938