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Basil Bright (born 1932) is a Welsh former professional footballer and manager, who featured for Stoke City but is most closely associated with Barry Town, where he holds the record for most points won as manager. ==Playing career== Bright was born in Cwmfelinfach in 1932, and soon after leaving school was employed as backroom staff by Ipswich Town at their Portman Road ground. Bright first came to Barry Town at the end of the 1950–51 season playing a handful of games for the club, and actually scored a debut goal in the 4–2 loss at home to Worcester City. After this brief experience, he signed pro forms for Stoke City during summer 1951 and went on to play nineteen times for Stoke City's Central League team during the 1951–52 season. When Stoke's long-serving manager Bob McGory finally left the club after 17 years in charge in May 1952, Bright was released. Bright then trialled for two months with Tottenham Hotspur, but soon found himself getting interest at Ninian Park. When Bright could not agree terms with the Bluebirds, Barry Town (under the management of Bill Jones), stepped in to snap up the promising 20-year-old. Looking forward to developing the youngster, few would foresee that Bright would be associated with the club as a player, player-manager, and manager for a further 26 years! A career that would take him from the peak of Barry Town's highest achievement, to the depths of its worst ever season on record. On re-joining the club in November 1952, Bright made his second Barry debut as a right-half away at Tonbridge where he scored in the 5–2 win for the Linnets. His home debut came a week later when Barry Town entertained Gravesend & Northfleet at Jenner Park, a game dominated by a Stan Richards hat-trick in another 5–2 win for the Linnets. Bright eventually got his Jenner Park debut goal in yet another 5–2 victory, this time against Lovell's Athletic. Towns biggest game for some time was missed by Bright because of injury, a game which saw over 9,000 spectators swell Jenner Park for a 6th Round tie to Cardiff City, which Town lost 3–2. However, Bright did make 20 appearances throughout the season, and played his part in helping to record Barry Town's then biggest ever Southern League points haul of 47. He also featured in the 3–0 South Wales and Monmouthshire Cup Final victory over Cardiff City Reserves in front of 4,500 fans. Bright's first full season in 1953–54 saw him clock up 52 first team appearances in a season that saw Town reach the heady heights of 7th in the Southern League, and also notch up 100 goals in a season for the first time. This achievement came from the boots of Stan Richards, Bryn Allen, Jim McGhee and to a lesser extent Derek Tapscott who was transferred to Arsenal for £8,000 earlier in the season. The season ended with a friendly against IFK Stockholm, the first overseas visitors to Jenner Park. More firsts came the following season when Barry Town lifted the Welsh Cup for the first time in May 1955 when the Linnets beat Chester City in a replayed Cup Final at Ninian Park. Town also had an excellent end to a good season which saw them again finish 7th in the League on an equal record points tally of 47. The bad times though, were just around the corner. The late 1950s saw a slump in form and in crowd attendances which severely affected cash flow at the club but the occasional big game did swell the coffers from time to time. A testimonial for fellow Linnet Bill Bellas saw Bright and the Barry Town squad face an Allstar XI which featured amongst others Alf Sherwood, Ivor Allchurch, Dai Ward, Mel Charles, and the most publicised player in Britain; John Charles. The services of ex-Cardiff City striker Neil O'Halloran for 1959–60 ultimately did little to lift Barry Town away from the league's basement placings and Town were relegated out of the Southern Leagues Premier Division, a status the club would never get back. Highlights throughout the desperate 1960s were few, but worth a mention is Barry Town's first FA Cup 1st Round tie for a decade when the Linnets were cruelly denied a famous win over Queens Park Rangers in front of a crowd of over 7,000 at Jenner Park. Relegation from the League's top flight didn't give the club a safe haven, as Barry Town soon found its way to the lower regions of the 1st Division, and would bounce around the re-election or relegation places until the mid-1970s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Basil Bright」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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