Bert Cooke
{{Short description|English football manager}}
{{For|those of the same name|Herbert Cooke (disambiguation)|Bert Cooke (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bert Cooke
| image = Bert Cooke.jpg
| image_size =
| alt = Cooke in 1921
| fullname = Herbert Michael Cooke
| birth_date = 1882
| birth_place = Birkenhead, England
| death_date = 1959 (aged 76)
| death_place = Wirral, England
| manageryears1 = 1912–1935
| managerclubs1 = Tranmere Rovers
}}
Herbert Michael Cooke was a football manager. He managed Tranmere Rovers from 1912 to 1935, the longest spell of any manager at the club. He oversaw their first Football League match in 1921.
Management career
Born in Birkenhead in 1882, Cooke became manager of Tranmere in 1912, and stayed in charge for 23 years, the longest spell of any manager at the club.
In 1919, Tranmere were promoted to the Central League. Within a year, Division Three North was created and, in 1921, Cooke oversaw the club's first Football League match. A string of talented local youngsters were developed by Cooke before moving to First Division clubs - Dixie Dean, Ellis Rimmer, Pongo Waring and Nibbler Ridding.
In the 1934–35 season – Cooke's last in charge – Rovers led Division Three North for most of the campaign but, in the last few weeks, blew their promotion chance. They did however win the Welsh Cup that year. He left under acrimonious circumstances, amid FA enquiries into illegal payments to players to induce them to sign for Rovers and the dismissal of several directors. Cooke was replaced by former England international, Jackie Carr.
Cooke died in Wirral in 1959, aged 76.
References
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{{cite web
| url = http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/page/History/0,,10365~399698,00.html
| title = Tranmere Rovers Managers Since 1912
| date = 12 May 2010
| publisher = Tranmere Rovers official website
| accessdate = 25 April 2011
| url-status = dead
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110621003436/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10365~399698%2C00.html
| archivedate = 21 June 2011
}}
{{cite web
| url = http://www.thecowsheds.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&id=67
| title = History
| date = 19 August 2010
| publisher = TheCowsheds.co.uk
| accessdate = 25 April 2011
| url-status = dead
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110210080154/http://thecowsheds.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=85
| archivedate = 10 February 2011
}}
{{cite web
|url=http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/page/History/
|title=Club History
|date=12 May 2010
|publisher=Tranmere Rovers official website
|accessdate=25 April 2011
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722171557/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/page/History/
|archivedate=22 July 2011
}}
{{cite book
| last = Bishop
| first = Peter
| title = Tranmere Rovers Football Club
| series = Images of England
| date = 1 November 1998
| publisher = Tempus
| location = Stroud, U.K.
| isbn = 978-0-7524-1505-5
| pages = 128
}}
{{cite book
| last = Upton
| first = Gilbert
| title = Tranmere Rovers, 1881–1921: A New History
| date = December 1991
| isbn = 978-0-9518648-0-7
| page = 48
}}
{{cite book
| last = Bishop
| first = Peter
| title = The A–Z of Tranmere Rovers
| year = 1990
| publisher = Chester IV Graphics
| location = Ellesmere Port
| pages = 10–11
| chapter = Cooke, Bert
}} {{ASIN|B0011SRSOG|country=uk}}
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External links
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Category:Tranmere Rovers F.C. managers
Category:Sportspeople from Birkenhead
Category:English Football League managers
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