Donald Welsh was an English football player and manager.
12 Facts About Don Welsh
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Don Welsh soon became captain and skippered Charlton to consecutive promotions from the Third Division to the First Division.
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Don Welsh later played for the national team against Switzerland and Romania, scoring st the latter in 1939.
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Don Welsh scored 100 goals in 119 League games for Charlton and 43 goals in 40 games for Liverpool.
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Don Welsh led Charlton to two War Cup finals in 1943 and 1944, winning in 1944 by beating Chelsea.
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Don Welsh made nine appearances for England in the semi-official wartime matches, scoring twelve goals.
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Don Welsh returned to play for Charlton at the end of the war.
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Don Welsh captained the side to FA Cup finals in 1946 and 1947, winning the latter game against Burnley.
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Don Welsh left the club in November 1947 to begin his management career.
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In 1954 Don Welsh became the first manager to guide Liverpool into relegation for over 50 years.
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Don Welsh had almost accomplished that feat the season before finishing 17th, and only a scrappy win over Chelsea on the last day of the season kept Liverpool up.
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Don Welsh left the LCC to manage non-League Wycombe Wanderers between July 1962 and December 1964 before returning to the club where he had enjoyed such success as a player, Charlton Athletic, to become a member of their administrative staff.