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{{short description|English footballer and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Lew Chatterley
|image =
| caption =
|fullname = Lawson Colin Chatterley
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1945|2|15}}
|birth_place = [[Birmingham]], England
|height =
|position = [[Midfielder]]
|youthyears1= 1960–1962
|youthclubs1= [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
| years1 = 1962–1971 | years2 = 1971 | years3 = 1971–1972 | years4 = 1972–1974 | years5 = 1974–1975 | years6 = 1975–1977 | years7 =1977–1978
| clubs1 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] | clubs2 = →[[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]] (loan) | clubs3 = [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]] | clubs4 = [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] | clubs5 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] | clubs6 = [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]] | clubs7 =[[Barnstaple Town F.C.|Barnstaple Town]]
| caps1 = 153 | goals1 = 26 | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 2 | caps4 = 73 | goals4 = 16 | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 57 | goals6 = 10| caps7 = | goals7 =
| manageryears1 = 1987–1988 | manageryears2 = 1989 | manageryears3 =1994
| managerclubs1 = [[Poole Town F.C.|Poole Town]] | managerclubs2 = [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] ''(caretaker)'' | managerclubs3 =[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] ''(caretaker)''
|club-update =
}}
'''Lawson Colin Chatterley''' (born 15 February 1945) is an English former professional football player and coach. He represented [[England national football team|England]] at Youth level.

==Playing career==
Chatterley was born in [[Birmingham]] and began his career as an apprentice at [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]], turning professional [[1961-62 AVFC|in February 1962]], with his league debut coming the following season. He remained at [[Villa Park]] for over 9 years, making 153 league appearances and scoring 26 goals. During his stay at Villa Park, Aston Villa were relegated from Division 1 in [[1966-67 in English football|1967]] and again from Division 2 in [[1969-70 in English football|1970]].

In March 1971 he joined [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]] on loan, where he first met [[Lawrie McMenemy]], who was to have a considerable influence on his later career. With his time at Villa at an end, Chatterley was sold to [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]] in September 1971 for £8,000. His stay at Northampton was only a short one, rejoining McMenemy at [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] in February 1972 for £8,000. In his [[1971-72 in English football|first season]] at [[Blundell Park]], Grimsby were champions of Division 4, and spent the next 2 seasons in Division 3, finishing in a creditable 9th and then 6th place.

He scored 16 times in 73 league games for Grimsby before a £15,000 move to [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in March 1974, once again linking up with McMenemy. He played the last two games of Saints' [[1973-74 in English football|1973-74]] relegation season. As the team struggled to shine in the Second Division, Chatterley became the butt of the crowd's frustration, and, in February 1975, he moved to [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]] as player-coach, where he was to play a further 57 league games and score 10 goals.

==Coaching career==
After leaving Torquay he played for North [[Devon]] non-league side [[Barnstaple Town F.C.|Barnstaple Town]] and opened a guest house. However, he was lured back into football, firstly as coach of [[Chicago Sting]] in the U.S., and then, in 1979, as McMenemy's right-hand-man back at Southampton. During his 6-year spell at [[The Dell (Southampton F.C.)|The Dell]], Saints enjoyed some of their finest moments including briefly topping the [[Football League]] tables in January 1982 (finishing the [[1981-82 in English football|1981-82 season]] in 7th place), and then finishing the [[1983-84 in English football|1983-84 season]] as runners-up to [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].

In 1985, he chose to accompany McMenemy to [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], despite being in contention for the vacant manager's job at The Dell. McMenemy's sacking in April 1987 precipitated Chatterley's resignation from his position at [[Roker Park]] a few weeks later.

He returned to the Southampton area in 1987 and was manager of The Clump Inn in [[Chilworth, Hampshire|Chilworth]], and took a role as manager at [[Poole Town F.C.|Poole Town]], before becoming [[Ian Branfoot]]'s assistant at [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] in June 1988. In October 1989, he acted as caretaker manager following Branfoot's sacking, handing over the reins to [[Ian Porterfield]] in November.

In January 1990, Chatterley returned to The Dell as a youth development officer, and, in July 1991, once again became a coach under Ian Branfoot who had recently been appointed [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]'s manager. In January 1994, following Branfoot's departure, he briefly acted as caretaker manager in tandem with [[David Merrington|Dave Merrington]], taking charge of the team for one match, before [[Alan Ball, Jr.|Alan Ball]]'s appointment. He was then promoted to the role of assistant manager, a post he retained until the appointment of [[Graeme Souness]] in July 1996.

He then joined [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] for a brief spell as a scout, before retraining as a teacher.

From 1998 to 2016, Chatterley was full-time football coach at [[Winchester College]]. He enjoyed considerable success there, with the school reaching the semi-finals of the Independent Schools Cup for the first time.

==References==
*{{cite book |
author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk |
title=In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC |
publisher=Hagiology Publishing |
year=2003|
isbn = 0-9534474-3-X}}
*{{cite book |
author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk |
title=The Alphabet of the Saints|
publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing |
year=1992|
isbn = 0-9514862-3-3}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929082314/http://www.gtst.net/site/content/view/94/63/ Article about Lew Chatterley on Grimsby Town Supporters' Trust website]

{{Reading F.C. managers}}

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[[Category:Grimsby Town F.C. players]]
[[Category:Northampton Town F.C. players]]
[[Category:Torquay United F.C. players]]
[[Category:1945 births]]
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[[Category:Barnstaple Town F.C. players]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
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Lew Chatterley - Revision history

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