Maurice Setters

**Maurice Edgar Setters** (16 December 1936 – 22 November 2020) was an English football player and manager.

As player, he made more than 400 appearances in the Football League representing Exeter City, West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United, Stoke City, Coventry City and Charlton Athletic.

Setters died of Alzheimer's disease-related problems on 22 November 2020, aged 83.

### Playing career

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Exeter City|1953–54|Third Division South|1|0|0|0|–|0|0|0|0|1|0||
|1954–55|Third Division South|9|0|1|0|–|0|0|0|0|10|0||||
|rowspan="6"|West Bromwich Albion|1955–56|First Division|11|2|3|0|–|0|0|0|0|14|2||
|1956–57|First Division|21|1|3|0|–|0|0|0|0|24|1||||
|1957–58|First Division|27|3|3|0|–|0|0|0|0|30|3||||
|1958–59|First Division|41|2|3|0|–|0|0|0|0|43|2||||
|1959–60|First Division|20|2|0|0|–|0|0|0|0|20|2||||
|rowspan="7"|Manchester United|1959–60|First Division|17|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|19|0|
|1960–61|First Division|40|4|3|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|45|4|||
|1961–62|First Division|38|3|7|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|45|4|||
|1962–63|First Division|27|1|6|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|33|1|||
|1963–64|First Division|32|4|7|0|0|0|4|1|1|0|44|5|||
|1964–65|First Division|5|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|6|0|||
|rowspan="5"|Stoke City|1964–65|First Division|16|1|3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|19|1|
|1965–66|First Division|39|3|1|0|5|0|0|0|0|0|45|3|||
|1966–67|First Division|28|1|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|30|1|||
|1967–68|First Division|3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|||
|Cleveland Stokers (loan)|1967|United Soccer Association|9|3|—|—|—|—|9|3||||||
|rowspan="4"|Coventry City|1967–68|First Division|25|1|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|27|1|
|1968–69|First Division|17|2|0|0|4|0|0|0|0|0|21|2|||
|1969–70|First Division|9|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|11|0|||
|Charlton Athletic|1969–70|Second Division|8|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|8|1||

- A.  The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the FA Charity Shield.

### Managerial career

Source:
|rowspan=2 width=120|Team|rowspan=2 width=120|From|rowspan=2 width=120|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Doncaster Rovers|align=left|1 May 1971|align=left|15 November 1974|||

## Honours

**Manchester United**
- FA Cup: 1962–63

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Maurice Setters
- **fullname**: Maurice Edgar Setters
- **birth place**: Honiton, Devon, England
- **position**: Wing half
- **youthyears1**: 1952–1954
- **youthclubs1**: Exeter City F.C., Exeter City
- **years1**: 1954–1955
- **clubs1**: Exeter City F.C., Exeter City
- **caps1**: 10
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1955–1960
- **clubs2**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion
- **caps2**: 120
- **goals2**: 10
- **years3**: 1960–1965
- **clubs3**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps3**: 159
- **goals3**: 12
- **years4**: 1965–1967
- **clubs4**: Stoke City F.C., Stoke City
- **caps4**: 86
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 1967
- **clubs5**: → Cleveland Stokers (guest)
- **caps5**: 9
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 1967–1970
- **clubs6**: Coventry City F.C., Coventry City
- **caps6**: 51
- **goals6**: 3
- **years7**: 1970
- **clubs7**: Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic
- **caps7**: 8
- **goals7**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 434
- **totalgoals**: 31
- **manageryears1**: 1971–1974
- **managerclubs1**: Doncaster Rovers F.C., Doncaster Rovers
- **manageryears2**: 1982
- **managerclubs2**: Rotherham United F.C., Rotherham United (assistant)
- **manageryears3**: 1983
- **managerclubs3**: Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker)
- **manageryears4**: 1986–1995
- **managerclubs4**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland (assistant)