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alfred homer birmingham , england 1899-1920 bristol rovers alfred homer.jpg alfred homer
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alfred homer

alfred homer , jr. -lrb- born in birmingham , england -rrb- was an english professional football manager .
homer became bristol rovers ' first full-time manager-secretary in 1899 , a job he held for twenty-one years until 1920 .
prior to this he was assistant secretary of aston villa .
homer 's father , also called alfred homer , founded the vulcan brewery in aston , birmingham , in 1878 .
the business was later sold in 1899 to mitchells & butlers , before the brewery site was sold to hp foods for an hp sauce factory .
