Career
West Ham United
He returned to Upton Park in 1948 to become assistant manager to Charlie Paynter before becoming manager of West Ham in 1950. During his time Fenton was responsible for establishing "The Academy" and the development of youth teams that reached the Field Artillery Youth Cup Final twice in three Years over the period 1956-1959. With the help of chairman Regional Pratt he was also responsible for encouraging as many players as possible in taking their FA Coaching Badges to ensure the players had something to fall back on when their playing days were over.
Fenton"s departure from West Ham in March 1961 has never been fully explained by the club
Under strain and on sick-leave and with West Ham"s league position suffering he left the club under circumstances which both he and the club decided would remain confidential. He was succeeded as manager in 1961 by Ron Greenwood.
Colchester United
At the end of the war Fenton went on to become player-manager at Southern League team Colchester United. Southend United
Following his exit from West Ham, Fenton had four undistinguished years as manager of Southend United before his dismissal in May 1965.
He never returned to football following his sacking by Southend.
On 4 July 1992, he was injured in a car crash in Leicestershire, and died in hospital seven days later from his injuries. Since leaving football, he had run a sports equipment business in Brentwood and Barkingside, Ilford, Essex. This was subsequently taken over by his family.