Titus Bramble

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Personal information
Titus Bramble
Full name	Titus Malachi Bramble
Date of birth	July 21, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	Ipswich, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85m)
Nickname	Mr. T, Titus Shambles, The Rock, Shitus Shambles
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Newcastle United
Number	19
Youth clubs
1996-1998	Ipswich Town
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–2002 1999–2000 2002–present	Ipswich Town → Colchester United (loan) Newcastle United	048 (1) 002 (0) 102 (3)
National team²
2000–2002	England U21s	012 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:59, 25 February 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12:24, 17 August 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Titus Malachi Bramble (born July 21, 1981 in Ipswich, Suffolk) is an English football player.

He currently plays for Newcastle United F.C. in the FA Premier League whom he joined in July 2002 for £5 million. His previous club was Ipswich Town, who brought him up through their academy. He has also had a loan spell at Colchester United.

Despite representing England frequently at Under-21 level, he has yet to make the transition to the full team due to frequent inexplicable lapses in concentration whilst playing.

Although he has the strength, pace and passing ability to be effective, his infamous pairing with Jean-Alain Boumsong at the heart of Newcastle's defence often included errors and the partnership was jokingly referred to as the Chuckle brothers live show. ^[1]

Titus scored a spectacular volleyed goal against Chelsea on 8 May 2006 in a 1-0 victory that secured qualification for the Intertoto Cup ^[2].

On August 10, 2006, Titus scored another vital goal for Newcastle in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round with a header against Latvian side FK Ventspils. In the return leg as St James's Park, Bramble gave a solid performance in a 0-0 draw allowing the Geordies to progress to the UEFA Cup.

In December 2006 Bramble was admitted into hospital after his injured calf swelled to double its normal size. ^[3]

On Wednesday 31st January 2007, Bramble returned to action against Aston Villa in the centre of defence along side Steven Taylor.

1 Driving
2 Trivia
3 External links
4 Sources

[edit] Driving

In 2002 Bramble was banned from driving for seven weeks and fined £2,000 for doing 102mph in a BMW ^[4]

On August 13, 2006 it was reported that Bramble was involved in a car crash in the village of Newton Flotman in Norfolk, while heading for a nightclub in Norwich. His BMW M3 convertible car, carrying five or six people, crashed into a garden wall. No one was hurt in the incident, and Bramble cleared a standard breath test.^[5]

[edit] Trivia

He has a brother, Tesfaye, who also plays professional football, for Stockport County.
Qualifies to play for Montserrat through his parents. His brother Tesfaye has already been capped by them.
Bramble has an exceptional left foot for a defender
Despite playing for Newcastle United, Bramble is still an avid supporter of his home club Ipswich Town, although he was quoted saying "The current Ipswich side is nothing compared to what it was when I was there!".
Scored 3 european goals in the 2003-04 season. As of February 2007 he is one goal away from becoming Newcastle's highest ever european goalscorer from defence.
He is also a wrestling fan and visits America regulary to watch matches.