Bertie Brayley

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Bertie Brayley
Personal information
Full name Albert Brayley
Date of birth 17 August 1981 (1981-08-17) (age 26)
Place of birth    England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Chelmsford City
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2004
2003
2004
2004
2004
2004–2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005–2006
2006
2006–2007
2007–		 West Ham United
Queens Park Rangers
Swindon Town
Canvey Island
→ Heybridge Swifts (loan)
Hornchurch
→ Braintree Town (loan)
→ Billericay Town (loan)
Heybridge Swifts
Farnborough Town
Thurrock
Aldershot Town
Grays Athletic
Margate
Eastleigh
Braintree Town
Chelmsford City		 00 0(0)
00 0(0)
07 0(0)
34 0(8)
12 (10)
16 0(2)
08 0(4)
05 0(2)
09 0(3)
04 0(0)
05 0(2)
05 0(0)
04 0(0)
25 0(5)
02 0(0)
19 0(3)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 00:02, 5 March 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Albert 'Bertie' Brayley (b. 1981-08-17) is a English football player who played for Swindon Town in the English Football League Second Division during the 2001–02 season and is now playing non-league football.

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[edit] Club career

Brayley began his footballing career as a youth player with West Ham United, where he was a member of their FA Youth Cup winning squad in 1999, scoring three goals in an aggregate 9-0 win over Coventry City.[1][2][3] He signed professional forms in August 1999 but was released by the club without making any first team appearances.[4]

Brayley joined Football League Second Division side Queens Park Rangers but after the club was relegated and went into adminstration, he was released along with 15 other players in May 2001, having made no appearances for the club.[5] He joined Football League Second Division side Swindon Town in August 2001,[6] where he made seven substitute appearances in the league and three in other competitions, in the 2001-2002 season.[4]

He left Swindon in August 2002 and dropped into non-league football, joining Canvey Island.[7] He later played for Hornchurch,[8] Billericay Town,[9] Heybridge Swifts,[10] Farnborough,[11] Thurrock,[12] Aldershot Town,[13] Grays,[14] Margate,[15] and Braintree Town.[16] He is currently playing for Chelmsford City.[17]

[edit] Representative honours

Brayley made several appearances for the England learning disabilities team as they reached the quarter-finals of the Learning Disability World Cup in 2006.[18][19][20]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Irons Youth Team Eye Silverware. 4thegame (1999-05-13). Retrieved on 2008-02-04.
  2. ^ Barber, David. The class of '99. The FA. Retrieved on 2008-02-04.
  3. ^ "Football: FA Youth Cup Final - Hammers kids earn a 21,000 fan salute", The Independent, 1999-05-15. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  4. ^ a b Berti Brayley. Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved on 2008-02-04.
  5. ^ "QPR release 16 players", BBC Sport, 2001-05-25. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  6. ^ "August Transfers", The Telegraph, 2001-09-10. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  7. ^ "Young striker joins Canvey", Non League Daily, 2002-08-17. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  8. ^ "Borg boosts squad", Non League Daily, 2004-01-24. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  9. ^ "Brayley joins Billericay", Non League Daily, 2004-09-16. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  10. ^ "Brayley signs for Swifts", Non League Daily, 2004-11-27. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  11. ^ "Farnborough make double signing", BBC Sport, 2005-02-11. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  12. ^ "Thurrock swoops for Brayley", Non League Daily, 2005-03-17. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  13. ^ "Brown snaps up four", Non League Daily, 2005-07-30. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  14. ^ "Grays run the rule over Brayley", BBC Sport, 2005-09-07. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  15. ^ "'Gate snap up Brayley", Non League Daily, 2005-12-13. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  16. ^ "Brayley return to Iron", Non League Daily, 2006-11-09. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  17. ^ "Bertie leads Chelmsford City fightback", Braintree Times, 2007-12-25. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  18. ^ "Champions score Eleven", The FA, 2006-09-01. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  19. ^ "Watson leads by example", The FA, 2006-09-04. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  20. ^ "England make quarters", The FA, 2006-09-08. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 

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