Brian McDermott (footballer)

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Brian McDermott
Personal information
Full name Brian McDermott
Date of birth April 8, 1961 (1961-04-08) (age 47)
Place of birth    Slough, Berkshire, England
Playing position Reserve Team Manager & Chief Scout
Club information
Current club Reading F.C.
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1978-84
1983
1984
1984-87
1986
1987-88
1988-90		 Arsenal
→ Fulham
→ IFK Norrköping (loan)
Oxford United
→ Huddersfield Town
Cardiff City
Exeter City		 61 (12)
3 (0)
? (?)
24 (2)
4 (1)
51 (8)
68 (4)   
Teams managed
Woking
Slough

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Brian James McDermott (born 8 April 1961 in Slough, Berkshire) is a football player and coach. He is currently the Reserve Team Manager and Chief Scout at Reading Football Club.

[edit] Playing career

McDermott joined Arsenal as an apprentice in January 1977 and signed professional forms with the club in February 1979. He was a regular in Arsenal's reserve team, finishing top scorer in the London Combination in 1978-79, before making his debut as a substitute against Bristol City on March 10, 1979. He did not properly break into the Arsenal first team until the 1980-81 season, notching 45 appearances (14 as sub) in all competitions in that season and 1981-82.

Unable to match his goalscoring rate at the top level, he featured much less in the 1982-83 and 1983-84 seasons and was loaned out twice, once to Fulham in 1983 and once to IFK Norrköping between April and October 1984, where he was named Sweden's Player of the Year.[citation needed] He moved to Oxford United in December 1984, having played 70 games for Arsenal, scoring 13 goals.

His later career included a spell at Huddersfield Town on loan, before stints at Cardiff City and Exeter City.

[edit] Coaching career

He joined Reading as Chief Scout in September 2000, taking over from the late Maurice Evans.

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(c) = caretaker manager


Persondata
NAME McDermott, Brian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Chief Scout
DATE OF BIRTH 8 April 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Slough, Berkshire
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH