Brian Roberts (English footballer)

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Brian Roberts
Personal information
Full name	Brian Leslie Ford Roberts
Date of birth	6 November 1955 (1955-11-06) (age 52)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
1972–1974	Coventry City
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1974–1984 1975 1984–1990 1990–1992	Coventry City → Hereford United (loan) Birmingham City Wolverhampton Wanderers	215 (1) 008 (0) 187 (0) 021 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Brian Leslie Ford Roberts (born 6 November 1955 in Manchester) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played more than 400 games in the Football League for Coventry City, Hereford United, Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers. After ten years as a professional at Coventry City he joined Birmingham City for a fee of £10,000 raised through a supporters' "Buy a Player Fund". Nicknamed "Harry" after the 1960s police-killer Harry Roberts, he published an autobiography entitled Harry's Game. He went on to coach at Coventry City before becoming Head of Sport at a private school in Leamington Spa.^[1]

[edit] Honours

• with Birmingham City
  • Football League Second Division runners-up 1985.

[edit] References

• Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, p. 120. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9. 
• Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database

[edit] Notes

Persondata
NAME	Roberts, Brian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Roberts, Brian Leslie Ford
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1955-11-06
PLACE OF BIRTH	Manchester, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH