Chris Brass

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Chris Brass
Personal information
Full name Christopher Paul Brass
Date of birth July 24, 1975 (1975-07-24) (age 32)
Place of birth    Easington, England
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Hyde United (Player)
Bury (Centre of Excellence manager)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1993–2001
1994
2000
2001–2006
2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–		 Burnley
→ Torquay United (loan)
→ Halifax Town (loan)
York City
→ Harrogate Town (loan)
→ Southport (loan)
Bury
Hyde United		 134 (1)
007 (0)
006 (0)
152 (6)
009 (0)
005 (0)
029 (0)
023 (1)[1][2]   
Teams managed
2003–2004
2008		 York City
Bury (caretaker)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 13:02, 20 January 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)
Chris Brass hugs Viv Busby after a win for York City
Chris Brass hugs Viv Busby after a win for York City

Christopher Paul "Chris" Brass (born July 24, 1975 in Easington, England) is an English footballer and manager. He currently plays for Hyde United in the Conference North, while also managing Bury's Centre of Excellence.

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[edit] Career

Chris Brass began his career as a schoolboy at Ipswich Town, starring for the Durham County youth side. However, he was released by Town at the age of 15 when new manager John Lyall took over at Portman Road. He went for trials at a number of clubs (including Sheffield United and Middlesbrough) before becoming an apprentice at Burnley in 1991, turning professional July 8, 1993. In 1994 he captained the Burnley A team as it won the Lancashire League. In need of first-team experience, Brass joined Torquay United on loan in October 1994, playing seven league games in a two month loan spell.

Brass returned to Burnley, making his debut for them as a substitute in a 1-0 defeat away to Portsmouth in January 1995. The following season he again struggled to claim a regular place in the Burnley side, but in 1996-97 he established himself in the centre of the Burnley defence, and remained there for the next 3 seasons, though occasionally played out of position by manager Chris Waddle. By March 1998, such was the turmoil that the Clarets found themselves in, Brass was their longest serving player, and still only 22 years old. In the summer of 1998, Stan Ternent replaced Waddle, and made Brass captain, but Brass struggled to keep his form and found himself in the reserves. In the summer of 1999, Burnley signed Mitchell Thomas resulting in Brass playing only occasionally for the first-team. He went on loan to Halifax Town in September 2000, with the first of his six league games being a win against Torquay. After the month's loan was up, Halifax could not afford to sign him and he returned to the Burnley reserves, before joining York City on a free transfer in March 2001.[citation needed][3] He had played 134 league games for Burnley, scoring once.

Brass was immediately installed as captain at York and in May 2003, aged only 27, was appointed as York's player-manager. Although his first season in charge began well, York failed to win any of their final 20 league games and were relegated to the Conference. Results weren't much better in the Conference and Brass was sacked as manager in November 2004. He remained at York as a player and, after suffering a serious ligament injury, joined Harrogate Town on loan in September 2005 in an attempt to regain match-fitness. He joined Southport on a month's loan in November 2005,[4] which was extended for another month in January 2006.[5] He returned to York in January and the following day he was released from his contract.[6][citation needed] He later joined Bury as a player on a deal until the end of the 2005–06 season.[7] He scored a notable own goal, when attempting an overhead clearance in the game against Darlington, he kicked the ball into his nose and it went in.[8] Brass nearly received a broken nose to add to the humiliation.[9] He signed a new one-year deal with Bury in June 2006.[10]

Brass was released by Bury at the end of the 2006-07 season, but was asked to return to pre-season training to prove his fitness before a decision will be made on his future.[11] He was appointed as Bury's Centre of Excellence manager on 6 July 2007,[12] before going on to sign for Hyde United in July 2007 after a successful trial.[13] He combines the two roles. He came Bury's caretaker manager in January 2008, following the sacking of Chris Casper.[14]

[edit] Managerial stats

As of 6 March 2008.
Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
York City Flag of England June 4, 2003 November 8, 2004 67 14 35 18 20.89
Bury Flag of England January 15, 2008 February 5, 2008 4 0 3 1 00.00

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Chris Brass. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
  2. ^ Player Details: Season 2005-2006. SoccerFactsUK. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
  3. ^ "Brass off to York", BBC Sport, 2001-03-15. Retrieved on 2008-01-20. 
  4. ^ "Watson delighted at Brass capture", BBC Sport, 2005-11-29. Retrieved on 2008-01-20. 
  5. ^ "Brass extends Southport loan stay", BBC Sport, 2006-01-06. Retrieved on 2008-01-20. 
  6. ^ "Turnbull brought in by Southport", BBC Sport, 2006-01-16. Retrieved on 2008-01-20. 
  7. ^ "Shakers Get Some Brass", Bury FC, 2006-01-17. Retrieved on 2008-01-20. 
  8. ^ Own Goal. YouTube. Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
  9. ^ "Brassed Off", BBC, 2006-04-26. Retrieved on 2008-04-16. 
  10. ^ "Woody & Brass Sign", Bury FC, 2006-06-08. Retrieved on 2008-01-20. 
  11. ^ The Retained List. Bury FC. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  12. ^ "New role for Chris", Bury FC, 2007-07-06. Retrieved on 2007-07-08. 
  13. ^ "SHAKER BRASS BECOMES A TIGER", Non-League Daily, 2007-07-16. Retrieved on 2007-07-16. 
  14. ^ "Bury name Brass as caretaker boss", BBC Sport, 2008-01-15. Retrieved on 2008-01-15. 

[edit] External links

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York City F.C. – Managers

Collier (1928–30) • Sherrington (1930–33) • Collier (1933–37) • Mitchell (1937–50) • Duckworth (1950–52) • Spencer (1952–53) • McCormick (1953–54) • Bartram (1956–60) • Lockie (1960–67) • Shaw (1967–68) • Johnston (1968–75) • McGuinness (1975–77) • Wright (1977–80) • Lyons (1980–81) • Randall (1981–82) • Swallow (1982) • Smith (1982–87) • Saxton (1987–88) • Swallow (1988) • Bird (1988–91) • Ward (1991–93) • Little (1993–99) • Thompson (1999–2000) • Dolan (2000–03) • Brass (2003–04) • Busby (2004–05) • McEwan (2005–07) • Walker (2007–)
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Bury F.C. – Managers

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Hyde United F.C. – current squad

–– Band • –– Bushell • –– Brass • –– Cartwright • –– Clee • –– Dootson • –– Gedman • –– Harrison • –– Johnson • –– Lynch • –– Pickford • –– Rick • –– Seddon • –– Simm • –– Tipton • –– Warner • Manager: Waywell