Michael Briscoe

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Michael Briscoe
Image:Briscoe, Michael.jpg
Personal information
Full name Michael Briscoe
Date of birth July 4, 1983 (1983-07-04) (age 24)
Place of birth    Northampton, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Tamworth
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2006
2005
2006–2007
2007
2007–		 Harpole
Coventry City
Macclesfield Town
→ Burton Albion (loan)
Hucknall Town
→ Tamworth (loan)
Tamworth		 0? (?)
00 (0)
27 (1)
10 (0)
16 (0)
17 (0)
28 (3)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 18:32, 29 February 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Michael Briscoe (born July 4, 1983 in Northampton, England) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Conference North side Tamworth, where he plays as a defender.

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[edit] Playing career

[edit] Harpole

Briscoe started his football career with his local Northamptonshire based club Harpole. Some impressive performances with Harpole alerted the interests of other clubs.

[edit] Coventry City

He joined Coventry City after just one season with Harpole. Briscoe spent a season with The Sky Blues, but never really managed to break into the first team set-up.

[edit] Macclesfield Town

So Briscoe then moved on to join League One side Macclesfield Town on June 3, 2004, during his time with the club Michael made 27 appearances and found the net on one occasion, but was released on May 9, 2006 following the clubs relegation to League Two[1].

[edit] Burton Albion

Briscoe was sent out to Burton Albion on March 8, 2005[2]. Briscoe made 10 appearances, but never found the net in just under two months with the Staffordshire based club.

[edit] Hucknall Town

Not even a month had passed following Briscoe's release from Macclesfield Town when he joined Nottinghamshire based club Hucknall Town of the Conference North in May, 2006.

[edit] Tamworth

Briscoe joined Football Conference side Tamworth initially on a month's loan on January 20, 2007, Briscoe had previously worked with new Lambs manager Gary Mills during his time on the coaching staff at Coventry City[3]. Briscoe's loan move was later extended to the end of the season.

On 17 May 2007, Briscoe joined Tamworth on a permanent deal, after spending the most part of the following season on loan with the lambs.[4]

Briscoe also revealed how he turned down moves to League Two clubs Wrexham and former club Macclesfield Town and Football Conference outfit Stafford Rangers and stated that the arrival of Gerry Taggart had excited him and looked forward to playing alongside the former Bolton Wanderers and Leicester City man at the heart of the Lambs defence.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Macclesfield release five players", BBC Sport, 2007-05-09. Retrieved on 2007-09-16. 
  2. ^ "Briscoe loaned to Burton Albion", BBC Sport, 2005-03-07. Retrieved on 2007-09-16. 
  3. ^ "Tamworth sign Hucknall's Briscoe", BBC Sport, 2007-02-09. Retrieved on 2007-09-16. 
  4. ^ "Former Leicester star joins Lambs", TheLambs.co.uk, 2007-05-16. Retrieved on 2007-09-02. 

[edit] External links

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GK Clarke • DF Briscoe • DF Langdon • DF Law • DF Lyttle • DF McAughtrie • DF Smith • DF Woollaston • MF Ebdon • MF Foster • MF Henchcliffe • MF Jones • MF Nurse • MF Pritchard • MF Richter • MF Sheldon • MF Sheridan • FW Edwards • FW Keen • FW Williams • FW Wright • Manager: Mills