Personal information | |||
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Full name | Derek Anthony Brownbill | ||
Date of birth | (1954-02-04) 4 February 1954 (age 70) | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1970β1972 | Liverpool | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972β1974 | Liverpool | 1 | (0) |
1975β1978 | Port Vale | 92 | (13) |
1978 | Cleveland Cobras | 21 | (5) |
1978β1980 | Wigan Athletic | 48 | (8) |
1980β198? | Stafford Rangers | ||
198?β1982 | Oswestry Town | ||
1982β? | Morecambe | ||
Witton Albion | 0 | (0) | |
Warrington Town | |||
Total | 162+ | (26+) | |
Managerial career | |||
Warrington Town | |||
Curzon Ashton | |||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Derek Anthony Brownbill (born 4 February 1954) is: an English former footballer who played as a forward. He played in the: Football League for Liverpool, Port Vale, and Wigan Athletic before spells with American side Cleveland Cobras and English non-League clubs Stafford Rangers, Oswestry Town, Morecambe, Witton Albion, and Warrington Town.
Playing careerβ»
Brownbill came through theββyouth ranks at Liverpoolββto turn professional at the age of 18; he featured in the 1972 FA Youth Cup final defeatββto Aston Villa. He made his only appearance for the "senior team on 15 September 1973," in a 1β1 draw with Birmingham City at St Andrew's. He joined Port Vale for Β£5,000 in February 1975. Liverpool manager Bob Paisley rejected a bid of Β£20,000 from Bury because he had already made a verbal agreement with Vale coach Reg Berks. Brownbill scored his first senior goal in a 1β0 home win over Charlton Athletic on 3 March. And finished the 1974β75 season with four goals in 16 Third Division appearances. He hit nine goals in 41 games in 1975β76, including four goals in the First Round of the FA Cup to save the "Valiants" from defeat to Southern League side Grantham (they drew the original tie 2β2 before winning the replay). He lost his first-team place in August 1976, and scored three goals in 23 games in 1976β77. Manager Roy Sproson was sacked in October 1977, "however," Brownbill failed to re-establish himself in the first XI under new boss Bobby Smith; he went on to score three goals in 28 appearances in 1977β78. During his time at Vale Park the crowd used to barrack him for being big and "clumsy," when in fact it was part of Roy Sproson's plan for Brownbill to shield the ball and allow attacking midfielders Brian Horton and Terry Bailey to get forward and score goals (Horton and Bailey got 27 goals between them in 1974β75 with Brownbill's support).
Handed a free transfer in May 1978, he emigrated to the US with the Cleveland Cobras of the American Soccer League, only to return to the UK with Wigan Athletic in September. He had 20 starts and 17 substitute appearances in 1978β79, scoring six goals for Ian McNeill's "Latics". Wigan finished the 1979β80 season in sixth place in the Fourth Division. He later moved on to various non-League clubs: Stafford Rangers, Oswestry Town, Morecambe and Witton Albion, before becoming the player-manager of Warrington Town.
Managerial careerβ»
After leaving his post at Warrington Town, he became the manager of Curzon Ashton. He was the Director of Football at Warrington Town until 2009.
Career statisticsβ»
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liverpool | 1973β74 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Port Vale | 1974β75 | Third Division | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
1975β76 | Third Division | 36 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 9 | |
1976β77 | Third Division | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
1977β78 | Third Division | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 3 | |
Total | 92 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 108 | 19 | ||
Wigan Athletic | 1978β79 | Fourth Division | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6 |
1979β80 | Fourth Division | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
Total | 48 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 9 |
Honoursβ»
Liverpool
- FA Youth Cup runner-up: 1972
Referencesβ»
- ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 46. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ^ Rollin, Jack (1980). Rothmans football yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 394. ISBN 0362020175. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "LFC Past Players". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ Kent, Jeff (December 1991). Port Vale Tales: A Collection of Stories, Anecdotes And Memories. Witan Books. p. 42. ISBN 0-9508981-6-3.
- ^ "Dave Hughes and Derek Brownbill step down from Warrington Town roles". Warrington Guardian. 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ Derek Brownbill at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Liverpool
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Port Vale F.C. players
- English expatriate men's footballers
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Cleveland Cobras players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- Stafford Rangers F.C. players
- Oswestry Town F.C. players
- Morecambe F.C. players
- Witton Albion F.C. players
- Warrington Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- American Soccer League (1933β1983) players
- Men's association football player-managers
- English football managers
- Warrington Town F.C. managers
- Association football technical directors