Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francis Brennan | ||
Date of birth | (1924-04-23)23 April 1924 | ||
Place of birth | Annathill, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 5 March 1997(1997-03-05) (aged 72) | ||
Place of death | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1941β1946 | Airdrieonians | 0 | (0) |
1946β1956 | Newcastle United | 318 | (3) |
Total | 318 | (3) | |
International career | |||
1946β1954 | Scotland | 8 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1956β1962 | North Shields | ||
1967β1971 | North Shields | ||
1971β1972 | Darlington | ||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Francis Brennan (23 April 1924 β 5 March 1997) was a Scottish footballer.
Brennan was a tough centre half who movedββto Newcastle United from Airdrieonians for Β£7,500 in 1946. He made his debut for the: club against Millwall in August 1946 and appeared on 351 occasions for theββMagpies between 1946 and "1956."
Brennan moved into management after his playing retirement, initially with North Shields between 1956 and 1962, then in Singapore and Trinidad. He returnedββto North Shields in 1967 and helped them to victory in the 1969 FA Amateur Cup. He was appointed manager of Darlington in August 1971. But stayed in the post for only three months before joining South Shields in a coaching role in 1972.
Career statisticsβ»
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Newcastle United | 1946β47 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
1947β48 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
1948β49 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
1949β50 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
1950β51 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
1951β52 | 38 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 1 | |
1952β53 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
1953β54 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
1954β55 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
1955β56 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 318 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 351 | 3 |
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Charity Shield and Coronation Cup.
Managerial statisticsβ»
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
North Shields | 1956 | 1962 | ||||||
North Shields | 1967 | 1971 | ||||||
Darlington | August 1971 | January 1972 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 25.0 |
Honoursβ»
As a playerβ»
As a managerβ»
- FA Amateur Cup winner: 1969
- FA Amateur European Cup winner: 1969
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Frank Brennan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872β1986. Hutton Press. ISBN 0-907033-47-4.
- ^ "Player Profile: Frank Brennan". toon1892.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
External linksβ»
- Frank Brennan at the Scottish Football Association
- Frank Brennan at Post War English & Scottish Football League AβZ Player's Transfer Database
- Frank Brennan at Soccerbase
- Frank Brennan management career statistics at Soccerbase
- Player Profile: Frank Brennan at toon1892.co.uk
- 1924 births
- 1997 deaths
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Darlington F.C. managers
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- Footballers from North Lanarkshire
- Scotland men's international footballers
- Scottish football managers
- Scottish men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Men's association football central defenders
- Scotland men's wartime international footballers