Bradley Orr

Bradley Orr

Orr playing for Bristol City in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Bradley James Orr
Date of birth	(1982-11-01) 1 November 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
0000–1998	Everton
1998–2002	Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Newcastle United	0	(0)
2004	→ Burnley (loan)	4	(0)
2004–2010	Bristol City	229	(12)
2010–2012	Queens Park Rangers	39	(1)
2012–2015	Blackburn Rovers	31	(0)
2012–2013	→ Ipswich Town (loan)	13	(0)
2013–2014	→ Blackpool (loan)	4	(0)
2014	→ Toronto FC (loan)	19	(1)
Total		339	(14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bradley James Orr (born 1 November 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

Career

Newcastle United & loans

Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, Orr started his senior career with Newcastle United when Kenny Dalglish was manager, having started out at Everton and progressed through the club's ranks. ^{[1] [2]}

On 8 January 2003, Orr signed a contract with Newcastle United, keeping him until the end of the 2003–04 season. ^[1] Throughout the 2003–04 season, Orr appeared as an unused substitute bench as Newcastle United's cover without making an appearance for the Magpies. ^[3]

Due to a lack of opportunities in the first team, Orr was loaned out to Burnley for an initial month's loan. ^[4] He made his professional league debut, coming on as a late substitute, in a 0–0 draw against Wigan Athletic on 30 January 2004. ^[5] In his fourth appearance for the club, Orr made his first start professionally, starting the whole game, in a 2–0 lost against Millwall on 28 February 2004, in what turns out to be his last appearance for Burnley. ^[6] Shortly after, he was recalled by his parent club. ^[7]

Bristol City

Shortly after this loan period in July 2004, Orr signed for Bristol City. He scored his first goal for his new team against Yeovil Town.

Although he was signed as a central midfielder, he was converted to right-back in 2005–06 and played most of his games in that position.

On 29 August 2006, Orr was sent off for attempting to head-butt his own teammate, Louis Carey, during a game against Northampton Town. On 1 September 2006, Orr was sentenced to 28 days in jail relating to an incident outside a Bristol nightclub the previous October. ^[8] Also jailed in relation to the same incident were teammates Steve Brooker for 28 days, and David Partridge for two months. Orr and Brooker were released on 14 September 2006, serving only half of their original sentence. ^[9] He scored against Manchester City in the League Cup second round.

He was named in the PFA's Championship team of the season 2007–08.

According to media sources, he broke his cheekbone in the play-off final against Hull City.

On 27 November 2008, Bristol City decided to place Orr on the transfer list, due to rejecting several contract offers. ^[10] On 1 January 2009, Bristol City announced that Orr had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract at the club.

Queens Park Rangers

On 26 July 2010, Orr signed for Queens Park Rangers. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win over Scunthorpe United on 21 August 2010. He became a regular in Rangers Championship winning season with a number of impressive performances at right back helping Rangers to a high number of clean sheets. Once promoted to the Premier League his first team opportunities at Loftus Road became increasingly limited following the signing of right back Luke Young.

Blackburn Rovers

His time at QPR was short-lived however, due to a lack of first team games. He made a move in the January 2012 transfer window to Blackburn Rovers on a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee a move he said he badly needed. ^[11]

Orr made his debut for Blackburn when he replaced Jason Lowe in the 36th minute of the game in the 7–1 loss against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on 4 February 2012. He made his full home debut against his former employers QPR at Ewood Park, exactly a week later on 11 February 2012, in a game Rovers went on to win 3–2 and he also completed the full 90 minutes in his right-back slot. On 2 April 2012, Orr started and played the full 90 minutes in the right-back berth against Manchester United at Ewood Park which ended in a 2–0 defeat on the night of his sixth appearance for Rovers in the Barclays Premier League. On 21 April 2012, he started and played the full 90 minutes in the right-back spot with Jason Lowe playing further forward in a 2–0 victory over Norwich City at Ewood Park, thanks to strikes from Mauro Formica and Junior Hoilett. On 7 May 2012, Orr started the 1–0 defeat against Lancashire rivals Wigan Athletic at Ewood Park, but was replaced on 80 minutes for David Goodwillie, this loss meant that Rovers were relegated from the top flight.

Ipswich Town (loan)

Orr playing for Ipswich Town in 2013

On 14 November 2012, Orr signed for Ipswich Town on loan until 26 January 2013. ^[12] His loan was extended to the end of the season in January 2013. ^[13]

Blackpool (loan)

On 2 September 2013, Orr signed for Blackpool on loan until 2 January 2014. ^[14]

Toronto FC (loan)

On 25 January 2014, it was announced that Orr would be placed out on loan to MLS side Toronto FC. ^[15] The loan is set to run to December 2014 and would see Orr reunited with his former teammate at Blackburn, Ryan Nelsen. Nelsen was the head coach of Toronto FC having been sacked, along with his assistants, on 31 August 2014. Orr made his debut with Toronto in their season opener at Seattle Sounders FC on 15 March, the game ended in a 2–1 away victory with both goals coming from newly acquired Jermain Defoe. ^[16] He scored his first goal for Toronto on 23 May against Sporting Kansas City.

Personal life

Orr is the uncle of former footballer Jon Flanagan. ^[17]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Newcastle United	2003–04 [18]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
Burnley (loan)	2003–04 [18]	Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		4	0
Bristol City	2004–05 [19]	League One	37	0	2	0	2	0	–		1	0	42	0
	2005–06 [20]	League One	38	1	1	0	0	0	–		–		39	1
	2006–07 [21]	League One	35	4	4	0	0	0	–		4	0	43	4
	2007–08 [22]	Championship	42	4	1	0	2	1	–		3	0	48	5
	2008–09 [23]	Championship	38	1	2	0	1	0	–		–		41	1
	2009–10 [24]	Championship	39	2	2	0	1	0	–		–		42	2
	Total		229	12	12	0	6	1	0	0	8	0	255	13
Queens Park Rangers	2010–11 [25]	Championship	33	1	1	0	1	0	–		–		35	1
	2011–12 [26]	Premier League	6	0	1	0	1	0	–		–		8	0
	Total		39	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	43	1
Blackburn Rovers	2011–12 [26]	Premier League	12	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		12	0
	2012–13 [27]	Championship	19	0	2	0	1	0	–		–		22	0
	2013–14 [28]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		31	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	34	0
Ipswich Town (loan)	2012–13 [27]	Championship	13	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		13	0
Blackpool (loan)	2013–14 [28]	Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		4	0
Toronto FC (loan)	2014 [29]	MLS	19	1	2	0	–		–		–		21	1
Career total			339	14	18	0	9	1	0	0	8	0	374	15

Honours

Queens Park Rangers

• Football League Championship: 2010–11

Individual

• Football League Championship PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08

References

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11. "Rovers sign Orr". Blackburn Rovers. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
12. "Town land Orr". itfc.co.uk. Ipswich Town FC. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
13. Watson, Stuart (10 January 2013). "Bradley Orr extends his stay, as Jason Scotland, Ronan Murray and Josh Carson prepare to exit". East Anglian Daily Times. Archant. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
14. "Blackpool bring in Blackburn Rovers full-back Bradley Orr". BBC Sport. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
15. "Transfer window: Blackburn's Bradley Orr joins Toronto". BBC Sport. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
16. McGran, Kevin (15 March 2014). "Jermain Defoe scores twice, Toronto FC upsets Seattle 2-1 in season opener". Toronto Star. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
17. "Toronto FC defender set to cheer on nephew in marquee EPL matchup". The Globe and Mail . Toronto. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
18. "Games played by Bradley Orr in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
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20. "Games played by Bradley Orr in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
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26. "Games played by Bradley Orr in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
27. "Games played by Bradley Orr in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
28. "Games played by Bradley Orr in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
29. Bradley Orr at Soccerway

External links

• Bradley Orr at Soccerbase