Brian Abrey

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Brian Abrey
Personal information
Full name Brian Anthony Abrey [1]
Date of birth (1939-04-25) 25 April 1939 (age 84) [1]
Place of birth Hendon, London, England [1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
1955–1961 Chelsea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1961–1963 Colchester United 38 (1)
Total38(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Anthony Abrey (born 25 April 1939) is an English former footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Colchester United. Having begun his career at Chelsea, Abrey spent one full season at Colchester before having to retire through injury.

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Career

Born in Hendon, London, Abrey was invited to join Chelsea in 1955 by manager Ted Drake, but never managed to break into the first-team during his five-year stay. After representing a New York team in the inaugural International Soccer League in the summer of 1960, Abrey joined Colchester United, [2] where he would make his Football League debut on 19 August 1961 in a 3–0 win over Stockport County. [3] He scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw with Millwall on 28 October 1961, [4] and scored his second and final goal for the U's in the following match on 4 November 1961 in a 3–3 FA Cup draw with Peterborough United at London Road. [5] He helped Colchester gain promotion to the Third Division as the U's finished the season as Fourth Division runners-up. [6]

Abrey could only manage one appearance in the 1962–63 season, a 2–0 defeat to Northampton Town in the second round of the League Cup on 26 September 1962 [7] as he was forced to retire from playing following a recurring knee injury in April 1963, [2] having made 38 league appearances and scoring one goal. [8]

Later life

Following his retirement from playing, Abrey returned to his native Hendon where he worked at a school, before becoming a drayman and later a postman in the area. [2]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colchester United 1961–62 [2] Fourth Division 3813110422
1962–63 [2] Third Division 00001010
Career total3813120432

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 8. ISBN   978-1-85983-629-3.
  3. ↑ "Colchester United – Match details – Colchester Utd 3–0 Stockport County". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Colchester United – Match details – Colchester Utd 2–2 Millwall". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Colchester United – Match details – Peterborough United 3–3 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "League Two (Tier Four) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Colchester United – Match details – Northampton Town 2–0 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "COLCHESTER UNITED:1950/51–1989/90 & 1992/93–2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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