Brian Kettle

Last updated

Brian Kettle
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-04-22) 22 April 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Prescot, England
Position(s) Left-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973–1980 Liverpool 3 (0)
1978 → Dallas Tornado (loan) 19 (1)
1978–1979 → Houston Hurricane (loan)
1980–1981 Wigan Athletic 14 (1)
Burscough
Barrow
International career
England Youth
Managerial career
South Liverpool
1989–1995 Southport
1995–1996 Northwich Victoria
Stalybridge Celtic
Rhyl
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Kettle (born 22 April 1956) is an English former footballer who played as a left-back.

Contents

Kettle began his career with Liverpool, signing professional forms in 1973. He was to remain at Anfield for seven years, but could never rise above reserve level. He was very successful in the reserve team, however, captaining the side for many years, as it won five Central League titles, and three Liverpool Senior Cups. He could never break into the first-team, however, only making four appearances before departing in 1980. He then signed for Wigan Athletic, but was released after one year following a career ending ACL injury after a bad tackle. Having been forced into dropping into non league football with Burscough and Barrow. He later moved into management, taking charge of South Liverpool, Southport, Stalybridge Celtic and Rhyl. In July 2010 Kettle joined A.F.C. Liverpool as assistant reserve team manager.

Managerial career

Southport

After several seasons with South Liverpool, Kettle was appointed manager at Southport, and was instrumental in one of the most successful periods at Haig Avenue. After three seasons the Kettle's team were showing real promise. Cup finals and victories in them soon followed, however league performance ultimately suffered finishing 7th, 5th and 7th again. [1]

The 1992–93 season was one of the most important seasons in the clubs recent history. Southport impressively won the league with 96 points and once again scoring 100 goals and tasted success in two more cup competitions and an excellent FA Cup run took them through to the second round proper for the first time since 1968. After proving the ground was up to scratch the club were duly promoted back to the top flight of non-league football the Vauxhall Conference. [1]

After a promising first season which saw the club finish fourth and only nine points off champions Kidderminster Harries [2] followed by another a Kettle shocked the town with his resignation in March 1995 citing personal reasons with Billy Ayre appointed to oversee and cement the third-place finish. [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roy Evans</span> English footballer and manager (born 1948)

Roy Quentin Echlin Evans is an English former footballer who played as a defender for Liverpool, where he also had a spell as manager. Aside from his time at Liverpool, he had a short spell in the United States; and also managed Fulham and Swindon Town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southport F.C.</span> Association football club in Southport, England

Southport Football Club is an association football club based in Southport, Merseyside. The club compete in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system. They play their home matches at Haig Avenue, which has a capacity of 6,008. They are known by their nickname "the Sandgrounders".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martin Foyle</span> English association football player

Martin John Foyle is an English former professional footballer and manager who is the Head of Recruitment at Scottish Premiership club St Mirren. In his 20-year playing career, he played 533 League games, scoring 155 goals. As a manager, he took charge of Port Vale and York City, Northwich Victoria, Hereford United and Southport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vauxhall Motors F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Vauxhall Motors Football Club is a football club based in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. The club are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One West and play at Rivacre Park, known as the vanEupen Arena for sponsorship reasons.

Peter Davenport is an English former professional footballer and manager who has managed teams in both the Welsh and English leagues. Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, he won one full cap for England, against the Republic of Ireland in 1985. Most recently, he was assistant manager at Bradford Park Avenue.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Wright (footballer, born 1963)</span> English footballer and manager

Mark Wright is an English football manager and former player.

Gordon Francis Lee was an English football player and manager. He played 144 league and cup matches in a 12-year career in the Football League, before going on to greater success as a manager, as he would take charge of 777 matches in a 23-year managerial career.

William Laurence Bingham was a Northern Ireland international footballer and manager.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Burscough F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Burscough Football Club is an English football club based in Burscough, Lancashire. The club is a member of the North West Counties League, and competes in the Premier Division. Its home ground is The Community Stadium, in Burscough.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Durnin</span> English footballer

John Paul Durnin is an English former footballer who scored 100 goals in 475 league appearances over a career spanning close to two decades.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prescot Cables F.C.</span> Association football club in England

Prescot Cables Football Club is a supporter-owned football club based in Prescot, Merseyside. It was established in 1884 and has also been known as Prescot and Prescot Town. They compete in the Northern Premier League Premier Division and play their home games at Valerie Park. They are a member of the Liverpool County Football Association.

The 1973–74 season was the 94th season of competitive football in England. Leeds United became league champions for the second time, finishing five points ahead of runners-up Liverpool in the First Division. Middlesbrough, Oldham Athletic and Peterborough United won the Second, Third and Fourth Divisions, respectively. Liverpool won their second FA Cup, beating Newcastle United in the final, while the League Cup final saw Wolverhampton Wanderers defeat Manchester City. In European club football, Tottenham Hotspur reached the UEFA Cup final but lost over two legs to Feyenoord.

Gary Brabin is an English former professional footballer, coach and manager who is the assistant manager at National League club Oldham Athletic and the sporting director at Cymru Premier club The New Saints.

Laurence Robert Abrams, often known as Lol Abrams, was an English professional footballer. During his career, he made over 250 appearances in the English Football League and Scottish Football League.

The 1973–74 season was the 75th completed season of The Football League.

The 1977–78 season was the 79th completed season of The Football League. The season began on 20 August 1977 and ended after 42 matches on 4 May 1978.

The 1990–91 season was the 92nd completed season of The Football League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry Beadles</span> Welsh footballer

George Harold "Harry" Beadles was a Welsh professional footballer who played for Liverpool, Cardiff City, Southport and Dundalk, as well as the Wales national football team. A veteran of World War I, he served in the 7th battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers after enlisting at the age of just 16. He took part in operations in Turkey, where he was awarded the Serbian Gold medal for his actions in saving a Serbian officer, and Palestine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liam Watson (footballer)</span> English footballer and manager

Liam Watson is an English former professional footballer and current club director of Southport Football Club.

Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in EFL League One, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they play in a blue and yellow kit. Since 1919, Mansfield have played at Field Mill.

References

  1. 1 2 Michael Braham and Geoff Wilde (1995). The Sandgrounders: The Complete League History of Southport F. C. Palatine Books. ISBN   978-1-874181-14-9.
  2. ↑ "1993/1994 season summary". Port Online. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "1994/1995 season summary". Port Online. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.