Chris Brindley

Last updated

Chris Brindley
Personal information
Full name Christopher Brindley
Date of birth (1969-07-05) 5 July 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Stafford Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1986 Hednesford Town (0)
1986–1988 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 (0)
1988–1992 Telford United (0)
1992–1998 Kidderminster Harriers (0)
1998–2000 Hednesford Town 37 (3)
2000–2002 Stafford Rangers 71 (3)
2002–2006 Hednesford Town (0)
2006 Gresley Rovers (0)
2006–2007 Halesowen Town (0)
2007 Stourport Swifts (0)
2007–2008 Rushall Olympic (0)
Managerial career
2003–2005 Hednesford Town (assistant)
2005–2006 Hednesford Town
2006–2007 Halesowen Town (assistant)
2007 Stourport Swifts (coach)
2007–2008 Rushall Olympic (assistant)
2008 Stafford Rangers (assistant)
2008–2010 Stafford Rangers
2011– Chasetown
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chris Brindley (born 5 July 1969) is an English former footballer who played as a defender.

Contents

Career

Brindley started out with Chasetown before moving to Hednesford Town in the 1980s, before getting his big break with a move to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1985. After only seven appearances at Molineux in two seasons, he was sold to Telford United, where he won the FA Trophy at Wembley at the end of the 1988–1989 season. In August 1992, a £20,000 move to Kidderminster Harriers proved the best move of his career, as he won the Football Conference title and played in the 1995 FA Trophy Final against Woking, being awarded the Man of the Match, despite finishing the game with a broken arm before being substituted. [2]

He moved back to Hednesford in an exchange deal with Nigel Niblett in early 1998, and played over 100 times for the Pitmen before being released, signing for local rivals Stafford Rangers in June 2000. He returned for a third spell in June 2002, and worked his way up to assistant manager, scoring the winner in the 2004 FA Trophy final. [3] He was appointed manager in June 2004, and led the club to promotion via the Southern Football League play-off in May 2005.

He left Hednesford in December 2005 after agreeing with the board to leave the post due to poor results. From there he teamed up with Northern Premier League side Gresley Rovers, before joining Halesowen Town in May 2006 as player and assistant manager. In December 2006, he left to join Stourport Swifts after former Hednesford players Martin O'Connor and Graham Hyde took over the reins at the Yeltz. He linked up again with former Halesowen manager Paul Holleran at Rushall Olympic, again as player-assistant manager, in January 2007. After assisting Holleran to the end of the 2007–08 season, Brindley made the step up to Conference North level once again, joining old foes Stafford Rangers once again as assistant manager to new Rangers boss – and former Wolves teammate – Steve Bull. This move also effectively moved the man into retirement after appearing numerous times for the Pics during 2007–2008.

Money troubles hit Marston Road during the opening months of the 2008–09 season, with Bull amongst a number of people released as Rangers desperately looked to balance the books. Brindley took over as manager in December 2008, and with a threadbare squad, held on to their Conference North status for the 2009–10 season. In September 2010 Brindley resigned as manager of Stafford Rangers. He gave a reason for his departure "The reason I leave Rangers is simply because there's no Chairman, no money & most the players are youth. Also having the fans on your back doesn't help even though there's no money at all".[ citation needed ]

Brindley has since been appointed Chasetown manager after Charlie Blakemore left. He also took up a board of directors post following a game against Stafford Rangers. [4]

Related Research Articles

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

Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One West and play at Keys Park.

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

Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.

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

Chasetown Football Club is an English football club based in the Chasetown area of Burntwood, Staffordshire. The club plays in the Northern Premier League Division One West and is nicknamed The Scholars, having been formed by affiliates of nearby Chase Terrace High School in the Chase Terrace area of Burntwood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Till</span> English footballer

Peter Till is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Marvin Leon St.Clair Robinson is an English former professional footballer who is the assistant manager of Hednesford Town.

Lee Alexander Barrow is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Scarborough and Torquay United. He became player-manager of Midland Football Alliance club Heather St John's in 2013.

Graham Hyde is an English football manager and former professional player.

Daryl Shea Taylor is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger; he is now Strength and Conditioning Coach at EFL League One club Port Vale.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adie Smith</span> English footballer (born 1973)

Adrian Jonathan Smith is an English former footballer who during his career played for as a youth player for Birmingham City, and went on to a professional career with Willenhall Town, Bromsgrove Rovers, Kidderminster Harriers, Tamworth, Chasetown and Rushall Olympic. He played as a defender.

Matthew Gardiner is an English former professional footballer.

Kris Taylor is an English football manager and former professional player who is a player-coach at Northern Premier League Division One West club Chasetown.

Mark James Danks is an English footballer currently with Stourport Swifts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danny Glover (footballer)</span> English footballer (born 1989)

Daniel Glover is an English footballer and manager who plays as a striker for Northern Premier League Division One West club Chasetown.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kyle Perry</span> English footballer

Kyle Blain Perry is an English footballer who plays as a forward for North West Counties League Premier Division club West Didsbury & Chorlton.

John Ramshaw is a football coach and non-league manager. He is the Assistant manager at Loughborough Dynamo FC who play in the Northern Premier League Midlands division.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louis Briscoe</span> English footballer

Louis Andrew Briscoe is an English former professional footballer. His playing position was primarily on the right wing, although he could also play as a striker or on the left wing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steve Burr</span> Scottish footballer (born 1963)

Steve Burr is a Scottish footballer manager and former player who most recently managed Hednesford Town.

Christopher Lee Clements is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alvechurch.

Peter Barlow is an English former football player and manager who played as a forward in the Football League for Colchester United, Workington and Hartlepool United. He was also player-manager at Coggeshall Town, assisted by his father Bert who was also a professional footballer.

Darren James Wright is an English former footballer who played as a defender. Originally a centre-back in his youth, he played professionally at full-back. He is the current head coach of the Kernow football team in Non-FIFA football.

References

  1. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 400. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ↑ "Chris Brindley".
  3. ↑ "Canvey fall to long in the tooth ex-Wolf". The Guardian. 24 May 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "chasetown-fc.com/index.php/component/content/article/11-club/912-chasetown-fc-official-statement". Archived from the original on 16 October 2011.
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.