Derek Bryan (footballer)

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Derek Bryan
Personal information
Full name Derek Kirk Bryan [1]
Date of birth (1974-11-11) 11 November 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Hammersmith, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1996 Bedfont Green 0 (0)
1996–1997 Hampton 0 (0)
1997–2002 Brentford 55 (9)
2002 Gravesend & Northfleet 1 (0)
2002 Welling United 9 (1)
2002 Walton & Hersham 0 (0)
2002–2003 Hampton & Richmond Borough 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Derek Kirk Bryan (born 11 November 1974) is an English retired footballer, best remembered for his five-season spell in the Football League with Brentford. Described as having "lightning pace and an eye for goal", [3] his career was effectively ended by knee injuries suffered in January 2000.

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Playing career

Early years

Bryan grew up in Hammersmith, London and began his career at Combined Counties League Premier Division club Bedfont Green. [3] [4] He joined Isthmian League Second Division club Hampton on 1 August 1996. [2]

Brentford

Bryan signed for Second Division club Brentford on 29 August 1997 in a £50,000 deal. [2] He made his debut for the club in a 0–0 league draw at Plymouth Argyle on 13 September, replacing Ryan Denys after 81 minutes. [5] He made his first start in a 2–2 away draw with Bristol City on 3 March 1998 and capped his day by scoring the opening goal just before half time. [5] Niggling injuries saw Bryan make just 11 appearances during the 1997–98 season, [5] scoring two goals and Brentford suffered relegation to the Third Division on the final day. [6]

Bryan had to wait until November for his first appearance of the 1998–99 season, coming on as a 56th-minute substitute for Drewe Broughton in a 2–0 defeat at Shrewsbury Town. [7] He made 24 appearances during the 1998–99 season, scoring four goals as Brentford were promoted straight back to the Second Division as champions. [7] [8] Bryan made regular appearances throughout the first half of the 1999–00 season, [9] until disaster struck in a Football League Trophy quarter-final tie at home to Oxford United on 25 January 2000. [6] Bryan scored the opening goal of the 2–0 win, but in the process he damaged the medial and cruciate ligaments in both knees. [6] The injury meant that he missed the rest of the 1999–00 season and the entire 2000–01 season. [6]

Bryan made his comeback from the injuries after 77 minutes of a 2–1 league victory over Peterborough United on 13 October 2001, when he came on as a substitute for Ben Burgess. [10] It turned out to be Bryan's final appearance for the club and he was released in March 2002. [11] During 3+1⁄2 seasons at Griffin Park, Bryan made 64 appearances and scored 10 goals. [2]

Gravesend & Northfleet

Bryan signed for Isthmian League Premier Division high-fliers Gravesend & Northfleet on 11 March 2002. [11] [12] He made his debut for the club on the same day in a 2–0 defeat to Purfleet and made little impact before being substituted for Che Stadhart half time. [13] It was Bryan's only appearance for the club and he and departed a matter of weeks later.

Welling United

Bryan joined Southern League Premier Division club Welling United in late March 2002. [14] Bryan made 9 appearances and scored one goal during what remained of the 2001–02 season and left the club at the end of the campaign. [14]

Walton & Hersham

On 8 November 2002 Bryan signed for Isthmian League First Division South club Walton & Hersham and made an appearance in a 0–0 FA Trophy draw with Chesham United on 2 December. [15] [16]

Return to Hampton & Richmond Borough

Bryan signed for former club Hampton & Richmond Borough (then members of the Isthmian League Premier Division) on 3 December 2002. [3] He made his debut in a 6–0 Isthmian League Cup defeat to Lewes on 11 December. [17]

Honours

Brentford

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1997–98 [5] Second Division 112000000112
1998–99 [7] Third Division 20420002 [lower-alpha 1] 0244
1999–00 [9] Second Division18110201 [lower-alpha 1] 1222
2001–02 [10] 1000000010
Total507302031587
Welling United 2001–02 [14] Southern League Premier Division91———91
Career total598302031678
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Football League Trophy

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  3. 1 2 3 "Player Profile". NonLeagueDaily.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Combined Counties Previous Tables". Ccleague.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Derek Bryan in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 421. ISBN   9781906796723.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Derek Bryan in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Brentford F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  9. 1 2 "Games played by Derek Bryan in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Games played by Derek Bryan in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Another leaves". brentford-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "March 2002". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Surprise defeat dents Fleet's title hopes". Kentonline.co.uk. 12 March 2002. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  14. 1 2 3 "Player Details: Season 2001–2002 Derek Bryan". SoccerFacts UK. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  15. ↑ "Alexander Goes At Walton & Hersham". NonLeagueDaily.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  16. ↑ "Chesham United 0 Walton & Hersham 0". This Is Local London. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  17. ↑ "Bryan Back With The Beavers". NonLeagueDaily.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
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