Garry Brooke

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Garry Brooke
Personal information
Full name Garry James Brooke [1]
Date of birth (1960-11-24) 24 November 1960 (age 63) [2]
Place of birth Bethnal Green, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) [3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1985 Tottenham Hotspur 73 (15)
1979–1980 → GAIS (loan) 23 (8)
1985–1987 Norwich City 14 (2)
1987–1988 Groningen 39 (9)
1988–1990 Wimbledon 12 (0)
1990 → Stoke City (loan) 8 (0)
1990 Brentford 11 (1)
1990–1991 Baldock Town
1991 Colchester United 0 (0)
1991 Reading 4 (0)
1991 Wivenhoe Town 9 (4)
1991–1992 St Albans City 5 (0)
1992 Romford 1 (0)
Worthing
Cornard United
Braintree Town
Total188(38)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Garry James Brooke (born 24 November 1960) is a former professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City, FC Groningen, Wimbledon, Stoke City and Brentford before moving into non-league football. [1]

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Career

Brooke was born in Bethnal Green and began his career with Tottenham Hotspur. [4] He spent a year on loan at Swedish side GAIS scoring eight goals in 23 appearances and made his Spurs debut in a 3–2 defeat against West Bromwich Albion. [4] His full debut came in a 4–4 draw with Southampton with Brooke scoring twice. His debut season ended with a substitute appearance in the 1981 FA Cup Final which saw Tottenham beat Manchester City in a replay. [4] His second season with Spurs saw the team again lift the FA Cup in a replay but Brooke's place in the side came under threat from Glenn Hoddle and Tony Galvin. [4] He played 33 times in the 1982–83 season scoring nine goals but his run in the side was cut short due to a near fatal car crash in February 1983. [5] It took him seven months to regain fitness and struggled to get back into the side due to his injuries causing him to be easily short of breath. He played in just seven matches in 1984–85 and was sold to Norwich City. [4]

He never settled at Norwich as he missed London and also did not get on with first team coach Mel Machin. [4] He helped Norwich win the Second Division title in 1985–86 but missed out on a medal as he played 13 matches, one short of the required 14. [4] After failing to get into the Norwich side in 1986–87 he decided to move to Dutch team Groningen. Brooke enjoyed his time at Groningen as he was given a free role by the manager Henk van Brussel. [4] He returned to England in August 1988 following the birth of his daughter and decided to sign for Wimbledon. [4] He regretted moving to Wimbledon as he didn't fit in with their direct style of play and moved on loan to Stoke City in March 1990 for the remainder of the 1989–90 season. He played eight matches for Stoke which saw the team draw and lose four matches and ended the season being relegated. He later had short spells with Brentford and Reading, [4] also playing in non-League for Baldock Town, Colchester United, Wivenhoe Town, St Albans City, [6] Romford, [7] Worthing, Cornard United and Braintree Town. [8]

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOther [A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 1978–79 [10] First Division 000000—00
1979–80 [10] 000000—00
1980–81 [10] 1837100—254
1981–82 [10] 1642000—184
1982–83 [10] 237204141339
1983–84 [10] 120101040180
1984–85 [10] 4100003071
Total73151215111110118
GAIS (loan) 1980 [11] Swedish Division 2 238———238
Norwich City 1985–86 [12] Second Division 132002131184
1986–87 [12] First Division1000001020
Total142002141204
Groningen 1986–87 [13] Eredivisie 11100——111
1987–88 [13] 28800——288
Total39900——399
Wimbledon 1988–89 [12] First Division1000020—120
1989–90 [12] 200000—20
Total1200020—140
Stoke City (loan) 1989–90 [12] Second Division8000000080
Brentford 1990–91 [14] Third Division 111102000141
Colchester United 1990–91 [15] Conference 00——1010
Reading 1990–91 [16] Third Division40———40
St Albans City 1991–92 [17] Isthmian League Premier Division4000—3070
1992–93 [18] 1010—2040
Total5010—50110
Career Total1893514111221223540
A.  ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy, Full Members Cup, Screen Sport Super Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, FA Trophy, Conference League Cup, Isthmian League Cup, Herts Charity Cup and East Anglian Cup.

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  6. ↑ Garry Brookes Archived 29 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Saints Statistics
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  8. ↑ Garry Brooke Historical Dons
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