Tommy Bryce

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Tommy Bryce
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-01-27) 27 January 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Johnstone, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–1980 Ferguslie United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1982 Kilmarnock 12 (0)
1982–1985 Stranraer 101 (14)
1985–1987 Queen of the South 83 (35)
1987–1989 Clydebank 74 (26)
1989–1992 Ayr United 110 (30)
1992–1993 Clydebank 24 (1)
1994–1998 Queen of the South 176 (49)
1998–1999 Partick Thistle 19 (3)
1999 Queen of the South 6 (0)
1999–2000 Arbroath 39 (6)
2000–2001 Stranraer 15 (0)
Total659(164)
Managerial career
1998–1999 Partick Thistle
2013–2015 Glenafton Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tommy Bryce (born 27 January 1960) is a Scottish former footballer. Bryce had a playing career spanning 21 seasons from 1980 to 1981 with Scottish Football League clubs Kilmarnock, Stranraer, Queen of the South, Clydebank, Ayr United and Arbroath. [1]

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Bryce also served as player-manager of Partick Thistle during the 1998-99 season. [2] Since retiring as a player Bryce has been a manager in Scottish Junior football.

Career

Bryce was signed for Queens by manager Nobby Clark. [3] Bryce is referred to at as 'Tommy Bryce Mark 2' to avoid confusion with the Tommy Bryce who played for Queens in the 1970s. When Bryce (Mark 2) was later interviewed for the Queens official website, among those he named as the best players he played beside were George Cloy, Jimmy Robertson, Alan Davidson and Jim Thomson. [1]

At Queens Bryce scored a hat-trick in 1 minute and 46 seconds meriting an application to the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest hat-trick in senior football. Bryce is also the seventh highest goalscorer in the Dumfries club's history with 95 goals.

The appointment of Bryce as Partick Thistle's player-manager in 1998 came as a surprise. [4] Bryce failed to turn the club's fortunes around that season, however, and he was replaced by John Lambie in March 1999. [5]

On 18 July 2013 Bryce was appointed the manager of Scottish Junior club Glenafton Athletic from New Cumnock. . [6] On 4 January 2015 Bryce resigned as the manager of Glenafton Athletic. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "QosFC: Legends - Tommy Bryce". Qosfc.com. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. ↑ QUEEN OF THE SOUTH : 1946/47 - 2008/09, NeilBrown football database.
  3. ↑ "QosFC: Legends - Nobby Clark". Qosfc.com. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Thistle praying that the Bryce is right, Sunday Mirror , 7 June 1998.
  5. ↑ Partick prepare to make a stand, The Scotsman , 13 November 2001.
  6. ↑ "Glenafton Athletic". Glenaftonfc.com. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Tommy Bryce resigns as Glenafton manager". Glenaftonfc.com. 4 January 2015.
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