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Chris Brass

Christopher Paul Brass (born 24 July 1975) is an English manager and former professional footballer, he who works in a senior recruitment role at Premier League club Nottingham Forest in a role across The Academy and First Team.[3]

Chris Brass
Brass as Bury assistant manager in 2009
Personal information
Full name Christopher Paul Brass[1]
Date of birth (1975-07-24) 24 July 1975 (age 48)[1]
Place of birth Easington, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Nottingham Forest
(senior recruitment manager)
Youth career
Ipswich Town
0000–1993 Burnley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2001 Burnley 134 (1)
1994Torquay United (loan) 7 (0)
2000Halifax Town (loan) 6 (0)
2001–2006 York City 152 (6)
2005Harrogate Town (loan) 9 (0)
2005–2006Southport (loan) 5 (0)
2006–2007 Bury 29 (0)
2007–2009 Hyde United 52 (0)
Total 394 (7)
Managerial career
2003–2004 York City
2008 Bury (caretaker)
2016–2017 Bury
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

As a player, he was a defender in the Football League for Burnley, Torquay United, Halifax Town, York City and Bury. He also played non-league football for Harrogate Town, Southport and Hyde United. Between 2003 and 2004 at the age of 27 he was player-manager of York, he did not return to management until 12 years later when he returned to Bury as manager. He has also worked on the coaching staff at Scunthorpe United, Torquay United and Wigan Athletic.

Playing career edit

Early career edit

Born in Easington, County Durham, Brass began his career as a schoolboy at Ipswich Town before progressing through the youth system at Burnley as a trainee,[1] where he turned professional on 8 July 1993.[2]

Burnley edit

In 1994, Brass captained the Burnley A team as it won the Lancashire League. In need of first team experience, he joined Torquay United on loan in October 1994, playing seven league games in a two-month loan spell.

Brass returned to Burnley, making his debut for them as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat away to Portsmouth, in January 1995. The following season, he again struggled to claim a regular place, but in the 1996–97 season established himself in the centre of the Burnley defence, and remained there for the next three seasons, though occasionally played out of position by manager Chris Waddle.

By March 1998, such was the turmoil that the Clarets found themselves in, Brass was their longest serving player, and still only 22 years old. In that summer, Stan Ternent replaced Waddle, and made Brass captain, but the latter struggled to keep his form and found himself in the reserves. In the summer of 1999, Burnley signed Mitchell Thomas, resulting in Brass playing only occasionally for the first team. He went on a one-month loan to Halifax Town in September 2000, with the first of his six league games being a win against Torquay. After the loan was up, Halifax could not afford to sign him and he returned to the Burnley reserves, before joining York City on a free transfer in March 2001.[citation needed][4] He had played 134 league games for Burnley, scoring once, ironically against York City.[5]

 
Brass hugs Viv Busby after a win for York City in 2004

York City edit

Brass was immediately installed as captain at York and on 4 June 2003, aged only 27, was appointed as York's player-manager.[6] Although his first season in charge began well, York failed to win any of their final 20 league games and were relegated to the Football Conference. Results were not much better in the Conference and Brass was sacked as manager in November 2004. He remained at York as a player and, after suffering a serious ligament injury, joined Harrogate Town on loan in September 2005 in an attempt to regain match-fitness. He finished the loan with 11 appearances.[7] He joined Southport on a one-month loan in November 2005,[8] which was extended for another month in January 2006.[9] He returned to York in January after making five appearances and on 12 January was released by the club after a settlement was reached over the remainder of his contract.[7][10][11]

 
Brass playing for Bury in 2009

Bury edit

He joined League Two club Bury on a contract until the end of the 2005–06 season on 17 January.[12] He scored a notable own goal, when attempting an overhead clearance in the game against Darlington, kicking the ball into his nose and subsequently the net.[13] Brass nearly received a broken nose to add to the humiliation.[14] This incident was voted the number one incident in magazine FourFourTwo's "It shouldn't happen to a footballer". Bury subsequently won the game 3–2 and the result meant the club had avoided relegation. In an interview with The Athletic in May 2021, Brass revealed that the own goal had been a blessing in disguise. He said "I heard the crunch of bones and thought, ‘I’ve broken my nose again. [...] The thing is, I actually ended up doing myself a favour. Due to the previous breaks, I’d lost cartilage and been told a few times I needed an operation to clear my airways. But the impact straightened it up, cleared my airways — happy days. It saved me some money on cosmetic surgery." Brass also stated that he used his gaffe as inspiration for players that he's coached saying "I have actually used it as an example to young players — that they will make mistakes. I tell them, ‘If I can make a mistake of that magnitude, it shows the importance of playing to the whistle; plus, don’t let it affect your performance’."[15]

He signed a new one-year contract with Bury in June 2006,[16] being released at the end of the 2006–07 season, but was asked to return to pre-season training to prove his fitness before a decision could be made on his future.[17]

Coaching career edit

Brass was appointed as Bury's Centre of Excellence manager on 6 July 2007,[18] before combining this role with playing for Hyde United after signing in July 2007 following a successful trial.[19] He became Bury's caretaker manager on 15 January 2008, following the sacking of Chris Casper,[20] and remained in post until the appointment of Alan Knill on 4 February 2008.[21] Brass left Hyde having made 62 appearances after being appointed assistant manager to Knill on 22 January 2009.[22][23] When Knill was appointed Scunthorpe United manager on 31 March 2011, Brass followed him as assistant manager. After Knill was dismissed by Scunthorpe United he followed Knill to Torquay United where Knill was appointed as manager on an interim basis until the end of the season. Knill and Brass ensured Torquay United's Football League safety. He was appointed on a permanent basis, along with Knill, following the end of the season.[24][25] On 18 December 2013, Bury appointed Brass as assistant manager, to work alongside manager David Flitcroft.[26] In June 2015 Brass was appointed Head of Football Operations.[27] On 16 November 2016, Brass and Ryan Kidd took over as caretaker managers, following the sacking of David Flitcroft.[28]

On 15 December 2016, Brass was named the head coach of Bury until the end of 2016–17 season,[29] but on 15 February 2017, Brass was replaced by Lee Clark.[30]

In October 2018, he moved to Wigan Athletic to take up the role of Head of Football Operations[31]

Managerial statistics edit

As of 15 February 2017
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
P W D L Win %
York City 4 June 2003 8 November 2004 67 14 18 35 020.9 [32]
Bury (caretaker) 15 January 2008 4 February 2008 5 1 1 3 020.0 [20][21][33]
Bury 16 November 2016 15 February 2017 15 2 5 8 013.3 [28][29][30][34]
Total 87 17 24 46 019.5

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 77. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ^ a b "Chris Brass". Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Nottingham Forest linked with key appointment as Chris Hughton set for Evangelos Marinakis meeting". 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Brass off to York". BBC Sport. 15 March 2001. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Claret and blue battering". Yorkpress.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Brass nets York job". BBC Sport. 4 June 2003. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Player details: Season 2005–2006: Chris Brass". SoccerFactsUK. Retrieved 16 July 2007.
  8. ^ "Watson delighted at Brass capture". BBC Sport. 29 November 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  9. ^ "Brass extends Southport loan stay". BBC Sport. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  10. ^ "Turnbull brought in by Southport". BBC Sport. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  11. ^ "Parkin poised for Tigers". The Press. 12 January 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  12. ^ . Bury F.C. 17 January 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  13. ^ "Own goal". YouTube. Retrieved 12 July 2007.
  14. ^ "Brassed off". BBC. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
  15. ^ "What it feels like to score an own goal". The Athletic. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  16. ^ . Bury F.C. 8 June 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  17. ^ . Bury F.C. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  18. ^ . Bury F.C. 6 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  19. ^ . Non-League Daily. Baltic Publications. 16 July 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2007.
  20. ^ a b "Bury name Brass as caretaker boss". BBC Sport. 15 January 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  21. ^ a b "Bury appoint Knill as new manager". BBC Sport. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  22. ^ "Player Statistics: Chris Brass". Hyde Football Club: Database. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  23. ^ . Bury F.C. 22 January 2009. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  24. ^ "Torquay name Brass assistant boss". BBC Sport.
  25. ^ "Scunthorpe United appoint Bury manager Alan Knill". BBC Sport. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  26. ^ "Bury: David Flitcroft confirms Chris Brass as assistant manager". BBC Sport. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  27. ^ "Bury: New roles for Chris Brass, Ben Futcher and Chris Sedgwick". BBC Sport. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  28. ^ a b Nelson, Craig (17 November 2016). "Flitcroft and Futcher had Bury 'contracts terminated'". Bury Times. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  29. ^ a b "Chris Brass: Bury appoint new head coach to replace David Flitcroft". BBC Sport. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  30. ^ a b "Lee Clark: Bury agree deal for Kilmarnock boss to join". BBC Sport. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  31. ^ "Wigan to bring in Chris Brass in new role". HITC Sport. October 2018.
  32. ^ "Managers: Chris Brass". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  33. ^ "Bury: Results/matches: 2007/08". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  34. ^ "Bury: Results/matches: 2016/17". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 March 2017.

External links edit

  • Chris Brass at Soccerbase  

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Christopher Paul Brass born 24 July 1975 is an English manager and former professional footballer he who works in a senior recruitment role at Premier League club Nottingham Forest in a role across The Academy and First Team 3 Chris BrassBrass as Bury assistant manager in 2009Personal informationFull nameChristopher Paul Brass 1 Date of birth 1975 07 24 24 July 1975 age 48 1 Place of birthEasington EnglandHeight5 ft 9 in 1 75 m 2 Position s DefenderTeam informationCurrent teamNottingham Forest senior recruitment manager Youth careerIpswich Town0000 1993BurnleySenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1993 2001Burnley134 1 1994 Torquay United loan 7 0 2000 Halifax Town loan 6 0 2001 2006York City152 6 2005 Harrogate Town loan 9 0 2005 2006 Southport loan 5 0 2006 2007Bury29 0 2007 2009Hyde United52 0 Total394 7 Managerial career2003 2004York City2008Bury caretaker 2016 2017Bury Club domestic league appearances and goals As a player he was a defender in the Football League for Burnley Torquay United Halifax Town York City and Bury He also played non league football for Harrogate Town Southport and Hyde United Between 2003 and 2004 at the age of 27 he was player manager of York he did not return to management until 12 years later when he returned to Bury as manager He has also worked on the coaching staff at Scunthorpe United Torquay United and Wigan Athletic Contents 1 Playing career 1 1 Early career 1 2 Burnley 1 3 York City 1 4 Bury 2 Coaching career 3 Managerial statistics 4 References 5 External linksPlaying career editEarly career edit Born in Easington County Durham Brass began his career as a schoolboy at Ipswich Town before progressing through the youth system at Burnley as a trainee 1 where he turned professional on 8 July 1993 2 Burnley edit In 1994 Brass captained the Burnley A team as it won the Lancashire League In need of first team experience he joined Torquay United on loan in October 1994 playing seven league games in a two month loan spell Brass returned to Burnley making his debut for them as a substitute in a 1 0 defeat away to Portsmouth in January 1995 The following season he again struggled to claim a regular place but in the 1996 97 season established himself in the centre of the Burnley defence and remained there for the next three seasons though occasionally played out of position by manager Chris Waddle By March 1998 such was the turmoil that the Clarets found themselves in Brass was their longest serving player and still only 22 years old In that summer Stan Ternent replaced Waddle and made Brass captain but the latter struggled to keep his form and found himself in the reserves In the summer of 1999 Burnley signed Mitchell Thomas resulting in Brass playing only occasionally for the first team He went on a one month loan to Halifax Town in September 2000 with the first of his six league games being a win against Torquay After the loan was up Halifax could not afford to sign him and he returned to the Burnley reserves before joining York City on a free transfer in March 2001 citation needed 4 He had played 134 league games for Burnley scoring once ironically against York City 5 nbsp Brass hugs Viv Busby after a win for York City in 2004 York City edit Brass was immediately installed as captain at York and on 4 June 2003 aged only 27 was appointed as York s player manager 6 Although his first season in charge began well York failed to win any of their final 20 league games and were relegated to the Football Conference Results were not much better in the Conference and Brass was sacked as manager in November 2004 He remained at York as a player and after suffering a serious ligament injury joined Harrogate Town on loan in September 2005 in an attempt to regain match fitness He finished the loan with 11 appearances 7 He joined Southport on a one month loan in November 2005 8 which was extended for another month in January 2006 9 He returned to York in January after making five appearances and on 12 January was released by the club after a settlement was reached over the remainder of his contract 7 10 11 nbsp Brass playing for Bury in 2009 Bury edit He joined League Two club Bury on a contract until the end of the 2005 06 season on 17 January 12 He scored a notable own goal when attempting an overhead clearance in the game against Darlington kicking the ball into his nose and subsequently the net 13 Brass nearly received a broken nose to add to the humiliation 14 This incident was voted the number one incident in magazine FourFourTwo s It shouldn t happen to a footballer Bury subsequently won the game 3 2 and the result meant the club had avoided relegation In an interview with The Athletic in May 2021 Brass revealed that the own goal had been a blessing in disguise He said I heard the crunch of bones and thought I ve broken my nose again The thing is I actually ended up doing myself a favour Due to the previous breaks I d lost cartilage and been told a few times I needed an operation to clear my airways But the impact straightened it up cleared my airways happy days It saved me some money on cosmetic surgery Brass also stated that he used his gaffe as inspiration for players that he s coached saying I have actually used it as an example to young players that they will make mistakes I tell them If I can make a mistake of that magnitude it shows the importance of playing to the whistle plus don t let it affect your performance 15 He signed a new one year contract with Bury in June 2006 16 being released at the end of the 2006 07 season but was asked to return to pre season training to prove his fitness before a decision could be made on his future 17 Coaching career editBrass was appointed as Bury s Centre of Excellence manager on 6 July 2007 18 before combining this role with playing for Hyde United after signing in July 2007 following a successful trial 19 He became Bury s caretaker manager on 15 January 2008 following the sacking of Chris Casper 20 and remained in post until the appointment of Alan Knill on 4 February 2008 21 Brass left Hyde having made 62 appearances after being appointed assistant manager to Knill on 22 January 2009 22 23 When Knill was appointed Scunthorpe United manager on 31 March 2011 Brass followed him as assistant manager After Knill was dismissed by Scunthorpe United he followed Knill to Torquay United where Knill was appointed as manager on an interim basis until the end of the season Knill and Brass ensured Torquay United s Football League safety He was appointed on a permanent basis along with Knill following the end of the season 24 25 On 18 December 2013 Bury appointed Brass as assistant manager to work alongside manager David Flitcroft 26 In June 2015 Brass was appointed Head of Football Operations 27 On 16 November 2016 Brass and Ryan Kidd took over as caretaker managers following the sacking of David Flitcroft 28 On 15 December 2016 Brass was named the head coach of Bury until the end of 2016 17 season 29 but on 15 February 2017 Brass was replaced by Lee Clark 30 In October 2018 he moved to Wigan Athletic to take up the role of Head of Football Operations 31 Managerial statistics editAs of 15 February 2017 Managerial record by team and tenure Team From To Record Ref P W D L Win York City 4 June 2003 8 November 2004 67 14 18 35 0 20 9 32 Bury caretaker 15 January 2008 4 February 2008 5 1 1 3 0 20 0 20 21 33 Bury 16 November 2016 15 February 2017 15 2 5 8 0 13 3 28 29 30 34 Total 87 17 24 46 0 19 5 References edit a b c Hugman Barry J ed 2005 The PFA Premier amp Football League Players Records 1946 2005 Queen Anne Press p 77 ISBN 1 85291 665 6 a b Chris Brass Soccerbase Retrieved 31 March 2011 Nottingham Forest linked with key appointment as Chris Hughton set for Evangelos Marinakis meeting 10 May 2021 Brass off to York BBC Sport 15 March 2001 Retrieved 1 April 2011 Claret and blue battering Yorkpress co uk Retrieved 7 April 2012 Brass nets York job BBC Sport 4 June 2003 Retrieved 1 April 2011 a b Player details Season 2005 2006 Chris Brass SoccerFactsUK Retrieved 16 July 2007 Watson delighted at Brass capture BBC Sport 29 November 2005 Retrieved 1 April 2011 Brass extends Southport loan stay BBC Sport 6 January 2006 Retrieved 1 April 2011 Turnbull brought in by Southport BBC Sport 16 January 2006 Retrieved 1 April 2011 Parkin poised for Tigers The Press 12 January 2006 Retrieved 1 April 2011 Shakers get some Brass Bury F C 17 January 2006 Archived from the original on 4 October 2011 Retrieved 1 April 2011 Own goal YouTube Retrieved 12 July 2007 Brassed off BBC 26 April 2006 Retrieved 16 April 2008 What it feels like to score an own goal The Athletic 20 May 2021 Retrieved 13 January 2024 Woody amp Brass sign Bury F C 8 June 2006 Archived from the original on 4 October 2011 Retrieved 1 April 2011 The retained list Bury F C 4 June 2007 Archived from the original on 4 October 2011 Retrieved 1 April 2011 New role for Chris Bury F C 6 July 2007 Archived from the original on 4 October 2011 Retrieved 1 April 2011 Shaker Brass becomes a tiger Non League Daily Baltic Publications 16 July 2007 Archived from the original on 30 September 2007 Retrieved 16 July 2007 a b Bury name Brass as caretaker boss BBC Sport 15 January 2008 Retrieved 20 January 2016 a b Bury appoint Knill as new manager BBC Sport 4 February 2008 Retrieved 20 January 2016 Player Statistics Chris Brass Hyde Football Club Database Retrieved 30 December 2011 Knill names his right hand man Bury F C 22 January 2009 Archived from the original on 4 October 2011 Retrieved 22 January 2009 Torquay name Brass assistant boss BBC Sport Scunthorpe United appoint Bury manager Alan Knill BBC Sport 31 March 2011 Retrieved 1 April 2011 Bury David Flitcroft confirms Chris Brass as assistant manager BBC Sport 18 December 2013 Retrieved 8 December 2016 Bury New roles for Chris Brass Ben Futcher and Chris Sedgwick BBC Sport 15 June 2015 Retrieved 15 June 2015 a b Nelson Craig 17 November 2016 Flitcroft and Futcher had Bury contracts terminated Bury Times Retrieved 8 December 2016 a b Chris Brass Bury appoint new head coach to replace David Flitcroft BBC Sport 15 December 2016 Retrieved 4 January 2017 a b Lee Clark Bury agree deal for Kilmarnock boss to join BBC Sport 15 February 2017 Retrieved 25 March 2017 Wigan to bring in Chris Brass in new role HITC Sport October 2018 Managers Chris Brass Soccerbase Centurycomm Retrieved 13 September 2015 Bury Results matches 2007 08 Soccerbase Centurycomm Retrieved 25 March 2017 Bury Results matches 2016 17 Soccerbase Centurycomm Retrieved 25 March 2017 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chris Brass Chris Brass at Soccerbase nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chris Brass amp oldid 1223019629, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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