Brian Horne

Brian Simon Horne (born 5 October 1967) is an English former footballer who played professionally as a goalkeeper for Millwall, Middlesbrough, Stoke City, Portsmouth and Hartlepool United.^[1]

Brian Horne

Personal information
Full name	Brian Simon Horne^[1]
Date of birth	(1967-10-05) 5 October 1967 (age 55)^[1]
Place of birth	Billericay, England^[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1992	Millwall	163	(0)
1992	→ Middlesbrough (loan)	4	(0)
1992	→ Stoke City (loan)	1	(0)
1993–1994	Portsmouth	3	(0)
1994–1996	Hartlepool United	73	(0)
1996–1997	Dover Athletic
1997	Farnborough Town
Total		244	(0)
Managerial career
2003	Aveley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Horne was born in Billericay and began his career with Millwall making 38 appearances in his debut season of 1986–87. He played in 51 matches in 1987–88 as the "Lions" won the Second Division earning promotion to the First Division for the first time in their history with Horne winning the supporters player of the year award. He played 51 times again in 1988–89 as Millwall took the top tier well finishing in 10th position but they struggled in 1989–90 and were relegated. Horne remained at The Den in the Second tier making 36 appearances in 1990–91. He spent time out on loan at Middlesbrough in September 1992 and at Stoke City in October.^[1] At Stoke Horne played twice away at Chester City and at home to Cambridge United in the League Cup.^[1] He then joined Portsmouth as back up to Alan Knight playing five times in 1993–94. Horne ended his professional career with Hartlepool United playing in 83 matches in two seasons. He later played non-league football with Dover Athletic and Farnborough Town, and managed Aveley.^[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[a]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Millwall	1986–87	Second Division	32	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	38	0
	1987–88	Second Division	43	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	51	0
	1988–89	First Division	38	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	51	0
	1989–90	First Division	22	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	0
	1990–91	Second Division	28	0	3	0	2	0	3	0	36	0
	1991–92	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		163	0	9	0	14	0	10	0	196	0
Middlesbrough (loan)	1992–93	Premier League	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Stoke City (loan)	1992–93	Second Division	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Portsmouth	1993–94	First Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
Hartlepool United	1994–95	Third Division	41	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	47	0
	1995–96	Third Division	32	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	36	0
	Total		73	0	2	0	5	0	3	0	83	0
Career total			244	0	11	0	20	0	15	0	290	0

1. Includes Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League play-offs, Full Members Cup, Football League Trophy.

Honours

Millwall

• Football League Second Division champions: 1987–88
• Millwall – Player of the Year: 1987

References

1. Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
2. Aveley Non-League Club Directory
3. Brian Horne at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External links

• Brian Horne at Soccerbase