Brian Marwood
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Brian Marwood is an English
former footballer and is currently one of the main executive staff at Manchester City F.C.
under the role of Football Administration Officer.
, County Durham
, Marwood started his career at Hull City
, joining in 1976 as an apprentice and making his way up through the youth and reserve ranks. A pacy and tricky winger
, he made his debut aged 19 in a Third Division
match against Mansfield Town
on 12 January 1980. He spent five seasons with the Tigers, during which time they were relegated to the Fourth Division
and then promoted back to the third. After 1983-84
, in which Hull City reached the Associate Members' Cup
Final and narrowly missed out on promotion to the Second Division
, Marwood attracted the interest of Sheffield Wednesday.
for £115,000. In all he played 191 times for Hull and scored 53 goals.
At Wednesday, he became known as one of the First Division
's most consistent and productive wingers, thanks to his pace and close ball control. The newly-promoted Owls had a strong return to the top-flight, finishing eighth and fifth in Marwood's first two seasons at the club, although Wednesday were unable to compete in the 1986-87 UEFA Cup due to the ban on English clubs in European competitions as a result of the Heysel disaster in 1985.
for £800,000 in March 1988, as manager George Graham
was searching for a more dependable alternative to the erratic and injury prone Martin Hayes
. He made his Arsenal debut against Oxford United
on 30 March 1988.
Marwood's impact at Arsenal was nearly immediate; his crosses supplied striker
Alan Smith
with goals throughout the 1988-89
season, in which Arsenal won the First Division title for the first time since 1971. Smith himself credits Marwood as being the most prolific supplier of assists while he was at Arsenal. During this time, Marwood firmly established himself as the club's first choice left winger ahead of Martin Hayes. Unfortunately for Marwood, injury forced him to miss the last five matches of the season, which included Arsenal's title-winning match against Liverpool
at Anfield
. Nevertheless, he still took away a league winners medal with 31 appearances that season. However, with the ban on English clubs in Europe still in place, Marwood was unable to have a crack at the European Cup.
However, injury restricted Marwood's chances in the 1989-90
season, and he only managed nineteen matches that season. After Arsenal signed Swedish
international winger Anders Limpar
in the summer of 1990, it was clear Marwood would no longer be an automatic first choice.
for £350,000 in September 1990; in all he played 60 matches for Arsenal, scoring 17 goals.
In three seasons at United, Marwood only managed 22 appearances, and was loaned to Middlesbrough
before making a permanent move to Swindon Town
midway through 1992-93
; Marwood played eleven times as Swindon won promotion to the Premier League
, but was released by the club that summer.
where he spent one season, playing 23 games as Barnet were relegated from Division Two.
cap, in a friendly match against Saudi Arabia
on 16 November 1988.
, The Life of Brian (ISBN 1-85158-367-X), and has become a commentator on Radio 5 Live
, Sky Sports
and STAR Sports
. He worked as a marketing manager for Nike
and was seen on Sky Sports News
defending their product with regards to the strength of boot with regards to Wayne Rooney's
frequent metatarsal injuries.
, at Nike.
side F.C. Halifax Town
on loan from Conference National
side Gateshead
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
former footballer and is currently one of the main executive staff at Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
under the role of Football Administration Officer.
Hull City
Born in SeahamSeaham
Seaham, formerly Seaham Harbour, is a small town in County Durham, situated south of Sunderland and east of Durham. It has a small parish church, St Mary the Virgin, with a late 7th century Anglo Saxon nave resembling the church at Escomb in many respects. St Mary the Virgin is regarded as one of...
, County Durham
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
, Marwood started his career at Hull City
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...
, joining in 1976 as an apprentice and making his way up through the youth and reserve ranks. A pacy and tricky winger
Winger (sport)
In certain sports, such as football, field hockey, ice hockey, handball, rugby union, lacrosse and rugby league, the term winger is the name of a position. It refers to positions on the extreme left and right sides of the pitch . In American football and Canadian football, the analogous position...
, he made his debut aged 19 in a Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
match against Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town F.C.
Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club from the former mining town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The club was formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans and changed its name to Mansfield Wesley in 1906 before settling on Mansfield Town in 1910...
on 12 January 1980. He spent five seasons with the Tigers, during which time they were relegated to the Fourth Division
Football League Fourth Division
The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...
and then promoted back to the third. After 1983-84
1983-84 in English football
The 1983–84 season was the 104th season of competitive football in England.- First Division :Liverpool had a great first season under the management of Joe Fagan as they wrapped up their third successive league title and the 15th in their history...
, in which Hull City reached the Associate Members' Cup
Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...
Final and narrowly missed out on promotion to the Second Division
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
, Marwood attracted the interest of Sheffield Wednesday.
Sheffield Wednesday
Marwood was signed by Sheffield WednesdaySheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
for £115,000. In all he played 191 times for Hull and scored 53 goals.
At Wednesday, he became known as one of the First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
's most consistent and productive wingers, thanks to his pace and close ball control. The newly-promoted Owls had a strong return to the top-flight, finishing eighth and fifth in Marwood's first two seasons at the club, although Wednesday were unable to compete in the 1986-87 UEFA Cup due to the ban on English clubs in European competitions as a result of the Heysel disaster in 1985.
Arsenal
Despite Wednesday's form tailing off after that, Marwood still shone in the side and he was signed by ArsenalArsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
for £800,000 in March 1988, as manager George Graham
George Graham (footballer)
George Graham is a Scottish former football player and manager. He is best remembered for his success at Arsenal, as a player in the 1970s and then as manager from 1986 until 1995.-Early life:...
was searching for a more dependable alternative to the erratic and injury prone Martin Hayes
Martin Hayes (footballer)
Martin Hayes is an English former footballer.-Career:Born in Walthamstow, London, Hayes played youth football for Essex schoolboys before joining Arsenal as an apprentice in June 1982...
. He made his Arsenal debut against Oxford United
Oxford United F.C.
Oxford United Football Club is an English association football club based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. The club play in League Two, following promotion from the Conference National in May 2010. The club had been a non-League side since their relegation from the Football League in the 2005–06 season. The...
on 30 March 1988.
Marwood's impact at Arsenal was nearly immediate; his crosses supplied striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
Alan Smith
Alan M. Smith
Alan Martin Smith is an English former football striker. He played for Leicester City and Arsenal at professional level, and won thirteen caps for England.-Leicester City:...
with goals throughout the 1988-89
1988-89 in English football
The 1988–89 season was the 109th season of competitive football in England.-Hillsborough disaster:On 15 April, a crowd crush at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough killed 94 people and injured more than 300. A 95th Liverpool supporter died in hospital...
season, in which Arsenal won the First Division title for the first time since 1971. Smith himself credits Marwood as being the most prolific supplier of assists while he was at Arsenal. During this time, Marwood firmly established himself as the club's first choice left winger ahead of Martin Hayes. Unfortunately for Marwood, injury forced him to miss the last five matches of the season, which included Arsenal's title-winning match against Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
at Anfield
Anfield
Anfield is an association football stadium in the district of Anfield, Liverpool, England, with a seating capacity of 45,522. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892 and was originally the home of Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1892, before they moved to Goodison Park...
. Nevertheless, he still took away a league winners medal with 31 appearances that season. However, with the ban on English clubs in Europe still in place, Marwood was unable to have a crack at the European Cup.
However, injury restricted Marwood's chances in the 1989-90
1989-90 in English football
-European competitions:English clubs were still banned from competing in European competitions following the Heysel Stadium disaster.- First Division :...
season, and he only managed nineteen matches that season. After Arsenal signed Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
international winger Anders Limpar
Anders Limpar
Anders Erik Limpar is a Swedish former footballer of Hungarian origin, who played as a winger...
in the summer of 1990, it was clear Marwood would no longer be an automatic first choice.
Sheffield United
He was sold to Sheffield UnitedSheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...
for £350,000 in September 1990; in all he played 60 matches for Arsenal, scoring 17 goals.
In three seasons at United, Marwood only managed 22 appearances, and was loaned to Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
before making a permanent move to Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
midway through 1992-93
1992-93 in English football
The 1992–1993 season was the 113th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:This season saw the birth of the FA Premier League. This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated until then with four divisions....
; Marwood played eleven times as Swindon won promotion to the Premier League
FA Premier League
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
, but was released by the club that summer.
Barnet
He finished his career at BarnetBarnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....
where he spent one season, playing 23 games as Barnet were relegated from Division Two.
International career
Marwood's performances for Arsenal earned him an EnglandEngland national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
cap, in a friendly match against Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia national football team
Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...
on 16 November 1988.
Professional Footballers' Association
Marwood was chairman of the Professional Footballers Association between 1990 and 1993.Career after retirement
Since retirement, Marwood has written his autobiographyAutobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
, The Life of Brian (ISBN 1-85158-367-X), and has become a commentator on Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio Five Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
, Sky Sports
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
and STAR Sports
STAR Sports
STAR Sports is a cable sports network owned by STAR TV and ESPN. It shows sports programs. In partnership with ESPN, its corporate name is ESPN STAR Sports. They are the official Asian station of the Barclays Premier League...
. He worked as a marketing manager for Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
and was seen on Sky Sports News
Sky Sports News
Sky Sports News is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. It is run by BSkyB whose sports channels include Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as Sky Sports HD1, HD2, HD3 and HD4....
defending their product with regards to the strength of boot with regards to Wayne Rooney's
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team...
frequent metatarsal injuries.
Manchester City
Since then, he has joined Manchester City with the title of football administrator, being an ex-colleague of former executive chairman, Garry CookGarry Cook (CEO)
Garry Cook is a British football executive, having worked for Manchester City between 2008 and 2011 and Nike between 1996 and 2008.-Nike:Cook started working for sports wear brand Nike in 1996...
, at Nike.
Family
His son James currently plays for Conference NorthConference North
The Conference North also known as Blue Square Bet North for sponsorship reasons, is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. Along with Conference South it is at Step 2 of the National League System and the sixth overall tier of...
side F.C. Halifax Town
F.C. Halifax Town
Football Club Halifax Town, otherwise known as FC Halifax Town are an English football team who currently play in the Conference North. The club replaced Halifax Town A.F.C. who went into administration during the 2007–08 season.-Formation:...
on loan from Conference National
Conference National
Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...
side Gateshead
Gateshead F.C.
Gateshead Football Club are a professional Association football club, based in Gateshead, England. They currently play in the Conference National, the fifth level of the English football league system.Ian Bogie is the current manager....
.