Des Bremner

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Des Bremner
Personal information
Full name	Desmond George Bremner
Date of birth	7 September 1952 (1952-09-07) (age 55)
Place of birth	Aberchirder, Banffshire, Scotland
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Youth clubs
1971–1972	Deveronvale Hibernian
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972–1979 1979–1984 1984–1989 1989–1990 1990 1990–1991	Hibernian Aston Villa Birmingham City Fulham Walsall Stafford Rangers	199 (18) 174 0(9) 168 0(5) 016 0(0) 006 0(0)
National team
1976	Scotland under-23 Scotland	009 001 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Desmond George Bremner (born 7 September 1952) is a Scottish former professional football midfielder. He made more than 600 league appearances for clubs in both Scotland and England, was a member of Aston Villa's European Cup-winning team of 1982, and was capped for the Scotland national team.

[edit] Playing career

Born in Aberchirder, Banffshire, Bremner began his career with Deveronvale before joining Hibernian in 1971, turning professional in November 1972. He made his only appearance for Scotland while with Hibs in March 1976, coming on as a substitute for Kenny Dalglish in the game against Switzerland.

He moved to Aston Villa in 1979 for a fee of £275,000 and quickly settled as a regular in the side. In his second season with the club he was an ever-present as they took the Football League title, their first for 71 years. The following season Bremner was a member of Villa's European Cup-winning side.

He left the club in September 1984, rejoining his former Villa manager Ron Saunders, who by then was managing local rivals Birmingham City. He helped Birmingham to promotion back to the First Division, relegation back to the Second Division the following season, and a further relegation to the Third Division before moving to Fulham on a free transfer in August 1989. He joined Walsall in March 1990 on non-contract terms and subsequently played for Stafford Rangers before retiring in 1991.

After retiring as a player he worked for the Professional Footballers' Association, subsequently becoming the managing director of the financial division of the organisation.^[1]

His brother Kevin was also a professional footballer.

[edit] Honours

for Scotland

• 1 full cap, 9 Under-23 caps
• Scottish Football League representative

for Hibernian

• Scottish League Cup finalists: 1975
• Scottish FA Cup finalists: 1979

for Aston Villa

• English Football League champions: 1980–81
• European Cup: 1982
• European Super Cup: 1982
• Intercontinental Cup runners-up: 1982

for Birmingham City

• Second Division runners-up: 1984–85

[edit] References

• Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9. 
• Des Bremner. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Neil Brown.

Persondata
NAME	Bremner, Des
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bremner, Desmond George
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1952-09-07
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aberchirder, Banffshire, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH