Kevin Bremner
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| Kevin Bremner | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Johnston Bremner | |
| Date of birth | 7 October 1957 | |
| Place of birth | Banff, Scotland | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1976–1979 1979–1980 1980–1983 1982 1982–1983 1983 1983–1985 1985–1987 1987–1990 1990–1991 1991–1992 1992 1992–1994 1994–1995 |
Deveronvale Keith Colchester United → Birmingham City (loan) → Wrexham (loan) → Plymouth Argyle (loan) Millwall Reading Brighton & Hove Albion Peterborough United Dundee → Shrewsbury Town Brora Rangers Deveronvale |
95 (31) 4 (1) 4 (1) 5 (1) 96 (32) 64 (21) 128 (35) 17 (3) 24 (6) 7 (2) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1992–1994 1994–1995 |
Brora Rangers (player-manager) Deveronvale (player-manager) |
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Kevin Johnston Bremner (born 7 October 1957) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He made nearly 450 appearances in the English and Scottish Football Leagues, representing ten different clubs.
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[edit] Football career
Born in Banff, now in Aberdeenshire, Bremner began his senior career as an 18-year-old with home-town club Deveronvale of the Highland League. In the 1978–79 season he was part of the team which defeated Huntly to win the Bell's Cup. He finished the season as leading scorer with 27 goals and won the club's player of the year award.[1] Celtic manager Billy McNeill had invited him for a two-week trial, but no contract offer ensued and Bremner left Deveronvale for fellow Highland League club Keith.[2]
In October 1980 he moved to England to join Colchester United of the Third Division for a fee of £40,000;[3] that season Colchester were relegated to the Fourth Division.[4] Bremner played more than 100 matches for the club in all competitions, and during the 1982–83 season he spent short periods on loan at Birmingham City, Wrexham and Plymouth Argyle, scoring a goal for each.[3] In February 1983 he joined Millwall for £25,000. His first goal for the club gave him the distinction of having played and scored in the Football League for five different clubs in the same season.[5][6]
He played more than 100 games in all competitions for Millwall, helping them to promotion to the Second Division as Third Division runners-up. At the beginning of the 1984–85 season he joined Reading; as the clubs were unable to agree on a transfer fee, the Football League tribunal valued his services at £35,000.[5] In his second season at the club, he contributed to Reading winning the Third Division title,[7] before joining Brighton & Hove Albion, where for the third time in four seasons he played his part in his club gaining promotion from the Third Division.[8]
He spent a season at Peterborough United before returning to Scotland where he signed for Dundee, contributing to their Scottish First Division title in 1991–92.[9] A short spell on loan at Shrewsbury Town preceded his first foray into management, as player-manager of Highland League club Brora Rangers.[2] He then rejoined Deveronvale as player-manager for one season, in which he was leading goalscorer with 17 goals and managed them to victory in the Aberdeenshire Shield.[1]
He returned to England to take up a coaching role at Gillingham, where he became youth team manager, but was made redundant in April 2003 along with other staff as a cost-cutting measure.[10]
His older brother Des was also a professional footballer.
[edit] Honours
- with Deveronvale as player
- Bell's Cup winners: 1978–79
- Player of the Year: 1978–79
- Club's leading scorer: 1978–79, 1994–95
- Aberdeenshire Shield winners: 1995
- with Millwall
- Third Division runners-up: 1984–85
- with Reading
- Third Division champions: 1985–86
- with Brighton & Hove Albion
- Third Division runners-up: 1987–88
- with Dundee
- Scottish First Division champions: 1991–92
- with Deveronvale as manager
- Aberdeenshire Shield winners: 1995
[edit] References
- ^ a b Club honours. Deveronvale F.C.. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ a b Millennium Legends. Deveronvale F.C.. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ a b Kevin Bremner. Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Colchester United. Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ a b KevinBremner. The Millwall History Files. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ Reading. Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Brighton & Hove Albion. Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ League Champions 1890/91 - 2006/07 (PDF). Scottish Football League. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Football in brief: Birmingham fight charges after ill-tempered derby", The Independent, 2003-04-05. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
[edit] External links
- Kevin Bremner. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Neil Brown.
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bremner, Kevin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bremner, Kevin Johnston |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Professional footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957-10-07 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Banff, Banffshire, Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
