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Chris Brindley 
Personal information Full name Christopher Brindley Date of birth 5 July 1969 Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England Playing position Defender Club information Current club Stafford Rangers Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 198?-1986 Hednesford Town ? (0) 1986-1988 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 (0) 1988-1992 Telford United ? (0) 1992-1998 Kidderminster Harriers ? (0) 1998-2000 Hednesford Town 37 (3) 2000-2002 Stafford Rangers 71 (3) 2002-2006 Hednesford Town ? (0) 2006 Gresley Rovers ? (0) 2006-2007 Halesowen Town ? (0) 2007 Stourport Swifts ? (0) 2007-2008 Rushall Olympic ? (0) Teams managed 2003-2005 Hednesford Town (assistant) 2005-2006 Hednesford Town 2006-2007 Halesowen Town (assistant) 2007 Stourport Swifts (coach) 2007-2008 Rushall Olympic (assistant) 2008 Stafford Rangers (assistant) 2008-2010 Stafford Rangers 2011- Chasetown * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Chris Brindley (born July 5, 1969 in Stoke-on-Trent) is a former English footballer. One of the best known and one of the most decorated players in non-league football,[citation needed] Brindley started out with Chasetown before moving to Hednesford Town in the 1980s, before getting his big break with a move to Wolves in 1985. After only seven appearances at Molineux in two seasons, he was sold to Telford United, where he won the F.A. Trophy at Wembley at the end of the 1988-1989 season. In 1993, a move to Kidderminster Harriers proved the best move of his career, as he won the Football Conference title and played in two more F.A. Trophy Finals whilst at Aggborough. He moved back to Hednesford in an exchange deal with Nigel Niblett in early 1998, and played over 100 times for the Pitmen before being released, signing for local rivals Stafford Rangers in June 2000. He returned for a third spell in June 2002, and has worked his way up to assistant manager, scoring the winner in the 2004 F.A. Trophy Final. He was appointed manager in June 2004, and led the club to promotion via the Southern Football League play-off in May 2005. He left Hednesford in December 2005 after agreeing with the board to leave the post due to poor results. From there he teamed up with Northern Premier League side Gresley Rovers, before joining Halesowen Town in May 2006 as player/assistant manager. In December 2006, he left to join Stourport Swifts after former Hednesford players Martin O'Connor and Graham Hyde took over the reins at the Yeltz Linked up again with former Halesowen manager Paul Holleran at Rushall Olympic, again as player-assistant manager, in January 2007. After assisting Holleran to the end of the 2007-2008 season, Brindley made the step up to Conference North level once again, joining old foes Stafford Rangers once again as assistant manager to new Rangers boss - and former Wolves team-mate - Steve Bull. This move also effectively moved the man into retirement after appearing numerous times for the Pics during 2007-2008
Money troubles hit Marston Road during the opening months of the 2008-2009 season, with Bull amongst a number of people released as Rangers desperately looked to balance the books. Brindley took over as manager in December 2008, and with a threadbare squad, held on to their Conference North status for the 2009-2010 season. In September 2010 Brindley resigned as manager of Stafford Rangers. Chris gave a reason for his departure "The reason I leave Rangers is simply because there's no Chairman, no money & most the players are youth & having the fans your back doesn't help even though there's no money at all".
Chris has been appointed Chasetown manager after Charlie Blakemore will take up a Board of Directors post after Saturday's game v Stafford Rangers.[1]
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Stafford Rangers F.C. – Frith (19xx–xx) · Hutchinson (1965–69) · Chapman (1969–75) · Chapman (1977–80) · Thomson (198?–8?) · Reid (1983–88) · Booth (1988–95) · Bowen (1995–97) · Bond (1997–98) · Painter (1998–2002) · Robinson (2002–07) · Bull (2008) · Brindley (2008–10) · Flowers (2010–11) · Elliott (2011–c) (c) caretaker; (p) player manager; (s) secretary Conference North managers Categories:- Living people
- English footballers
- English football managers
- Hednesford Town F.C. players
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
- Telford United F.C. players
- Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players
- Stafford Rangers F.C. players
- Rushall Olympic F.C. players
- Hednesford Town F.C. managers
- Stafford Rangers F.C. managers
- 1969 births
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