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Chris Brass 
Brass with BuryPersonal information Full name Christopher Paul Brass[1] Date of birth 24 July 1975 [1] Place of birth Easington, England Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] Playing position Defender Club information Current club Scunthorpe United (assistant manager) Youth career Ipswich Town ?–1993 Burnley Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1993–2001 Burnley 134 (1) 1994 → Torquay United (loan) 7 (0) 2000 → Halifax Town (loan) 6 (0) 2001–2006 York City 152 (6) 2005 → Harrogate Town (loan) 9 (0) 2005–2006 → Southport (loan) 5 (0) 2006–2007 Bury 29 (0) 2007–2009 Hyde United 52 (0) Teams managed 2003–2004 York City 2008 Bury (caretaker) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Christopher Paul "Chris" Brass (born 24 July 1975) is an English former footballer and manager. He is currently assistant manager at Scunthorpe United.
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Career
Born in Easington, County Durham, Brass began his career as a schoolboy at Ipswich Town before progressing through the youth system at Burnley as a trainee,[1] where he turned professional on 8 July 1993.[2]
In 1994, Brass captained the Burnley A team as it won the Lancashire League. In need of first team experience, he joined Torquay United on loan in October 1994, playing seven league games in a two month loan spell.
Brass returned to Burnley, making his debut for them as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat away to Portsmouth, in January 1995. The following season he again struggled to claim a regular place, but in the 1996–97 season established himself in the centre of the Burnley defence, and remained there for the next three seasons, though occasionally played out of position by manager Chris Waddle.
By March 1998, such was the turmoil that the Clarets found themselves in, Brass was their longest serving player, and still only 22 years old. In that summer, Stan Ternent replaced Waddle, and made Brass captain, but the latter struggled to keep his form and found himself in the reserves. In the summer of 1999, Burnley signed Mitchell Thomas, resulting in Brass playing only occasionally for the first team. He went on a one-month loan to Halifax Town in September 2000, with the first of his six league games being a win against Torquay. After the loan was up, Halifax could not afford to sign him and he returned to the Burnley reserves, before joining York City on a free transfer in March 2001.[citation needed][3] He had played 134 league games for Burnley, scoring once.
Brass was immediately installed as captain at York and on 4 June 2003, aged only 27, was appointed as York's player-manager.[4] Although his first season in charge began well, York failed to win any of their final 20 league games and were relegated to the Football Conference. Results were not much better in the Conference and Brass was sacked as manager in November 2004. He remained at York as a player and, after suffering a serious ligament injury, joined Harrogate Town on loan in September 2005 in an attempt to regain match-fitness. He finished the loan with 11 appearances.[5] He joined Southport on a one-month loan in November 2005,[6] which was extended for another month in January 2006.[7] He returned to York in January after making five apparances and on 12 January was released by the club after a settlement was reached over the remainder of his contract.[5][8][9]
Brass playing for Bury in 2009
He joined League Two club Bury on a contract until the end of the 2005–06 season on 17 January.[10] He scored a notable own goal, when attempting an overhead clearance in the game against Darlington, kicking the ball into his nose and subsequently the net.[11] Brass nearly received a broken nose to add to the humiliation.[12] This incident was voted the number one incident in magazine FourFourTwo's "It shouldn't happen to a footballer". He signed a new one-year contract with Bury in June 2006,[13] being released at the end of the 2006-07 season, but was asked to return to pre-season training to prove his fitness before a decision could be made on his future.[14]
He was appointed as Bury's Centre of Excellence manager on 6 July 2007,[15] before combining this role with playing for Hyde United after signing in July 2007 following a successful trial.[16] He became Bury's caretaker manager on 15 January 2008, following the sacking of Chris Casper.[17] He left Hyde having made 62 appearances after being appointed assistant manager to Alan Knill at Bury on 22 January 2009.[18][19] When Knill was appointed Scunthorpe United manager on 31 March 2011, Brass followed him as assistant manager.[20]
Personal life
He married in his hometown Burnley in June 2000.[21] He is currently studying for a degree in Physiotherapy at the University of Salford.[citation needed]
Managerial statistics
- As of 5 February 2008.
Team Nation From To Matches Won Drawn Lost Win % Ref York City 
England4 June 2003 8 November 2004 67 14 18 35 20.9 [22] Bury (caretaker) England15 January 2008 5 February 2008 4 0 1 3 0 [22] Total 71 14 19 38 19.7 References
- ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 77. ISBN 1852916656.
- ^ a b "Chris Brass". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=928. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "Brass off to York". BBC Sport. 2001-03-15. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/1222532.stm. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "Brass nets York job". BBC Sport. 2003-06-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/york_city/2961950.stm. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ a b "Player details: Season 2005–2006". SoccerFactsUK. http://www.soccerfactsuk.co.uk/s2005/player_details.php?playerid=126. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
- ^ "Watson delighted at Brass capture". BBC Sport. 2005-11-29. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southport/4482744.stm. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "Brass extends Southport loan stay". BBC Sport. 2006-01-06. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southport/4588990.stm. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "Turnbull brought in by Southport". BBC Sport. 2006-01-16. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southport/4616350.stm. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "Parkin poised for Tigers". The Press. 2006-01-12. http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/archive/2006/01/12/York+Archive/7977843.Parkin_poised_for_Tigers/. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "Shakers get some Brass". Bury F.C.. 2006-01-17. http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10422~769696,00.html. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "Own goal". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9loR5V_8Qs. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
- ^ "Brassed off". BBC. 2006-04-26. http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2006/04/25/250406_brass_bury_feature.shtml. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ "Woody & Brass sign". Bury F.C.. 2006-06-08. http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10422~837549,00.html. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "The retained list". Bury F.C.. 2007-06-04. http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10422~1023039,00.html. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "New role for Chris". Bury F.C.. 2007-07-06. http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10422~1068717,00.html. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "Shaker Brass becomes a tiger". Non-League Daily. 2007-07-16. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=43647. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
- ^ "Bury name Brass as caretaker boss". BBC Sport. 2008-01-15. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bury/7189127.stm. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "Player Statistics: Chris Brass". Hyde F.C.. http://www.hydefc.co.uk/playerstats.php?p=427. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "Knill names his right hand man". Bury F.C.. 2008-01-22. http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10422~1528522,00.html. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ "Scunthorpe United appoint Bury manager Alan Knill". BBC Sport. 2011-03-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/12919001.stm. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "search marriage indexes 1837 - 2005". Findmypast.co.uk. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/marriage-indexes-search-start.action?redef=0&event=M. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ a b "Chris Brass". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1860. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
External links
York City F.C. – Clubman of the Year 1973–74: Burrows • 1974–75: Topping • 1975–76: Cave • 1976–77: Pollard • 1977–78: Staniforth • 1978–79: Staniforth • 1979–80: McDonald • 1980–81: Blackburn • 1981–82: Walwyn • 1982–83: Hood • 1983–84: MacPhail • 1984–85: MacPhail • 1985–86: Mills • 1986–87: Walwyn • 1987–88: Banton • 1988–89: Helliwell • 1989–90: Marples • 1990–91: Tutill • 1991–92: McCarthy • 1992–93: Stancliffe • 1993–94: Barnes • 1994–95: McCarthy • 1995–96: McMillan • 1996–97: Barras • 1997–98: Bushell • 1998–99: Jones • 1999–2000: Jones • 2000–01: Fettis • 2001–02: Fettis • 2002–03: Brass • 2003–04: Dunning • 2004–05: Merris • 2005–06: Donaldson • 2006–07: Bishop • 2007–08: McGurk • 2008–09: Parslow • 2009–10: Ingham • 2010–11: Parslow
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Categories:- 1975 births
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