Ged Brannan

Football player infobox
playername = Ged Brannan


fullname = Gerard Brannan
nickname =
height = height|ft=6|in=0
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1972|1|15|df=y
cityofbirth = Prescot
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Vauxhall Motors
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position = Midfielder
youthyears =
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years = 1990-1997
1997-1998
1998
1998-2001
2001-2003
2003
2003
2003-2005
2005
2005-2007
2007-
clubs = Tranmere Rovers
Manchester City
→ Norwich City (loan)
Motherwell
Wigan Athletic
→ Dunfermline Athletic (loan)
→ Rochdale (loan)
Accrington Stanley
Radcliffe Borough
Morecambe
Vauxhall Motors
caps(goals) = 238 (20)
42 (4)
11 (1)
81 (16)
52 (0)
8 (0)
11 (1)
49 (7)
11 (0)
55 (1) | nationalyears =
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Ged Brannan is an English former footballer, born on 15 January 1972. He played as a midfielder.

Ged had a well-travelled career, beginning at Tranmere Rovers, before a £750,000 transfer to Manchester City F.C in March 1997.

Mostly used as a squad player at Manchester City, he was loaned to Norwich City between August and October 1998, and was then sold to Motherwell for £375,000 in October 1998, thus terminating his spell at Norwich.

During his time at Motherwell, Brannan received a call up by the Cayman Isles national team (on February 29, 2000) along with several other league players including Barry Hayles and Wayne Collins (at that time of Fulham). Brannan accepted the call up, however, this scheme was soon ended after intervention from Fifa.

Brannan moved onto Wigan in February 2001, where he remained until November 2003, spending short loan spells at Dunfermline and Rochdale F.C.

A free transfer to Accrington Stanley in November 2003 was next on the agenda, where Ged spent two seasons.

After leaving Stanley, Ged spent a short period playing for Radcliffe Borough before signing for Morecambe in November 2005, making his debut against Cambridge United. Shortly before the match, Morecambe manager Jim Harvey suffered a heart attack. Morecambe lost the first match 1-0.

Signed by Harvey as a midfielder, Brannan was soon dropped by caretaker manager Sammy McIlroy, but eventually made the right back position his own, after filling in for an injury and putting in several impressive performances.

Brannan saw himself out of the team again at the start of the 2006-7 season, as Adam Yates was brought to Morecambe to play at right-back. Brannan has filled in central defence during the absence of club captain Jim Bentley through injury and made several appearances in midfield.

In December 2006, it was announced Brannan would be moving to Southport to take the assistant manager position, as club manager Paul Cook was a personal friend. However, Cook was sacked from Southport before the move could take place in the January transfer window, and subsequently Brannan has decided to stay with Morecambe for the time being. His Morecambe squad number for the 2006-7 season was 12.

Following Morecambe F.C's promotion to the football league after a 2-1 victory over Exeter City, Brannan announced his retirement from the game after leading the team up to collect their winners medals and play-off trophy.

On 2 November 2007 Brannan came out of retirement and signed for Vauxhall Motors and made his debut the next day at Rivacre Park in their home game against Worcester City.

References

* [http://www.morecambefc.com/players/brannan.htm Morecambe FC Website player profile. ] .
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=925 Soccerbase Profile. ] .
* [http://www.vmfc.com/news/bransign.html Official Vauxhall Motors website news item on Brannan signing for the club. ] .