- Graham Bressington
Infobox Football biography
playername = Graham Bressington
fullname =
height = height|ft=6|in=0
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1966|7|8|df=y
cityofbirth =Slough
countryofbirth =England
currentclub = Marlow (Assistant Manager)
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 2004–2006
youthclubs = Lincoln City
years = -1987
1987-1988
1988-1993
1993-1995
1995-1996
clubs =Wycombe Wanderers"(non-league)"
Lincoln City "(non-league)"
Lincoln City
Southend United
Slough Town
caps(goals) = 00? (?)
013 (0)
141 (7)
048 (5)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 22:26, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =Graham Bressington (born
8 July 1966 ) is a former English footballer. He is currently the assistant manager of Marlow.Career
Slough -born Bressington enjoyed a promising start to his career, being a member, alongsideKevin Keen and Mark West, of the High Wycombe Schools U15 side which won theESFA Trophy in 1981 and enjoying spells with Chelsea and Arsenal as a junior. However, a professional career did not immediately materialise and Bressington began his career in non-league football with Beaconsfield United and Wycombe Wanderers, helping Wycombe to theIsthmian League title in the 1986-87 season.Having impressed in a GM Vauxhall Conference match against Lincoln City, Bressington was signed by the Imps for £20,000 in November 1987 and went on to play his part in the Club's GMVC Championship success, making 13 appearances in the competition.
He stayed with Lincoln City for a further five seasons, impressing as either a combative midfield player or a centre-half, winning the player of the season award for 1990/91 and being voted number 78 in Lincoln's list of 100 league legends in 2007. He was also badly affected by injuries and missed virtually the entire 1991/92 season.
Bressington linked up with Southend United, managed by the man who signed him for Lincoln City, Colin Murphy, for £25,000 in the summer of 1993 but once again, injuries curtailed his
Football League outings during his time at Roots Hall and caused his retirement from the professional game in the summer of 1995. He made a handful of appearances for hometown club Slough Town at the beginning of the 1995/96 season but injuries again took their toll and he began to wind down his senior career. In July 1996, he moved on to Chalfont St Peter as a Player-Coach.In March 2005 [cite news
url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=25955
title=Bressington aides Marlow's recovery
publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com
date=12 April 2005
accessdate=2008-03-14] he agreed to help out Marlow's temporary manager Kevin Stone, becoming assistant manager in May 2005 [cite news
url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=27094
title=Stone gets Marlow post on a permanent basis
publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com
date=29 May 2005
accessdate=2008-03-14] when Stone was appointed manager on a permanent basis. The pair had previously held similar roles at Chalfont St Peter. He was even drafted into their first team for a game in March 2006 when, four months before his 40th birthday, he turned out in their match against Dunstable [cite news
url=http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/sport_article.php?section=8&category=90&story=1168
title=Lucky Blues stay in hunt
publisher=Maidenhead Advertiser
date=2 March 2006
accessdate=2008-03-14] .References
External links
*soccerbase|966|Graham Bressington
* [http://www.redimps.premiumtv.co.uk/page/LeagueLegends/0,,10440~913071,00.html Lincoln City League Legend #78 Profile]
* [http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/index.php?option=com_indplay&Itemid=61&pno=665 Southend United profile] Persondata
NAME = Bressington, Graham
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH =8 July 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH =Slough ,England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =
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