Brian Marwood

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Brian Marwood
Personal information
Full name Brian Marwood[1]
Date of birth (1960-02-05) 5 February 1960 (age 64)[1]
Place of birth Seaham,[1] England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s)
Winger
Youth career
1976–1979 Hull City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1984 Hull City 191 (53)
1984–1988 Sheffield Wednesday 128 (27)
1988–1990 Arsenal 52 (16)
1990–1992 Sheffield United 22 (3)
1992 → Middlesbrough (loan) 3 (0)
1992–1993 Swindon Town 11 (1)
1993–1994 Barnet 23 (0)
Total 430 (100)
International career
1988 England 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Marwood (born 5 February 1960) is an English former footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League and was capped once for England. He is City Football Group's Managing Director of Global Football.[3][4]

Club career

Hull City

Born 5 February 1960 in

Sheffield Wednesday
. In all he played 191 times for Hull and scored 53 goals.

Sheffield Wednesday

In June 1984 Marwood was signed by Sheffield Wednesday for £115,000.

The newly promoted Owls had a strong return to the top-flight under the guiding hand of manager Howard Wilkinson. In four seasons Marwood was a first team fixture. In 1985–86 the Owls finished 5th in the First Division and reached the FA Cup semi-finals. Marwood was joint top goalscorer in the League with centre forward Lee Chapman. Despite Wednesday's form tailing off after that, Marwood still shone in the side and after 128 appearances and 27 goals, he moved on.[5]

Arsenal

Marwood was signed by

George Graham was searching for a more dependable alternative to the erratic and injury prone Martin Hayes.[6] He made his Arsenal debut against Oxford United on 30 March 1988.[7] His first goal for the Gunners was a penalty in a 1–1 draw against Coventry City at Highbury 2 May 1988.[8][9]

Marwood's impact at Arsenal was nearly immediate; his crosses supplied

European Cup
.

Injury restricted Marwood's chances in the 1989–90 season, and he only managed nineteen matches his final season at Arsenal. After Arsenal signed Swedish international winger Anders Limpar in the summer of 1990, Marwood was no longer an automatic first choice, in all he played 60 matches for Arsenal, scoring 17 goals. His last goal for the Gunners came at Maine Road against Manchester City 10 March 1990.[10]

Sheffield United

He was sold to Sheffield United for £350,000 in September 1990.

In three seasons at United, Marwood only managed 22 appearances, and was loaned to

Premier League
, but was released by the club that summer.

Barnet

He finished his career at Barnet where he spent one season, playing 23 games as Barnet were relegated from Division Two.

International career

Marwood's performances for Arsenal earned him an

friendly match against Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on 16 November 1988. As a 28-year-old he came on as a late substitution, replacing Michael Thomas, under manager Bobby Robson.[11]

Professional Footballers' Association

Marwood was chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association between 1990 and 1993.

Career after retirement

Since retirement, Marwood has written his autobiography, The Life of Brian (

Radio 5 Live, Sky Sports and STAR Sports. He worked as UK sports marketing manager for Nike
from 1997 to 2009.

Manchester City

He joined

Garry Cook, at Nike.[12]

Family

His son James was a former player at Newcastle United, St Mirren, Forest Green Rovers and Gateshead United. He currently coaches at Middlesbrough FC academy

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Alan Smith interview". Arseweb. Retrieved 5 March 2006.
  1. ^ Taylor, Daniel (23 February 2009). "Marwood to assist Hughes at City". guardian.co.uk. London. Retrieved 23 February 2009.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Brian Marwood". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5
    .
  3. ^ "Brian Marwood explains City Football Group's decision to partner with Vannes". 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021.
  4. ^ "City Football Group". 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 20 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Sporting Heroes". 1 March 2022.
  6. ^ Spurling, Jon (2001). All Guns Blazing. Aureus Publishing Ltd. p. 228.
  7. ^ "Arsenal History". 1 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Arsenal Woolwich Stats". 1 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Sporting Heroes". 1 February 2022.
  10. ^ "citytilidie". 28 February 2023.
  11. ^ "England Stats". 1 February 2022.
  12. ^ Taylor, Daniel (23 February 2009). "Marwood to assist Hughes at City". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  • Harris, Jeff (1995). Hogg, Tony (ed.). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports.
    ISBN 1-899429-03-4
    .
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