Bryan Gunn
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bryan James Gunn[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 December 1963||
Place of birth | Thurso, Scotland | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1979–1980 | Invergordon | ||
1980–1982 | Aberdeen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1986 | Aberdeen | 15 | (0) |
1986–1998 | Norwich City | 390 | (0) |
1998 | → Hibernian (loan) | 12 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Hibernian | 0 | (0) |
Total | 417 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1990–1994 | Scotland | 6 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2009 | Norwich City | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bryan James Gunn (born 22 December 1963) is a Scottish former professional goalkeeper and football manager. After learning his trade with Aberdeen in the early 1980s, he spent most of his playing career at Norwich City, the club with which he came to be most closely associated. This was followed by a brief spell back in Scotland with Hibernian before his retirement as a player in 1998.
Gunn feels the peak of his playing career was making what he calls the
Gunn worked for years behind the scenes at Norwich in a variety of roles, from matchday hosting to coaching. He was appointed temporary manager towards the end of the 2008–09 season and then confirmed as permanent manager during the summer. However, after a 7–1 home defeat in the opening game to local rivals Colchester United, he lost his job a week into the 2009–10 Football League One season.
Since the death of his young daughter from
Early life
Gunn was born on 22 December 1963 in Thurso, Scotland,[2] "twenty miles from John o'Groats".[3] His parents were James Gunn, a long-distance lorry driver, and Jessie Sinclair, a canteen worker at the Dounreay nuclear power plant; the pair had married despite being on opposite sides of a family feud stretching back to the 16th century.[4] James was an amateur sportsman, playing football on the right wing for local team Invergordon F.C. and winning medals at Highland games events.[5]
The Gunn family home in Thurso was a farm,
Gunn attended secondary school at
Club career
Aberdeen
Gunn commenced his professional career with Aberdeen in 1980,[13] (signing a week prior to Eric Black who came from the same part of the country)[14] and forged a good relationship with then-Aberdeen manager Alex Ferguson—evidenced by the fact that in 1997 Ferguson brought Manchester United to Carrow Road for Gunn's testimonial match.[3] While an apprentice at Aberdeen, Gunn was a frequent babysitter for Ferguson's children.[15] He later said, "I probably babysat more than I played".[13] Gunn portrays the relationship as warm, but businesslike:[3]
I'd stay over and we'd read the Sunday papers together. He was good to me. I was struggling for cash once and went in and told him I was going on holiday and was there any chance of an advance. He got on the phone and said: "Big Bryan Gunn's coming down to sign a new contract." It wasn't what I meant. I got my holiday money but he got another year out of me, too.
As a youngster, Gunn did not always play in goal and he was viewed as a handy outfield player in his early years at Aberdeen.
Gunn's training and performances for the reserve team and occasional first-team appearances paid dividends: he was called up for the
As Leighton was unlikely to be dislodged, Ferguson promised to find Gunn another club,[3] and fulfilled his pledge when he sold him for £100,000 to Norwich City in October 1986.[16] The transfer nearly went through in the summer of 1986, but Ferguson delayed the move until October to allow time for Leighton to recover from an injury.[26]
Norwich City
Gunn says of the move south: "Norwich was easy to settle into, a bit like Aberdeen in many ways—a city surrounded by lovely countryside and lots of farms."
Norwich went on to finish fifth in the First Division in his first season, their highest-ever league finish at the time.[27] By May 1988 Gunn's consistency meant his value had risen considerably, and the club reportedly declined a £500,000 offer from Ian Porterfield to take the goalkeeper back to Aberdeen.[31] The purpose of the proposed transfer was to replace Leighton, who by then had moved to Manchester United, where he was reunited with Alex Ferguson.[31]
Norwich reached the semi-final of the
"The major highlights of my time at Norwich were the UEFA Cup run and qualifying for it. Norwich finished 3rd in the first ever Premier League season ... The match against Bayern Munich ... was a great occasion where I pulled off my best ever save ... In 1989 we finished 4th in Division 1 and got to the FA cup semi-final ... The main disappointment was being relegated in 1994/95 after I broke my leg [when] we were 7th in the Premier League ... I also ... let in a calamitous goal at [the] home of our arch rivals Ipswich Town. Robert Ullathorne's backpass bobbled (the pitch was crap) over my attempted kick and ended up in the back of the net. Very embarrassing."
Bryan Gunn, Squarefootball.com[33]
In November 1989, Gunn was involved in a controversial incident that attracted significant media attention.
All of a sudden it was kicking off, big time. Everyone started piling in, right in front of me... The only people not involved were [Arsenal players] John Lukic, Tony Adams, David O'Leary and me... I went over to break things up... and spotted the cavalry coming over the half-way line, in the shape of O'Leary and Adams. I felt it was my job to head them off at the pass and moved in, instinctively grabbing Adams with one hand and thumping him with the other."[36]
All but one of the 22 players on the pitch were involved in the fracas,[37] but no one was sent off. The next day, the newspapers carried headlines and photos of what they called 'The Highbury Brawl'.[36] That afternoon, Gunn received a phone call from a Today journalist, who told him that the Arsenal players had said Gunn had instigated the fight.[36] Enraged,[36] the Norwich keeper retorted that it was the other way around. Monday's headline read "Gunn blames Arsenal".[36] Gunn was censured by The Football Association and warned about his future conduct. Both clubs were fined, and Gunn was docked a fortnight's wages (about £800) by Norwich City.
Under the management of
Gunn's final first-team game for the club was a 1–0 defeat to
Hibernian
In the 1997–98 season, Gunn was forced out of the Norwich team by the emergence of Andy Marshall.[45] With his first-team opportunities at Norwich now limited, he signed a deal with Hibernian in February 1998, for a three-month loan.[46][47] According to Scottish transfer regulations the loan deal was invalid, so instead he was swiftly transferred on a permanent basis for an undisclosed fee, later revealed by Gunn to have been £25,000.[48]
Gunn's reflections on joining Hibernian are tinged with regret: "[leaving Norwich was] very difficult indeed. I had spent 12 great years at Norwich and suddenly I was not regarded as the number 1 (by Mike Walker) anymore."
Gunn was unable to save the club from relegation to the
Despite his mixed feelings on joining the club, Gunn's overall impression of his time in Edinburgh is upbeat: "I only played 12 games for the Hibees but it was great. We beat
International career
Gunn represented
In 1983, Gunn travelled with the
Gunn made six full international appearances for Scotland, conceding 10 goals.
Coaching career and other activities
Gunn obtained his
Over the years, Gunn progressed from hospitality into other corporate positions at Norwich; he acted as sponsorship manager from 1999 to 2006.[33] Manager Peter Grant moved Gunn to the "backroom" sports management side of the business in 2007.[64] Gunn worked in a liaison role in negotiations of possible transfers and loan signings, tasks where he could make use of contacts gained during his playing career.[64]
When Glenn Roeder was appointed manager in November 2007, goalkeeping coach James Hollman parted company with the club, and Gunn replaced him for the rest of the season—his first formal coaching role.[65] Later in the season, Gunn was promoted to head of player recruitment, while retaining his goalkeeping coach role.[66]
Manager of Norwich City
Following the sacking of Roeder as Norwich manager in January 2009, Gunn was asked to take temporary charge of the first team.[67] In an interview with BBC Radio Norfolk, he revealed that he "told the players that they've let people down."[68] In his first match as caretaker manager, he received "a euphoric reception" from the fans,[69] and Norwich beat Barnsley 4–0.[70] The players were equally supportive: according to Scotland on Sunday, "in the dressing room afterwards, [Norwich] midfielder, Darel Russell, dragged the chairman, Roger Munby, into the shower, and demanded that Gunn be appointed permanently."[69] Momentum gathered, and a Facebook group called "Bryan Gunn for manager", created by his then 17-year-old daughter, Melissa, soon attracted about 3,000 members.[69] Gunn considered applying for the role on a longer-term basis; he had previously applied without success to be Norwich manager in 1998. On 19 January 2009 he phoned the directors and requested to be considered.[69] He was interviewed that afternoon and "by 10.30 am the next day had been appointed manager until the end of the season".[69][71]
Gunn appointed a backroom staff of former Norwich colleagues, making
Relegation changed Gunn's mind about taking the Norwich job. He had decided not to continue in the role if Norwich had remained in The Championship, and would have tried to land a job with Norwich that would have allowed more time to be spent with his family.[76] However, "Relegation was a failure and I felt I couldn't quit then. I felt I had to do everything I could to put things right, if I was given the chance. And I was."[76]
Norwich re-appointed Gunn as manager for the 2009–10 season.
Just under a month after Gunn's reappointment, Norwich appointed a new managing director, David McNally.[81] For the opening game of the new season, Norwich were to play at home against Colchester United, rivals for the Pride of Anglia.[82] Gunn's team suffered a 7–1 defeat,[83] and Theoklitos, signed by Gunn on a free transfer,[84] was particularly blamed by the press for the scale of the defeat.[83] Theoklitos later admitted it was "the worst performance of my career".[84] Despite this, he retained Gunn's support,[84] although in the eventuality, Theoklitos never played for Norwich again.[85]
As early as during the match itself, fans and the media began to react strongly to the shock of Norwich's worst-ever home defeat. During the first half, after the side had gone 4–0 down, two supporters approached the Norwich bench, appearing to throw their season tickets at Gunn.
Gunn was influenced in his management philosophy by former Norwich manager Mike Walker.[69] Himself a former goalkeeper, Walker believed—contrary to popular opinion—that goalkeepers can make good managers because their excellent view of the game enables them to develop a good tactical awareness.[69] Gunn's short time at Norwich remains his only experience of professional football management.[88] He says of the time spent as manager that his only regret is that "there must be a generation of fans who only know me as the manager who lost 7-1 against Colchester… My own memories are different."[76]
Managerial statistics
- As of 14 August 2009
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Norwich City | 16 January 2009 | 14 August 2009 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28.6 | [67][88] |
Total | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28.6 | — |
After football
Gunn began work in November 2009 as director of business development for OneStream, part of the Digital Phone Company,[89] based in Great Yarmouth.[90] His role was to "promote their communication and mobile working solutions".[90]
In 2011, Gunn announced he was leaving OneStream for a new job as a sports agent.[91] In his new role as director of talent recruitment at a sports agency, he is responsible for recruiting young footballers.[91]
Family and personal life
Gunn's wife,
The Gunns have had three children: Francesca, Melissa and
According to Scotland on Sunday, Gunn suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, "a rheumatic spinal condition", diagnosed in about 1995, "which he controls with medication".[69] He appeared in an ITV2 celebrity football quiz called "Taking the Pitch" in 1998, alongside singer Fish.[103] Gunn's autobiography—In Where it Hurts—was published in 2006, and includes a foreword by his former manager Alex Ferguson.[61] He said of writing the book, "it brought up a lot of good memories and a lot of awkward memories".[13] The book was described by The Times as "shot through with sharp humour and astute observation".[61] The publishers agreed to donate £1 to Gunn's Leukaemia appeal fund for every book sold.[33]
Leukaemia appeal
In 1992, Gunn's two-year-old daughter, Francesca, was diagnosed with
Gunn describes the period of Francesca's illness and death and how it caused him to reflect on his career:
"We had a charmed life ... then Francesca became ill. There was a game in the autumn of '92 ... that we lost 7–1 at Blackburn. The team stayed in a bleak hotel and it rained endlessly. I just wanted to get back home. With hindsight you think, 'Why the bloody hell was I playing?' Very soon afterwards, Francesca died. She was sleeping between us. I realised what was happening and woke Susan. We cradled Francesca and cried."[61]
Francesca died in 1992, aged two.[106] Gunn played a match for Norwich against Queens Park Rangers at Carrow Road just days after his daughter died; he said of it, "When I ran out, I thought, wow, I could feel the whole stadium was with me. I never thought about packing it in."[3] At the end of the season, Gunn won Norwich's Player of the Year award,[62] as the club finished third in the Premiership, its highest ever league position.[62]
Following Francesca's death, Gunn established "Bryan Gunn's Leukaemia Appeal", a fund to raise money to combat the disease. He initially set a target of £10,000,[3] but by 2011 he has raised £1,000,000,[107] under the auspices of The Dove Trust.[108] The fund aims to address three issues:
"Equipping local hospitals to be better able to deal with children suffering from the disease on both in-patient and out-patient bases. Providing training for nurses and other staff involved in the care of children with leukaemia over and above that which is available from their employers. To support further research into the causes and cures of leukaemia."[105]
The third of these ambitions has prompted the funding of research into leukaemia at the Norwich-based University of East Anglia. Gunn says:
"The ultimate aim is to find a cure and if that can be done in the laboratory at the University of East Anglia bearing Francesca's name, then it would be the biggest testimony of all. Norwich is now one of the leading centres for leukaemia research and, with links to computer systems around the world, hopefully we'll get there."[3]
In addition to the research, Gunn set up a telephone support line that offers advice and assistance for parents of children who have leukaemia or other forms of cancer.[108] Known as gaps:line (an acronym for Gunn Appeal Parent Support), the service quickly grew. From its initial pilot launch in Norfolk in early 2004, it expanded to cover the "eastern region" by the end of the year, and launched nationally in early 2006.[108] The appeal has also funded other research and support work.[105]
Playing style, personality, achievements and legacy
As a player, Gunn was described as "a leader with a big presence" by his manager at Hibernian, Alex McLeish.[49] Aberdeen manager Alex Ferguson recalls, "the first thing that hit me was his personality. It was abundantly clear ... that he was a warm, outgoing and endearing character",[109] adding "He was a tremendous young keeper... always totally professional and I could never fault his discipline, effort or commitment."[110]
Gunn had a "fantastic rapport with the Norwich supporters".
Gunn is described as "a legend in Norwich",
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aberdeen | 1982–83 | Scottish Premier Division
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1983–84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1984–85 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
1985–86 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
1986–87 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Norwich City | 1986–87 | Football League Division One
|
29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | |
1987–88 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 38 | 0 | |||
1988–89 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 40 | 0 | |||
1989–90 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 37 | 0 | |||
1990–91 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | |||
1991–92 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | |||
1992–93[116] | Premier League | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 42 | 0 | ||
1993–94[116] | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
1994–95[116] | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | |||
1995–96 | Football League Division One | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 43 | 0 | ||
1996–97[117] | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 42 | 0 | |||
1997–98[117] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 389 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 404 | 0 | ||
Hibernian | 1997–98[117] | Scottish Premier Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |
Career total | 415 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 436 | 0 |
- Scottish FA Cup, FA Cup
- Football League Cup
- European Cup
- UEFA Cup
Honours
Aberdeen
- 1982–83[24]
- Scottish League Cup: 1985–86[23]
Scotland U18
- UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship: 1982[52]
Individual
- Barry Butler Trophy: 1988, 1993[44]
- Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame Inaugural Member: 2002[113]
Footnotes
- John Robertson scored 27 goals in Edinburgh derby matches.[51]
Bibliography
- Baldwin, Kevin (1993). Norfolk 'n' Good: Supporter's View of Norwich City's Best-ever Season. Yellow Bird. ISBN 0-9522074-0-0.
- Gunn, Bryan; Piper, Kevin (2006). In Where it Hurts: My Autobiography. Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 978-1-905326-00-6.
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External links
- Bryan Gunn – FIFA competition record (archived)