Garry Brady

Garry Brady
Personal information
Full name Garry Brady[1]
Date of birth (1976-09-07) 7 September 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1993 Celtic Boys Club
1993–1997 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Tottenham Hotspur 9 (0)
1998–2001 Newcastle United 9 (0)
2000 → Norwich City (loan) 6 (0)
2000 → Norwich City (loan) 2 (0)
2001–2002 Portsmouth 14 (0)
2002–2006 Dundee 119 (2)
2006–2011 St Mirren 108 (4)
2011–2013 Brechin City 53 (1)
Total 321 (7)
International career
Scotland U18
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Garry Brady (born 7 September 1976) is a Scottish former footballer.

Career

Brady began his career with Tottenham Hotspur in 1993 as a teenager, making around a dozen senior appearances[2] before joining Newcastle United in 1998; the £650,000 transfer fee was decided by tribunal, with Brady having allowed his Tottenham contract to expire in the hope of more first team appearances elsewhere.[3] Lauded as "one of the brightest prospects in British football" at the time,[4] Brady made a similar number of appearances at St James' Park but his time on Tyneside was blighted with a serious ankle injury limiting his opportunities.[5]

The Scottish under-18 international winger moved with Des Hamilton to Norwich on loan in March 2000, to the end of the 1999–2000 season. On 4 September 2000, Brady returned to Carrow Road on a two-month loan, with a special entitlement allowing him to play in League Cup matches. His loan period expired on 26 October 2000 with Norwich declining to make the move permanent. Brady was released by Newcastle in January 2001 and subsequently joined Portsmouth on trial on 12 February 2001 before signing a permanent deal.

Falling out of favour, Brady joined Scottish side Kilmarnock on trial at the end of January 2002 but returned to Portsmouth to make a four league appearances that season. In July 2002, he joined Walsall on trial and returned to Scotland the following month on trial with Dundee. This move became permanent during the first week of September 2002. He came off the bench in the 2003 Scottish Cup Final which Dundee lost 1–0 to Rangers[6] and also played in the following season's UEFA Cup.[7] In mid-June 2006, after four years at Dens Park, Brady agreed terms with Scottish Premier League newcomers St Mirren, having turned down a request from Dundee – like several other players – to accept a wage cut. He appeared for St Mirren in the 2010 Scottish League Cup Final, another defeat to Rangers,[8] although he was named Man of the Match.[9]

In June 2011 he joined Brechin City.[10] He scored his first and only league goal for Brechin in a 3–1 defeat to Cowdenbeath.[11] At the end of the 2012–13 season, Brechin announced that Brady was amongst the players being released.[12]

Personal life

His younger brother Darren was also a footballer whose clubs included Raith Rovers.[13][14]

He has assisted Andy McLaren (a fellow former footballer and childhood resident of Glasgow's Castlemilk district) in operating McLaren's A&M charity offering football coaching and guidance to children in deprived areas.[15]

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tottenham Hotspur 1997–98 9 0 2 0 – – – – 11 0
Total 9 0 2 0 – – – – 11 0
Newcastle United 1998–99 9 0 3 0 – – – – 12 0
Total 9 0 3 0 – – – – 12 0
Norwich City (loan) 1999–00 6 0 – – – – – – 6 0
2000–01 2 0 – – 2 0 – – 4 0
Total 8 0 – – 2 0 – – 10 0
Portsmouth 2000–01 8 0 – – – – – – 8 0
2001–02 6 0 – – – – – – 6 0
Total 14 0 – – – – – – 14 0
Dundee 2002–03 27 1 4 0 2 0 – – 33 1
2003–04 37 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 44 0
2004–05 26 1 – – 2 0 – – 28 1
2005–06 29 0 6 0 1 0 3 0 39 0
Total 119 2 12 0 8 0 5 0 144 2
St Mirren 2006–07 29 2 1 0 1 0 – – 31 2
2007–08 18 0 0 0 0 0 – – 18 0
2008–09 34 2 4 0 2 0 – – 40 2
2009–10 22 0 0 0 4 0 – – 26 0
2010–11 5 0 0 0 0 0 – – 5 0
Total 108 4 5 0 7 0 – – 120 4
Brechin City 2011–12 28 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 32 0
2012–13 25 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 29 0
Total 53 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 61 0
Career total 315 6 25 0 19 0 8 0 367 6

References

  1. ^ "Garry Brady". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ^ Garry Brady fact file, My Eyes Have Seen The Glory
  3. ^ The Spurs Alphabet (page 50), Bob Goodwin, 2017, ISBN 9780954043421
  4. ^ Bevan, Chris (15 February 2007). "Were you there ...?". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  5. ^ Player Details: Garry Brady, Toon1892
  6. ^ Rangers complete Treble, BBC Sport, 31 May 2003
  7. ^ Dundee learn Perugia's lessons, UEFA, 24 September 2003
  8. ^ St Mirren 0–1 Rangers, BBC Sport, 21 March 2010
  9. ^ Kenny Miller sees nine-man Rangers through to victory, The Guardian, 21 March 2010
  10. ^ Brady delighted to give Brechin a go, Scottish Professional Football League, 24 September 2011
  11. ^ "Cowdenbeath 3-1 Brechin". BBC. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Player movements". brechincity.com. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  13. ^ "I did OK in grand scheme of things; brothers kept Castlemilk boy Darren Brady on course". Sunday Mail. 22 August 2004 – via thefreelibrary.com.
  14. ^ Brady's certainly Campbell's loon, Scottish Professional Football League, 5 November 2010
  15. ^ Andy McLaren fighting for funding in bid to get kids off the streets and on to football pitches, Daily Record, 24 January 2017