Brian Sparrow
English footballer (1962–2019)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Edward Sparrow[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1962-06-24)24 June 1962[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bethnal Green,[1] England | ||
| Date of death | 6 December 2019(2019-12-06) (aged 57)[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1982 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1984 | Arsenal | 2 | (0) |
| 1982 | → Wimbledon (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 1983 | → Millwall (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| 1984 | → Gillingham (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 1984–1987 | Crystal Palace | 63 | (2) |
| 19??–1990 | Enfield | ||
| 1990–1992 | Crawley Town | ||
| Total | 92 | (6) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Crawley Town (player-manager) | ||
| 1996 | Crawley Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2012 | Shenzhen Main Sports | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Brian Edward Sparrow (24 June 1962 – 6 December 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back.
Career
Born in Bethnal Green, Sparrow began his career at Arsenal,[3] from where he spent loan spells at Wimbledon, Millwall and Gillingham.[4] After spending three seasons with Crystal Palace,[4] Sparrow dropped down to non-league football with Enfield and then Crawley Town, where he was player-manager from 1991 to 1992,[5]
After retiring as a player, Sparrow worked as reserve-team manager of Wimbledon, made a brief return to Crawley as caretaker manager,[5] and coached at Brentford and Crystal Palace.[6] On 26 February 2012, Sparrow was appointed as the manager of China League Two side Shenzhen Main Sports, the same day the club was founded.[7][8] He left China after club boss Sammy Yu resigned in July 2012.[9]
He died on 6 December 2019, at the age of 57.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d "Brian Sparrow". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ "Profile". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Brian Sparrow". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Brian Sparrow". Crawley Town F.C. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Sparrow's an Eagle". BBC Sport. 25 July 2000. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "余怀英组新军征战中乙 前阿森纳球员深圳执教鞭". Sohu Sports.
- ^ Tang Zhe. "Shenzhen out to recapture former glory". China Daily. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ 深圳中乙队主席被迫退出 自称因生命安全被威胁 (in Chinese)
- ^ "Brian Sparrow (24.6.1962 - 6.12.2019)". Crystal Palace F.C. 7 December 2019. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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Crawley Town F.C. – managers
- Cook (1961–68)
- Jennings (1968–70)
- Markham (1970–70)
- Maggs (1980–91)
- Sparrow (1991–92)
- Maggsc (1992)
- Wicks (1992)
- Haining (1992–93)
- Shepherd (1993–94)
- Vessey (1994–95)
- Pates (1995–96)
- Haining (1996)
- Sparrow (1996)
- Maggs and Smith (1996–97)
- Smith (1997–99)
- Cant (1999)
- Smith (1999–2003)
- Vines (2003–05)
- Wormullc (2005)
- Hollins (2005–06)
- Judge and Woozley (2006–07)
- Evans (2007–12)
- Brewsterc (2012)
- O'Driscoll (2012)
- Barker (2012–13)
- Gregory (2013–14)
- Saunders (2014–15)
- Yates (2015–16)
- Drummy (2016–17)
- Harroldc (2017)
- Kewell (2017–18)
- Cioffi (2018–19)
- Yems (2019–22)
- Youngc (2022)
- Betsy (2022)
- Youngc (2022)
- Etherington (2022)
- Byfieldc (2022–23)
- Lindsey (2023–)
