Brian Attley

Brian Attley
Personal information
Full name Brian Attley
Date of birth (1955-08-23) 23 August 1955
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Playing position Defender/Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1979 Cardiff City 79 (1)
1979–1982 Swansea City 89 (6)
1982–1984 Derby County 55 (1)
1982–1983 → Oxford United (loan)[1] 5 (0)
1984–1986 Gresley Rovers
1986–? Stapenhill

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Brian Attley (born 23 August 1955 in Cardiff) is a Welsh retired professional footballer. Attley played in either defence or midfield.

Career

In Wales

Attley began his career at Cardiff City and was involved in the club's 1975–76 promotion season as well as their FA Cup run the following season.[2] He joined Swansea City in February 1979 for £20,000 and played for them in the First Division.[2] However Attley was unable to hold down a starting place in the team at this higher level and fell out of favour.[3] In February 1982 he left the club to join Derby County in a £25,000.[2]

Derby

He made his Derby debut against Leicester City on 6 February 1982 and altogether made 55 appearances for the Baseball Ground side.[4] He also spent part of the 1982-83 season on loan at Oxford United.

Non-league

Attley left the Football League in the 1984 close season to sign for Gresley Rovers, having been convinced to sign by player-manager Roger Davies,[5] and made his debut for the club in August against Oldswinford. He remained with the club until 1986 when he joined Stapenhill for a time,[6] having been convinced to join the club by manager Mick Allsopp and an offer of a full-time job by one of the clubs sponsors.[5] Attley left the game following his retirement and settled in Rhoose where he works in floor tiling.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Playing statistics
  2. 1 2 3 4 Swansea City past players
  3. ↑ Caught in Time: Swansea City win promotion to the First Division, 1981
  4. ↑ Brian Attley Derby County F.C.
  5. 1 2 "Attley's swan song". Burton Mail. 12 March 1986. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Gresley profile
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