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Brian McDermott
Personal information
Full name Brian James McDermott
Date of birth (1961-04-08) 8 April 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Slough, Berkshire, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Leeds United (manager)
Youth career
1977–1979 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1984 Arsenal 61 (12)
1983 → Fulham (loan) 3 (0)
1984 → IFK Norrköping (loan) 17 (5)
1984–1987 Oxford United 24 (2)
1986 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 4 (1)
1987–1988 Cardiff City 51 (8)
1988–1990 Exeter City 68 (4)
1990–1992 Yeovil Town 62 (12)
1992–1993 South China ? (?)
1995 Slough Town 6 (0)
International career
England U-17 1 (0)
Managerial career
1996–1998 Slough Town
1998–2000 Woking
2009–2013 Reading
2013– Leeds United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian James McDermott (born 8 April 1961) is an Irish former footballer, currently manager of Leeds United.[1]

He joined Arsenal as an apprentice in 1977 and went on to play for Fulham, IFK Norrköping, Oxford United, Huddersfield Town, Cardiff City, Exeter City and Yeovil Town in a 14-year playing career during the 1980s and 1990s. At IFK Norrköping he was named Sweden's Player of the Year in 1984. He finished his playing career at Slough Town in 1995. The following season he became manager of Slough Town F.C. where he had a very successful few years in the Conference.

Following the sacking of Brendan Rodgers, McDermott was appointed manager of Reading. In his first season as manager of Reading he led them into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time in 83 years, a run that included knocking out Liverpool at Anfield. The following season he repeated the feat, this time with an away win over Liverpool's city rivals Everton. McDermott lead Reading to a Championship playoff final, where they lost to Swansea City, and the following season Reading were promoted to the Premier League. On 11 March 2013, McDermott was sacked with the club in 19th place.[2][3][4] McDermott made a swift return to management, replacing Neil Warnock at Leeds United.[5]

Playing career

Born in Slough, Berkshire, McDermott joined Arsenal as an apprentice in January 1977, signing professional forms with the club in February 1979. He was a regular in Arsenal's reserve team, finishing as top scorer in the Football Combination in 1978–79, before making his début as a substitute against Bristol City on 10 March 1979. He did not properly break into the Arsenal first team until the 1980–81 season, notching 45 appearances (14 as sub) in all competitions in that season and 1981–82.

Unable to match his goalscoring rate at the top level, he featured much less in the 1982–83 and 1983–84 seasons and was loaned out twice by the Gunners: once to Fulham in 1983 and then to IFK Norrköping between April and October 1984, where he was named Sweden's Player of the Year.[6] McDermott secured a permanent move to Oxford United in December 1984, having made 72 appearances (44 starts, 28 as sub) for Arsenal, scoring 13 goals.[7]

McDermott's later career included a loan spell at Huddersfield Town, before stints at Cardiff City, Exeter City and Yeovil Town.

After a spell in Hong Kong for club South China, McDermott returned to England and became an insurance salesman for a year, before resuming a brief playing comeback with Slough Town before subsequently managing the club.[8][9]

Coaching and managerial career

Slough Town

McDermott joined Slough Town, initially as a player in 1995 , however he took up a player manager role with the club following the departure of then manager, Dave Russell, in March 1995.[10] Slough finished the 1995-1996 season in 17th place in the Conference.[11] McDermott then went on to have two full seasons as manager of Slough, finishing the 1996-1997 season in 16th place[12] and then the 1997-1998 season in 8th place.[13] In the summer of 1998 the consortium which had bought the club out of receivership seven years earlier decided that they were not prepared to pay for ground improvements required to remain in the Conference and therefore the club was demoted back to the Isthmian League, all but 4 of the clubs players were sacked due to financial constraints, including manager Brian McDermott.

Woking

After leaving Slough Town in the summer of 1998, McDermott took the managers job at Woking in September 1998, with his first match in charge ending in a draw versus Yeovil Town.[14] However due to a poor 1999-2000 season and with Woking struggling in 20th place in the table [15] Brian McDermott was sacked by Woking on 29th February 2000.[16]

Reading

McDermott joined Alan Pardew's Reading as Chief Scout in September 2000, taking over from Maurice Evans. McDermott also became the under-19s and reserve team manager, before taking over as caretaker first team manager following the departure of Brendan Rodgers on 17 December 2009.[17]

McDermott's first game in charge was a 1–1 draw at Bristol City with Simon Church grabbing a 90th minute equaliser for the Royals.[18]

On January 2, 2010 McDermott's Reading took on Premier League side Liverpool in the FA Cup third round, taking the lead through Simon Church before Steven Gerrard equalised for Liverpool. The game ended in a 1–1 draw, earning the Royals a replay at Anfield on 13 January,[19] during which Reading came from 1–0 down to win 2–1 after extra time thanks to a penalty from Gylfi Sigurdsson in stoppage time after 90 minutes and a header in extra time from Shane Long.[20] This was McDermott's first victory in charge of Reading and the first ever for the club at Anfield.

The Royals went on to beat Premier League side Burnley 1–0 thanks to a late strike from Gylfi Sigurðsson to secure a place in the FA Cup fifth round.[21]

On 27 January 2010 McDermott signed a 12-month rolling contract to become Reading's full-time manager.[22] After that he led the Royals on a four-match winning streak in the league and into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time in 83 years after a 3–2 win over West Bromwich Albion. McDermott was nominated for Manager of the Month for February and won it in March.

McDermott oversaw another exciting FA Cup run in 2010-11, with victories over Premier League clubs West Brom and Everton before narrowly losing to eventual FA Cup winners Manchester City. In the Championship, the Royals recovered from a poor start to finish in 5th and secure a place in the Play-Offs. After a goalless first leg at the Madejski Stadium, Irish striker Shane Long scored twice in a 3-0 win at Cardiff to give Reading a trip to Wembley for the Play-Off Final on 30 May 2011, where his team lost 4-2 to Swansea City, managed by his old colleague, Brendan Rodgers.[23]

The following season, on 17 April 2012, McDermott guided Reading to Premier League promotion with a 1-0 win against Nottingham Forest after a superb run of 15 wins in 17 games. On 14 May 2012, McDermott was named as the League Managers Association Championship Manager of the Year at the League Managers Association Awards.[24]

McDermott took charge of his first top flight match as Reading manager on 18 August 2012, drawing 1-1 at home to Stoke.[25]

On Tuesday 30 October 2012, Reading were involved in an extraordinary League Cup match against Arsenal at the Madejski Stadium. Reading were 4-0 up after 35 minutes, but lost the tie 7-5 after extra time.[26] After the match McDermott said: "It was kamikaze football. It's the worst defeat of my career."[27]

McDermott led Reading to their first Premier League win of the 2012-13 season on 17 November 2012 at the eleventh attempt, defeating Everton 2-1 at home.[28]

On 6 February 2013, McDermott was named Premier League Manager of the Month for January after guiding his side to victories over West Bromwich Albion and Newcastle United as well as a hard-fought draw with then third place Chelsea. [29]

On 11 March 2013, despite his success in January, McDermott was sacked from his position at Reading by owner Anton Zingarevich after a run of four successive league defeats.[30][31][32]

Leeds United

Following the departure of Neil Warnock in April 2013, Brian McDermott took over as manager of Leeds United on 12 April 2013 on a 3 year contract, with assistant manager Nigel Gibbs joining him at the club.[33]

McDermott stated that he would have initially waited until Summer 2013 to resume his managerial career but due to the status and position of the club decided to take charge with 5 games left of the 2012-13 season.[34] His first match in charge was against Sheffield Wednesday on 13 April 2013 which resulted in a 2-1 win for Leeds at Elland Road.[35]

By coincidence, the head coach of the high profile local professional rugby league team, Leeds Rhinos is also called Brian McDermott.[36][37]

Personal life

McDermott was born to Irish parents.[38] In an interview in 2012, McDermott revealed that he was a suporter of Sligo Rovers and that one of his goals was to manage the Republic of Ireland national side one day.[39]

Managerial statistics

As of 12 April 2013.[40] Slough managerial record confirmed by Rothmans Football Yearbook.[41]
Team Nation From To Matches Won Drawn Lost Win %
Slough Town  England 01 March 1996 30 June 1998 125 43 38 44 034.40
Woking  England 1998 2000
Reading  England 17 December 2009 11 March 2013 169 76 43 50 044.97
Leeds United  England 12 April 2013 Present 2 2 0 0 100.00

Honours

Player

Oxford United
Exeter City

Manager

Reading
Individual

References

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  2. ^ "Brian McDermott leaves position as Reading manager". BBC Sport. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
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  10. ^ "Independent Sport". The Independent. Mar 01, 1996. Retrieved Apr 15, 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Slough Town 1995-1996 : English Conference Table". Statto.com. Retrieved Apr 15, 2013.
  12. ^ "Slough Town 1996-1997 : English Conference Table". Statto.com. Retrieved Apr 15, 2013.
  13. ^ "Slough Town 1996-1997 : English Conference Table". Statto.com. Retrieved Apr 15, 2013.
  14. ^ "McDermott hired for Woking rescue job". The Independent. Sep 25, 1998. Retrieved Apr 15, 2013.
  15. ^ "Nationwide Conference 1999/2000". http://www.leedsunited-mad.co.uk. Retrieved Apr 15, 2013. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ "February 2000". http://www.kingstonian.net. Retrieved Apr 15, 2013. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
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  18. ^ "Highlights — Bristol City 1–1 Reading". BBC Sport. 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
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  20. ^ Dawkes, Phil (2010-01-13). "Liverpool 1–2 Reading (aet)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  21. ^ Reading 1 – 0 Burnley, BBC Sport, 23 January 2010, retrieved 27 February 2010.
  22. ^ McDermott appointed on permanent basis, Reading F.C., 28 January 2010, retrieved 27 February 2010.
  23. ^ "Cardiff 0-3 Reading (0-3)". BBC Sport. 17 May 2011.
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  26. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20053678
  27. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20149615
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  29. ^ "Reading pride as Le Fondre and McDermott claim January awards". Premier League. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 12 March. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  30. ^ "Brian McDermott leaves position as Reading manager". BBC Sport. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  31. ^ "Reading sack Brian McDermott with Paolo Di Canio favourite to take over". The Guardian. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  32. ^ "Reading sack Brian McDermott". ESPN. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  33. ^ "Brian McDermott named as new Leeds manager..." Leeds United Official Website. Retrieved 12 Apr 2013.
  34. ^ "PRESS CONFERENCE: IN FULL". Leeds United Official Website. Retrieved 12 Apr 2013.
  35. ^ "Brian McDermott to be in charge of Leeds for Sheffield Wednesday derby". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 Apr 2013.
  36. ^ "Two Brian McDermotts! Leeds set to mirror Rhinos by appointing former Reading boss this weekend". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 Apr 2013.
  37. ^ "Brian McDermott: Leeds United appoint ex-Reading boss". BBC Sport. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013. In addition, both clubs have a winger called Ryan Hall.
  38. ^ "Reading boss outlines his long-held goal to manage the Republic of Ireland". RTÉ Sport. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  39. ^ "Reading boss McDermott reveals Republic of Ireland dream". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  40. ^ "Brian McDermott's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
  41. ^ "Brian McDermott's Slough Managerial Record". Rothmans Football Yearbook 96/97,97/98,98/99. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  42. ^ http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~2772976,00.html

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