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Tim Soutar
Personal information
Full name Timothy John Soutar[1]
Date of birth (1946-02-25) 25 February 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth Oxford, England
Position(s) Inside left
Youth career
1961–1964 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1966 Brentford 1 (0)
Ashford Town (Kent)
Gravesend & Northfleet
Salisbury
Dunstable Town
Staines Town
Walton & Hersham
Walthamstow Avenue
Feltham
Hanwell Town
Managerial career
1980 Staines Town (joint-caretaker manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Timothy John Soutar (born 25 February 1946) is an English retired football inside left and manager who made one appearance in the Football League for Brentford. He went on to have a long career in non-league football and played until the age of 50.

Playing career

Brentford

Soutar began his career as a youth at Fourth Division club Brentford in 1961.[2] He made his only Football League appearance for the club in a 3–1 defeat to Hull City at Griffin Park on 28 April 1964.[3] He played in Brentford's victorious 2–1 1965 London Challenge Cup final victory over Chelsea at Griffin Park.[4] Soutar was released at the end of the 1965–66 season.[2]

Non-league football

Soutar dropped into non-league football and joined Southern League First Division club Ashford Town (Kent) in 1966.[5] He went on to play for Gravesend & Northfleet, Salisbury, Dunstable Town, Staines Town, Walton & Hersham, Feltham and Hanwell Town.[6]

Managerial and coaching career

After Rob Williams departed Isthmian League Premier Division club Staines Town in October 1980, Soutar and Arthur Rowlands were appointed joint-caretaker managers until the appointment of George Talbot.[7] In 1989, he returned to Brentford to coach in the club's Centre Of Excellence.[2]

Honours

Brentford

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1963–64[3] Third Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

References

  1. ^ "Tim Soutar". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 152. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 387. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. ^ a b Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 82. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
  5. ^ Tim Soutar at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  6. ^ "Club Year | Clubs". The Non-League Club Directory. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Staines Town Info". Stainestownfootballclub.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2014.