Brian Honour
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brian Honour[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 16 February 1964||
Place of birth | Horden,[1] England | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Hartlepool United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1984 | Darlington | 74 | (4) |
1984 | Peterlee | ||
1985–1995 | Hartlepool United | 319 | (26) |
1995–1996 | Spennymoor United | ||
Total | 393 | (30) | |
Managerial career | |||
1999 | Hartlepool United | ||
2002–2005 | Bishop Auckland | ||
2007–2009 | Bishop Auckland | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Brian Honour (born 16 February 1964) is an English former footballer who made nearly 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a midfielder for Darlington and Hartlepool United.[1][3] He had a brief spell as joint caretaker manager of Hartlepool with Paul Baker in 1999,[4] managed at non-league level, and set up his own coaching school.[5]
Early Career
Brian Honour began his career as a schoolboy for Aston Villa before being release for too being too small. He moved onto Darlington F.C. and stayed there for three seasons until he again was released by Darlington manager Cyril Knowles for being too small. He then had spells with Peterlee Town and Tow Law.
Hartlepool United
Brian Honour signed for Hartlepool United in 1985, where he would stay at the club for 9 years, notching up 319 league appearances. One of his most memorable moments came in 1988 when during Hartlepool's 1-0 defeat of Sunderland in the Sherpa Van Trophy, he scored the game's only goal direct from a corner.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Brian Honour". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ "Brian Honour". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Cantona may return for Fergie". Irish Independent. 19 January 1999. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Meet the team!". Brian Honour Soccer School. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Your memories of Hartlepool United's famous cup win at Sunderland". Hartlepool Mail. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Horden
- Association football midfielders
- English footballers
- Darlington F.C. players
- Peterlee Town F.C. players
- Hartlepool United F.C. players
- Spennymoor United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English football managers
- Hartlepool United F.C. managers
- Bishop Auckland F.C. managers
- Hartlepool United F.C. non-playing staff
- English football midfielder, 1960s birth stubs