Bremner's
| Bremner's | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Desmond George Bremner | |
| birthday | September 7, 1952 | |
| place of birth | Aberchirder , Scotland | |
| size | 178 cm | |
| position | midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Aberdeen FC | ||
| FC Deveronvale | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1972-1979 | Hibernian Edinburgh | 199 (18) |
| 1979-1984 | Aston Villa | 174 ( 9) |
| 1984-1989 | Birmingham City | 168 ( 5) |
| 1989-1990 | Fulham FC | 16 ( 0) |
| 1990 | Walsall FC | 6 ( 0) |
| 1990-1992 | Stafford Rangers | 40 ( 0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| Scotland U-23 | 9 ( ?) | |
| 1976 | Scotland | 1 ( 0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Desmond George "Des" Bremner (born September 7, 1952 in Aberchirder ) is a former Scottish football player . Mostly used in right midfield, he won two Scottish runners- up with Hibernian Edinburgh , moved to England in 1979 and won the English league title with Aston Villa in 1981 and the European Cup a year later . Because of his merits, which were expressed more in fighting and running than in technical skills, his contribution to the successes was somewhat neglected in retrospect, which earned him the reputation of a "secret hero".
Athletic career
Hibernian Edinburgh (1972–1979)
Bremner grew up in a rural area, in the three streets of the village of Aberchirder. As one of eight children, he escaped boredom by cycling and swimming, but he was particularly fond of football. The headmaster of his school put him in an U-15 selection when he was ten and later he ended up in the youth department of nearby Aberdeen FC . The first team of the "Dons" was looked after by Eddie Turnbull and this Turnbull remembered the hard-working Bremner when he moved to Hibernian Edinburgh in the Scottish capital at the beginning of the 1970s . Bremner had played just under a dozen games for FC Deveronvale and from December 1972 he found himself in the position of right full-back at the "Hibs" - in the course of the next few years he finally became a midfielder.
With eleven appearances in the remaining games of the first division season 1972/73 he helped the club to jump to a good third place behind the overpowering Glasgow major clubs Celtic and Rangers . In the 2-1 league cup final win against Celtic in December, he was just as unrepresented as in the 7-0 runaway win against local rivals Heart of Midlothian , but especially the first European appearance away at Hajduk Split in the European Cup Winners' Cup was despite being eliminated in the quarterfinals a lasting, impressive experience for a young man who, in addition to playing football, still worked on the local farm most evenings and weekends. In the following three years Bremner played more and more in a key position and with two runners-up in 1974 and 1975 and a third place a year later, the team was a serious contender for the league title. During this time he completed after nine appearances for the Scottish U-23 selection on April 7, 1976 against Switzerland (1-0) his only A international match for the "Bravehearts". However, the trophies remained during his time in Edinburgh with the exception of the Drybrough Cup 1974 - a tournament with the teams in the top four league places - and from the 1977/78 season the team slipped into midfield. The last highlight was the 1979 final in the Scottish FA Cup , which was only lost 3-2 in the third game against Rangers after a hard fight and two first goalless games.
Bremner saw the time had come to prove himself at another club and alongside Billy McNeill from Celtic, Rangers trainer John Greig was particularly interested. With European Cup matches against top English clubs such as Liverpool FC and Leeds United , he was also known beyond the Scottish borders and so he moved to Aston Villa in Birmingham for a transfer fee of £ 275,000 - the Hibs rose to the Aston Villa the following year, by the way second division.
Aston Villa (1979-1984)
As a right midfielder, he met the technically unequal Liam Brady on his debut for the “Villans” against Arsenal in a direct duel and solved the task satisfactorily at 0-0. Under his new coach Ron Saunders - just like Turnbull notorious as a "discipline fanatic" - he immediately had a regular place and in the further course of the 1979/80 season he was not missing in a single competitive game. Also in the following year he was "permanently present" with 46 competitive appearances and - like his Scottish teammates Ken McNaught and Allan Evans - an important part of the team that surprisingly won the English championship . In the aftermath, his contribution to the great success went somewhat under, because the more noticeable actors were captain Dennis Mortimer , goal scorer Peter Withe , the other strikers Tony Morley and Gary Shaw and playmaker Gordon Cowans .
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Although the participation in the European Cup in the 1981/82 season was primarily seen as an adventure, the team started a triumphant march there and after successes against Valur Reykjavík , BFC Dynamo , Dynamo Kiev and RSC Anderlecht they suddenly saw themselves in the final favored FC Bayern Munich . There Bremner, who had also played in all previous games, fell to the role of taking Paul Breitner out of the game in the defense center and in the end Aston Villa won the final after a goal by Peter Withe 1-0. Bremner later won the European Supercup after beating FC Barcelona ; only a 2-0 defeat in Tokyo against Peñarol Montevideo in the World Cup in December 1982 prevented the complete triumph.
Meanwhile, Saunders' cotrainer Tony Barton had taken over the sporting direction after poor performance in the league and in the following two years there were no further titles. The team gradually disappeared in the league midfield and Bremner only came into play sporadically in the 1983/84 season. When then in September 1984 ex-coach Saunders, who had meanwhile been hired by Birmingham City , expressed his interest in a commitment, Bremner did not hesitate and switched to the rival, who had recently been relegated to the second division.
Last stations (1984–1992)
Although Bremner helped his new employer to rise again in the first season, the "Blues" could not hold up in the English elite league and returned directly to the second division in the 1985/86 season as penultimate in the table . Under the new coach John Bond and later Garry Pendry and then Dave Mackay , the team then started a sporty decline and in 1989 they even had to accept relegation to the third division. Bremner was no longer used in the decisive phase from March 1989 and in August 1989 the almost 37-year-old moved again to London for Fulham FC .
As a supplementary player on the position of right defender Bremner was involved in the battle for relegation in the third division for the "Cottagers" in the 1989/90 season and after just seven appearances in the starting line-up and six other games from March 1990 for FC Walsall as a player without a contract ended his professional career. He then let the active career with the Stafford Rangers end in the Football Conference . After his retirement, he began working in finance for the Professional Footballers 'Association players' union and as an independent financial advisor.
Title / Awards
- European Champion Clubs' Cup (1): 1982
- European Supercup (1): 1982
- English Championship (1): 1981
- Charity Shield (1): 1981
- Drybrough Cup (1): 1973
literature
- Rob Bishop / Frank Holt: Aston Villa - The Complete Record . DB Publishing, Derby, 2010, ISBN 978-1-85983-805-1 , pp. 193 f .
Web links
- Portrait at The Scotsman
- Profile at Aston Villa
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Des Bremner in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bremner, Des |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bremner, Desmond George (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aberchirder , Scotland |