Steve Bruce

Steve Bruce (born 31 December 1960) is an English football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Championship club West Bromwich Albion.[3] He was born in Corbridge, Northumberland. Bruce was best known for playing for Manchester United where he was captain.

Steve Bruce
Bruce managing Sunderland in 2011
Personal information
Full name Stephen Roger Bruce[1]
Date of birth (1960-12-31) 31 December 1960[1]
Place of birth Corbridge, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back[1]
Youth career
1977–1979 Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1984 Gillingham 205 (29)
1984–1987 Norwich City 141 (14)
1987–1996 Manchester United 309 (36)
1996–1998 Birmingham City 72 (2)
1998–1999 Sheffield United 10 (0)
Total 737 (81)
National team
1979–1980 England Youth 8 (0)
1987 England B 1 (0)
Teams managed
1998–1999 Sheffield United
1999–2000 Huddersfield Town
2001 Wigan Athletic
2001 Crystal Palace
2001–2007 Birmingham City
2007–2009 Wigan Athletic
2009–2011 Sunderland
2012–2016 Hull City
2016–2018 Aston Villa
2019 Sheffield Wednesday
2019–2021 Newcastle United
2022 West Bromwich Albion
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gillingham 1979–80[4] Third Division 4060042448
1980–81[5] Third Division 4141043467
1981–82[6] Third Division 45651203[lower-alpha 1]1558
1982–83[7] Third Division 3972051468
1983–84[8] Third Division 406610000467
Total 205291421563123738
Norwich City 1984–85[9] First Division 3915193535
1985–86[10] Second Division 42810426[lower-alpha 2]05310
1986–87[11] First Division 41330404[lower-alpha 3]0523
1987–88[12] First Division 19231223
Total 141149120610018021
Manchester United 1987–88[13] First Division 21230242
1988–89[13][14] First Division 38271313[lower-alpha 4]1515
1989–90[13] First Division 3437020433
1990–91[13] First Division 311330728[lower-alpha 5]41[lower-alpha 6]05019
1991–92[13] First Division 37510715[lower-alpha 7]0506
1992–93[13] Premier League 42530302[lower-alpha 8]0505
1993–94[13] Premier League 41370924[lower-alpha 9]21[lower-alpha 6]0627
1994–95[13] Premier League 35252106[lower-alpha 9]01[lower-alpha 6]0484
1995–96[13] Premier League 30150202[lower-alpha 8]0391
Total 309364133462766141752
Birmingham City 1996–97[15] First Division 3203140391
1997–98[16] First Division 4023020452
Total 7226160843
Sheffield United 1998–99[17] First Division 1000010110
Career total 737817077618276192929114
  1. Appearances in Football League Group Cup
  2. Appearances in Football League Super Cup
  3. Appearances in Full Members' Cup
  4. Appearances in Football League Centenary Trophy
  5. Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
  6. Appearance in FA Charity Shield
  7. Four appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup, one in European Super Cup
  8. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  9. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Managerial statistics

As of match played 8 October 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Sheffield United 2 July 1998 17 May 1999 55 22 15 18 040.0 [18]
Huddersfield Town 24 May 1999 16 October 2000 66 25 16 25 037.9 [18]
Wigan Athletic 4 April 2001 29 May 2001 8 3 2 3 037.5 [18]
Crystal Palace 31 May 2001 2 November 2001 18 11 2 5 061.1 [18]
Birmingham City 12 December 2001 23 November 2007 269 100 69 100 037.2 [19]
Wigan Athletic 26 November 2007 3 June 2009 68 23 17 28 033.8 [18]
Sunderland 3 June 2009 30 November 2011 98 29 28 41 029.6 [18]
Hull City 8 June 2012 22 July 2016 201 82 44 75 040.8 [18][20]
Aston Villa 12 October 2016 3 October 2018 102 46 25 31 045.1 [18]
Sheffield Wednesday 1 February 2019 15 July 2019 18 7 8 3 038.9 [18]
Newcastle United 17 July 2019 20 October 2021 97 28 28 41 028.9 [18]
West Bromwich Albion 3 February 2022 10 October 2022 32 8 12 12 025.0 [18]
Total 1,032 384 266 382 037.2

Honours

Player

Norwich City

Manchester United

Individual

  • Premier League 10 Seasons Awards Domestic Team of the Decade[28]
  • PFA Team of the Year: Division Two (1985–86), Division Three (1982–83, 1983–84)[29]
  • Gillingham Player of the Season: 1979–80,[30] 1981–82[31]
  • Norwich City Player of the Season: 1984–85[32]
  • Birmingham City Player of the Season: 1997–98[33]

Manager

Birmingham City

Hull City

  • FA Cup runner-up: 2013–14[36]
  • Football League Championship runner-up: 2012–13[37]
  • Football League Championship play-offs: 2016[38]

Individual

Bibliography

  • Bateson, Bill; Sewell, Albert (1992). News of the World Football Annual 1992/93. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-85543-188-1.
  • Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.
  • Bruce, Steve (1994). Heading for Victory: An Autobiography. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 0-7475-1780-0.
  • Eastwood, John; Davage, Mike (1986). Canary Citizens. Almeida Books. ISBN 0-7117-2020-7.
  • Ponting, Ivan (2000). Manchester United: The Red Army. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-60178-1.
  • Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.

References

  1. "Steve Bruce". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. Sewell, Albert, ed. (1996). News of the World Football Annual 1996–97. Invincible Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-00-218737-4.
  3. "Steve Bruce appointed Albion Manager | West Bromwich Albion". www.wba.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  4. Brown (2003), p. 89.
  5. Brown (2003), p. 90.
  6. Brown (2003), p. 91.
  7. Brown (2003), p. 92.
  8. Brown (2003), p. 93.
  9. Eastwood and Davage (1986), p. 313.
  10. Eastwood and Davage (1986), p. 314.
  11. Dunk, Peter (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. Queen Anne Press. pp. 260–261, 452, 454–456, 459–460, 485–486, 488. ISBN 0-356-14354-6.
  12. Rollin, Jack (1988). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1988–89. Queen Anne Press. pp. 258–259, 448, 452–453. ISBN 0-356-15880-2.
  13. "Steve Bruce". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  14. "Steve Bruce". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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  17. "Games played by Steve Bruce in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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  19. "Bruce confirmed as Wigan manager". BBC Sport. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  20. "Steve Bruce appointed Hull City manager on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  21. "Norwich win the League Cup, 1985 – Caught in time". The Sunday Times. London. 28 September 2003. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  22. Bateson, Bill; Sewell, Albert (1986). News of the World Football Annual 1986/1987. Harper Collins. p. 281. ISBN 0-85543-076-1.
  23. "Steve Bruce: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  24. Ducker, James (20 May 2016). "Manchester United's 1990 FA Cup winners: How we saved Sir Alex Ferguson's job". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  25. "Steve Bruce". Eurosport. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  26. Ross, James (15 August 2013). "England – List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  27. Jones, Stuart (16 May 1991). "Hughes provides the spark – Football". The Times. London. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  28. Davies, Christopher (15 April 2003). "The Premiership elite selection 1993–2003". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.
  29. Lynch, Tony (1995). The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. London: Random House. pp. 145–146. ISBN 978-0-09-179135-3.
  30. Bruce (1994), p. 57.
  31. "1981-82 Player Of The Year Awards". gillinghamfcscrapbook.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  32. "Player of the Season 1967–2007". Norwich City F.C. 25 January 2008. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008.
  33. "Birmingham City Player of the Year 1969-2021". My Football Facts. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  34. "Birmingham City chief Peter Pannu dismisses takeover 'rumour'". BBC Sport. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  35. "Birmingham reach Premiership". BBC Sport. 12 May 2002. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  36. "Arsenal 3–2 Hull City". BBC Sport. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  37. Lovejoy, Joe (4 May 2013). "Hull's Steve Bruce wins promotion but is made to wait on day of drama". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  38. "Hull City promoted: Steve Bruce will take time to consider future as manager". BBC Sport. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  39. "Bruce claims April's Barclays Manager of the Month award". Premier League. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
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