Des Bremner

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Des Bremner

| image = Des Bremner vs Dieter Hoeneß (1982).jpg

| caption = Bremner (left) playing for Aston Villa in the 1982 European Cup final with Dieter Hoeneß

| fullname = Desmond George Bremner{{cite news|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/desmondgeorgebremner.html|title=Des Bremner|work=Londonhearts.com|publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club|access-date=18 December 2011}}

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll |url-access=registration |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 |editor-first=Jack |editor-last=Rollin |publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London |year=1980 |isbn=0362020175 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll/page/54 54]}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|9|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aberchirder, Banffshire, Scotland

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = | youthyears2 =1971–1972

| youthclubs1 = Deveronvale | youthclubs2 =Hibernian

| years1 = 1972–1979 | clubs1 = Hibernian | caps1 = 199 | goals1 = 18

| years2 = 1979–1984 | clubs2 = Aston Villa | caps2 = 174 | goals2 = 9

| years3 = 1984–1989 | clubs3 = Birmingham City | caps3 = 168 | goals3 = 5

| years4 = 1989–1990 | clubs4 = Fulham | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1990 | clubs5 = Walsall | caps5 = 6 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1990–1992 | clubs6 = Stafford Rangers | caps6 = 40 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1994 | clubs7 = Sutton Town

| totalcaps = 602

| totalgoals = 32

| nationalyears1 = 1974–1976

| nationalyears2 = 1976

| nationalyears3 = 1976

| nationalteam1 = Scotland U23{{cite web |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/des-bremner-22963/ |title=Des Bremner |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=29 December 2015}}

| nationalteam2 = Scottish Football League XI{{cite web|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/desbremner.html|title=Des Bremner|work=londonhearts.com|publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club|access-date=18 December 2011}}

| nationalteam3 = Scotland

| nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0

}}

Desmond George Bremner (born 7 September 1952) is a Scottish former professional football midfielder. He made more than 600 league appearances for clubs in both Scotland and England, was a member of Aston Villa's European Cup-winning team of 1982, and was capped for the Scotland national team.

Career

Born in Aberchirder, Banffshire, Bremner began his football career with Banff-based Highland League club Deveronvale before joining Hibernian in 1971, turning professional in November 1972. He made his only appearance for Scotland while with Hibs in March 1976, coming on as a substitute for Kenny Dalglish in the game against Switzerland.

He moved to Aston Villa in 1979 for a fee of £275,000 and quickly settled as a regular in the side. In his second season with the club he was an ever-present as they took the Football League title, their first for 71 years. The following season Bremner was a member of Villa's European Cup-winning side.

He left the club in September 1984, rejoining his former Villa manager Ron Saunders, who by then was managing local rivals Birmingham City. He helped Birmingham to promotion back to the First Division, but the team were relegated back to the Second Division after one season, and a further relegation, to the Third Division, followed in 1988–89 before Bremner moved to Fulham on a free transfer in August 1989. He joined Walsall in March 1990 on non-contract terms and subsequently played for Stafford Rangers before retiring in 1991.

After retiring as a player he worked for the Professional Footballers' Association, subsequently becoming the managing director of the financial division of the organisation.{{cite web |url=http://womens.givemefootball.com/pfa2.stm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616133325/http://womens.givemefootball.com/pfa2.stm |archive-date=16 June 2008 |title=Planning a sound financial strategy |publisher=Professional Footballers' Association |access-date=29 February 2008}}

His brother Kevin was also a professional footballer.{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=74 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}

Honours

Hibernian

Scottish Cup runner-up: 1978–79{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ehc-AAAAIBAJ&pg=3183%2C7236646 |title=Duncan's own goal keeps Cup at Ibrox |first=Ian |last=Paul |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |page=28 |date=29 May 1979 |access-date=29 December 2015}}
Scottish League Cup runner-up: 1974–75{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NJFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4737%2C5098471 |title=Celtic prove they are still masters |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |page=4 |date=28 October 1974 |access-date=29 December 2015}}

Aston Villa

Football League First Division: 1980–81
FA Charity Shield: 1981 (shared){{cite web|title=1981/82 Charity Shield|url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1981-82CharityShield.htm|publisher=footballsite.co.uk|access-date=4 November 2019}}
European Cup: 1981–82
European Super Cup: 1982
Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1982

Birmingham City

Second Division runner-up: 1984–85

References

Sources

{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |year=1995 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/desbremner.html |title=Des Bremner |work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database |publisher=Neil Brown}}

Category:1952 births

Category:Living people

Category:Scottish men's footballers

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Scotland men's international footballers

Category:Scottish Football League players

Category:English Football League players

Category:Deveronvale F.C. players

Category:Hibernian F.C. players

Category:Aston Villa F.C. players

Category:Birmingham City F.C. players

Category:Fulham F.C. players