Ian Branfoot

Ian Branfoot
Personal information
Full name	Ian Grant Branfoot
Date of birth	(1947-01-26) 26 January 1947
Place of birth	Gateshead, England
Playing position	Full back
Youth career
	Gateshead
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965-1969	Sheffield Wednesday	36	(0)
1969-1973	Doncaster Rovers	156	(5)
1973-1977	Lincoln City	166	(11)
Teams managed
1984-1989	Reading
1991-1994	Southampton
1994-1996	Fulham
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ian Grant Branfoot (born Gateshead, 26 January 1947^[1]) is an English former footballer and manager.

He played as a defender, and after starting at Gateshead joined Sheffield Wednesday,^[1] making his Football League debut in 1965. After 42 senior appearances for the club he left in 1969-70 for Doncaster Rovers.^[1] He made over 150 League appearances for Rovers, and after moving to Lincoln City in 1973-74, he went on to make over 150 league appearances for the Imps as well.^[1]

Branfoot was manager of Reading from 31 January 1984 to 23 October 1989,.^[2] He must rank as one of Reading's most successful managers, leading Reading to promotion from Division 4 to Division 3 in 1984 based on the good work of Maurice Evans, and then promotion from Division 3 to Division 2 as champions in 1986. This last achievement included a record breaking start to the season of 13 straight wins. The club maintained a 13th position the next season but were relegated in 1988. However, in the same season that they won the Full Members Cup beating Luton Town 4-1 at Wembley.^[3]

He became manager of Southampton in June 1991, remaining in this position until January 1994. He then managed Fulham between 1994 and 1996.^[2] Branfoot later had a spell at Sunderland A.F.C. as an academy director and at Leeds United as a scout.^[4]

References

1 2 3 4 Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
1 2 Management career stats at soccerbase
↑ A Sedunary, (2008), The Little Book of Reading FC
↑ http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/LeagueLegends/0,,10440~903839,00.html

Sheff Wed player stats at Adrianbullock.com

1973–74 Football League Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year

GK: Steve Death DF: Ian Branfoot DF: John Hulme DF: Jimmy Giles DF: David Peach MF: Fred Hill MF: Paul Walker MF: Brian Godfrey FW: Fred Binney FW: Jim Hall FW: Brian Yeo

Ian Branfoot managerial positions

Reading F.C. – managers

Sefton (1897–1901)
Sharp (1901–02)
Matthews (1902–20)
Marshall (1920)
Ja. Smith (1920–22)
The Board (1922–23)
Chadwick (1923–25)
Bray (1925–26)
Wylie (1926–31)
Jo. Smith (1931–35)
Butler (1935–39)
Cochrane (1939)
Edelston (1939–47)
Drake (1947–52)
A. Smith (1952–55)
May & Carter^c (1955)
Johnston (1955–63)
Bentley (1963–69)
Henderson^c (1969)
Mansell (1969–72)
Wallbanks^c (1972)
Hurley (1972–77)
Evans (1977–84)
Branfoot (1984–89)
Chatterley^c (1989)
Porterfield (1989–91)
Niedzwiecki^c (1991)
Haselden^c (1991)
McGhee (1991–94)
Gooding & Quinn (1994–97)
Bullivant (1997–98)
Pardew^c (1998)
Burns (1998–99)
Pardew (1999–2003)
Dillon^c (2003)
Coppell (2003–09)
Rodgers (2009)
McDermott (2009–13)
Dolan^c (2013)
Adkins (2013–14)
Clarke (2014–15)
Kuhl^c (2015)
McDermott (2015–16)
Stam (2016–)

Southampton F.C. – managers

Knight^s (1892–95)
Robson^s (1895–96)
McMinn^s (1896–97)
Arnfield^s (1897–1911)
Swift (1911–12)
Arnfield^s (1912–19)
McIntyre (1919–24)
Goss^s (1924–1925)
Chadwick (1925–31)
Kay (1931–36)
Goss (1936–37)
Parker (1937–43)
Dominy (1943–46)
Dodgin (1946–49)
Cann (1949–51)
Roughton (1952–55)
Bates (1955–73)
McMenemy (1973–85)
Nicholl (1985–91)
Branfoot (1991–94)
Ball (1994–95)
Merrington (1995–96)
Souness (1996–97)
Jones (1997–2000)
Hoddle (2000–01)
Gray (2001)
Strachan (2001–04)
Sturrock (2004)
Wigley (2004)
Redknapp (2004–05)
Bassett and Wise^c (2005)
Burley (2005–08)
Gorman and Dodd^c (2008)
Pearson (2008)
Poortvliet (2008–09)
Wotte (2009)
Pardew (2009–10)
Wilkins^c (2010)
Adkins (2010–13)
Pochettino (2013–14)
Koeman (2014–16)
Puel (2016–)

Fulham F.C. – managers

H. Bradshaw (1904–09)
Kelso (1909–24)
Ducat (1924–26)
J. Bradshaw (1926–29)
Liddell (1929–31)
McIntyre (1931–34)
Edelston^c (1934)
Hogan (1934)
Edelston^c (1934–35)
Peart (1935–48)
Osborne (1948–49)
Dodgin, Sr. (1949–53)
Osborne (1953–56)
Livingstone (1956–58)
Jezzard (1958–64)
Buckingham (1965–68)
Robson (1968)
Haynes^c (1968)
Dodgin, Jr. (1969–72)
Stock (1972–76)
Campbell (1976–80)
Macdonald (1980–84)
Harford (1984–86)
Lewington (1986–90)
Dicks (1990–91)
Mackay (1991–94)
Branfoot (1994–96)
Adams (1996–97)
Wilkins (1997–98)
Keegan (1998–99)
Bracewell (1999–2000)
Riedle^c (2000)
Tigana (2000–03)
Coleman (2003–07)
Sanchez (2007)
Lewington^c (2007)
Hodgson (2007–10)
Lewington^c (2010)
Hughes (2010–11)
Jol (2011–13)
Meulensteen (2013–14)
Magath (2014)
Symons (2014–15)
Grant^c (2015)
Gray^c (2015)
Jokanović (2015–)

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