Paul Bracewell appreciation thread

Whistlin' Dixie · September 13, 2016

Mountfield1985 said:
Does anyone know if Moyes kept Bracewell on as assistant manager at Sunderland?

Well, Brace was sat next to him last night...

Mountfield1985 · September 13, 2016

Whistlin' Dixie said:
Well, Brace was sat next to him last night...

Ah, was at the game so didn't see him. Good stuff.

Whistlin' Dixie · September 13, 2016

Mountfield1985 said:
Ah, was at the game so didn't see him. Good stuff.

Hard to recognise without the wedge

AndyGray · September 13, 2016

Looked a lot older. Kept the haircut, though

Deleted member 24970 · September 13, 2016

Dario Terracotta said:
Aaaah,don't get me started on Brace Groucho mate,he was the classy ticking heartbeat of THAT side,perfect foil alongside Reidy,could break it up,give it simple,the short ball or hit it long to perfection feeding Sheeds/Tricky to do the rest,loved the fella,bloody Whitehorse wasn't fit to share the same oxygen.

Gana Gueye ? Was bracewell similar to what we seen last night or more the gareth barry type ?

Joey66 · September 13, 2016

Paul Bernard said:
Gana Gueye ? Was bracewell similar to what we seen last night or more the gareth barry type ?

More like Bracewells partner last night Peter Reid!

Deleted member 24970 · September 13, 2016

Joey66 said:
More like Bracewells partner last night Peter Reid!

Bracewell is now Sunderland Assistant isn't he ? Sure we seen him last night on Skysports.

EDIT: Sorry, already answered above.

Judging by Bracewell seemingly underrated at the time, I think Gareth barry is in a similar position. Something like 400-500 games, the media only portray him as a yellow card yard dog.

Groucho · June 18, 2017

@summerisle @roydo

summerisle · June 18, 2017

Left Sunderland.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/spor...-bracewell-departs-sunderland-robbie-13199266

Possible coaching role ?

Bally8 · June 18, 2017

What I'll say about Bracewell was he was my Dads favourite player in that 80's teams.

Compares every CM we get to him obviously none have been as good since.

Bluebonic · June 18, 2017

Bracewell made Peter Reid, he was his legs, so without Brace, the entire heart of that 80's side wouldnt have existed

hullefc · June 18, 2017

A wonderful player. Bracewell was Howie's 'brains' on the pitch and read the game brilliantly filling in the gaps in midfield attacking when necessary and staying back when needed. Much like Howie himself who was Catterick's.

rochdaleblue · June 18, 2017

A very underrated player from the mid 80s side, not by evertonians but the football fraternity in general. What a midfield that was!!!

Dario Terracotta · June 18, 2017

rochdaleblue said:
A very underrated player from the mid 80s side, not by evertonians but the football fraternity in general. What a midfield that was!!!

A very close second if I may be so bold to our Holy Trinity(unfortunately I only witnessed our quartet in the mid 80's,maybe @Andy C @Eggs @allezlesbleus @Khalekan etc, may know better than I

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Eggs · June 18, 2017

Dario Terracotta said:
A very close second if I may be so bold to our Holy Trinity(unfortunately I only witnessed our quartet in the mid 80's,maybe @Andy C @Eggs @allezlesbleus @Khalekan etc, may know better than I)

...I loved Bracewell, Dario. What a player he was and what a combination with Reid. They hunted in a pack but Bracewell had an extra dimension to his game. He'd feint to take a ball on his right but then go the other way. He could pass a ball as well, I think it was his volleyed pass to Trevor Steven in the home game against Sunderland.

It was a shame he got that bad ankle injury. I'm sure he'd have got many more caps. I vividly remember him coming back from that long spell out in a Lancashire League game at Bellefield.

Nothing but fond memories of Bracewell, proper footballer, proper professional, proper bloke.