Roy Brien

Roy Brien
Personal information
Full name	William Roy Brien^[1]
Date of birth	(1930-11-11)11 November 1930^[1]
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England^[1]
Date of death	27 January 1987(1987-01-27) (aged 56)
Place of death	Rochdale, England
Playing position	Half-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1955	Port Vale	1	(0)
Total		1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

William Roy Brien (11 November 1930 – 27 January 1987) was an English footballer who played one game for Port Vale in the Football League on 17 April 1954.

Playing career

Brien joined Port Vale in May 1951 and made his debut at half-back in a goalless draw with Rochdale at Spotland on 17 April 1954.^[1] The point gained in this game was enough to clinch the Third Division North title that season, but Brien was not selected again before being released at the end of the following season.^[1]

Sourced from Roy Brien profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1953–54	Third Division North	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1 2 3 4 5 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 41. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
↑ Sherwin, Phil; Askey, Steve (2013), Men of Steele: The story of Port Vale's stunning 1953/54 season, Pass Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9926579-1-8

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