Tim Breacker
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Timothy Sean Breacker | ||
Date of birth | 2 July 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Bicester, England | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Bolton Wanderers (Chief Scout) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1990 | Luton Town | 210 | (3) |
1990–1999 | West Ham United | 240 | (8) |
1999–2001 | Queens Park Rangers | 44 | (2) |
Total | 494 | (13) | |
National team | |||
1986 | England U21 | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Timothy Sean Breacker (born 2 July 1965) is an English football coach and former footballer, who is chief scout at Bolton Wanderers.
As a player, he was a right back who notably played in the Premier League for West Ham United, where he made 240 appearances, scoring 8 goals in a nine year spell. He also played in the Football League for both Luton Town and Queens Park Rangers. He was capped twice at England U21 level.
Since retiring, he has moved into coaching and was assistant manager of Leicester City, Plymouth Argyle and Charlton Athletic. He has also worked as a scout for Millwall, Bradford City and Bolton Wanderers.
Playing career[]
Born in Bicester, England, Breacker started his career as an apprentice at Luton Town. He made 210 appearances for the first team. In 1987-88, he helped Luton win their first — and only to date — major trophy as they achieved a shock 3–2 over Arsenal in the Football League Cup final.
From Luton he was signed by manager Billy Bonds for West Ham United for £600,000.[1] He made his debut on 20 October 1990 in a 1–0 away win against Swindon Town as a substitute for Julian Dicks.[2][3] He spent nine years at Upton Park and was the first choice right-back for most of the 1990s again playing over 200 league games.
Breacker finished his playing career with two seasons at Queens Park Rangers.
Coaching career[]
On 29 November 2007 Breacker became the assistant manager at Leicester City after following Ian Holloway from Plymouth Argyle. He left Leicester by mutual consent on 1 July 2008 after Nigel Pearson had taken charge at the club.[4]
On 28 July 2009, Breacker was named assistant manager to Phil Parkinson at Charlton Athletic. He was sacked, along with Parkinson, on 4 January 2011.[5] In July 2011, Breacker was named as a scout at Championship side Millwall.[6] Breacker followed Parkinson to Bradford City where he was appointed as chief scout.[7]
In June 2016, Breacker was on the move again, following Parkinson to Bolton Wanderers.[8]
References[]
- ^ "On this day 2 July". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics — Tim Breaker". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Game played 20 October 1990". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Official Statement". LCFC.co.uk. 1 July 2008. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
- ^ Hyde, John (4 January 2011). "Charlton owners wield the axe as Phil Parkinson is fired". Brent and Kilburn Times. London. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ Lucas, Jim (14 July 2011). "LIONS GIVE TIM A BREACK". Southwark News. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Bradford City v Barnsley: Derby washout leaves rivals fearing backlog". Yorkshire Post. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Club Statement". Bradford City A.F.C. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
External links[]
Tim Breacker at Soccerbase
- 1965 births
- Living people
- People from Bicester
- English footballers
- Luton Town F.C. players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Premier League players
- England under-21 international footballers
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. non-playing staff
- English Football League players
- Leicester City F.C. non-playing staff
- Charlton Athletic F.C. non-playing staff
- Association football defenders
- Millwall F.C. non-playing staff
- Bradford City A.F.C. non-playing staff
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff
- Association football scouts