Bryan Hamilton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bryan Hamilton | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1966 | Distillery | ||
| 1966–1971 | Linfield | ||
| 1971–1976 | Ipswich Town | 153 | (43) |
| 1976–1977 | Everton | 41 | (5) |
| 1977–1978 | Millwall | 49 | (6) |
| 1978–1980 | Swindon Town | 24 | (1) |
| 1980–1985 | Tranmere Rovers | 109 | (6) |
| Total | 376 | (61) | |
| National team | |||
| 1968–1980 | Northern Ireland | 50 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1980–1985 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
| 1985–1986 | Wigan Athletic | ||
| 1986–1987 | Leicester City | ||
| 1989–1993 | Wigan Athletic | ||
| 1994–1998 | Northern Ireland | ||
| 2000 | Norwich City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Bryan Hamilton (born 31 December 1946) is a Northern Irish former professional football player and manager. He gained 50 caps for Northern Ireland between 1969 and 1980, and later managed the national team for four years. He is currently Technical Director at Antigua Barracuda F.C.
Born in Belfast, Hamilton began his career at Distillery, before moving on to Linfield. He was named Ulster Footballer of the Year and Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year for the 1970/71 season, also finishing as Irish League top goalscorer. In 1971, he signed for Ipswich Town, where he spent five years and made over 150 appearances for the club. In 1976, he signed for Everton, before moving onto short spells at Millwall and Swindon Town.
In the FA Cup semi-final of 1977, full-time was looming in the clash between Everton and local rivals Liverpool at Maine Road, with the score at 2–2, when Hamilton put the ball into the back of the net. However, infamously, his goal which should have stood was disallowed by referee Clive Thomas and the match went to a replay, which Everton lost 3–0. This echoed an incident in the 1975 FA Cup semi-final replay, when Thomas had similarly disallowed a potentially match winning goal by Hamilton.
Everton supporters felt legitimately aggrieved to have victory snatched away
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