Chris Brass
Brass as Bury assistant manager in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Paul Brass | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Easington, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ipswich Town | |||
| –1993 | Burnley | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2001 | Burnley | 134 | (1) |
| 1994 | → Torquay United (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Halifax Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2001–2006 | York City | 152 | (6) |
| 2005 | → Harrogate Town (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Southport (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Bury | 29 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Hyde United | 52 | (0) |
| Total | 394 | (7) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2004 | York City | ||
| 2008 | Bury (caretaker) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Bury | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Christopher Paul Brass (born 24 July 1975) is an English former professional footballer and manager who was the head coach at League One club Bury.
Born in Easington, County Durham, Brass began his career as a schoolboy at Ipswich Town before progressing through the youth system at Burnley as a trainee, where he turned professional on 8 July 1993.
In 1994, Brass captained the Burnley A team as it won the Lancashire League. In need of first team experience, he joined Torquay United on loan in October 1994, playing seven league games in a two-month loan spell.
Brass returned to Burnley, making his debut for them as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat away to Portsmouth, in January 1995. The following season, he again struggled to claim a regular place, but in the 1996–97 season established himself in the centre of the Burnley defence, and remained there for the next three seasons, though occasionally played out of position by manager Chris Waddle.
By March 1998, such was the turmoil that the Clarets found themselves in, Brass was their longest serving player, and still only 22 years old. In that summer, Stan Ternent replaced Waddle, and made Brass captain, but the latter struggled to keep his form and found himself in the reserves. In the summer of 1999, Burnley signed Mitchell Thomas, resulting in Brass playing only occasionally for the first team. He went on a one-month loan to Halifax Town in September 2000, with the first of his six league games being a win against Torquay. After the loan was up, Halifax could not afford to sign him and he returned to the Burnley reserves, before joining York City on a free transfer in March 2001. He had played 134 league games for Burnley, scoring once, ironically against York City.
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