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Bruce at Derby County

(Picture is no. 59 in a series 'Soccer Super Stars of Britain'
IPC Magazines 1976)

Bruce David Rioch

Born: Aldershot, 6th September, 1947.

Midfield.

English League Record:

League club	Source	Date signed	Seasons	Played	Subs.	Goals
Luton Town	Apprentices	09.64	64-68	148	1	46
Aston Villa	Transfer	07.69	69-73	149	5	34
Derby County	Transfer	02.74	73-76	106	0	34
Everton	Transfer	12.76	76-77	30	0	3
Derby County	Transfer	11.77	77-79	40	1	4
Birmingham City	Loan	12.78	78	3	0	0
Sheffield United	Loan	03.79	78	8	0	1
Torquay United	Seattle (USA)	10.80	80-83	64	7	6
Total: 562 / 128				548	14	128

Internationals: Scotland 24 caps

(Bruce was Scotland's first ever captain to be born in England)

English Managerial Career

Team	From	To	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost
Torquay United	1 July 1982	14 January 1984	73	26	16	31
Middlesbrough	2 February 1986	9 March 1990	205	82	52	71
Millwall	1 April 1990	17 March 1992	100	36	24	40
Bolton Wanderers	29 March 1992	8 June 1995	171	82	42	47
Arsenal	8 June 1995	12 August 1996	47	22	15	10
Norwich City	1 July 1998	13 March 2000	95	30	33	32
Wigan Athletic	26 June 2000	27 February 2001	43	19	9	15

(From Wigan Athletic Official Web Site, plus Wigan's figures from www.soccerbase.com)

For links on this site see ...

Leaves Norwich City, see March, 2000

Joins Wigan Athletic, see July 2000

Rioch sacked at Wigan see March 2001 News

Bruce becomes coach of Odense Boldklub (OB) in Denmark's Superliga, 25 June, 2005. See Summer 2005.

Also see Sons and Daughters:sons and Sons and Daughters : Brothers !

Career 1999- : 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2005-2006, 2006-2007

Where are they now?: July 2002 which includes a managerial profile, and Caught in Time

Thanks to Ian Corry for sending the top picture above

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14 January 2007

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