Richard Brush

Richard Brush
Personal information
Full name Richard Brush
Date of birth (1984-11-26) 26 November 1984
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Finn Harps
Number 73
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Coventry City 0 (0)
2003–2004Tamworth (loan) 10 (0)
2005 Stafford Rangers ? (0)
2005 Hednesford Town 3 (0)
2005–2006 Shrewsbury Town 0 (0)
2006 Nuneaton Borough ? (0)
2006–2010 Sligo Rovers 115 (0)
2011 Shamrock Rovers 7 (0)
2012 Sligo Rovers 5 (0)
2013 Shamrock Rovers 17 (0)
2014-2015 Sligo Rovers 12 (0)
2016- Finn Harps 18 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2016.


Richard Brush (born 26 November 1984 in Birmingham, England) is a football goalkeeper who currently plays for Finn Harps in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

Early career

Brush started his career with Coventry City where after one year as an apprentice, he signed a three-year professional contract. Whilst at the club went out on loan to Tamworth in November 2003[1] with his loan spell being extended into a second, and then a third month.[2] His time at Coventry included a wrist injury[3] which led to him missing an entire season. He moved to a month by month contract in June 2005, before parting ways with Coventry at the end of August 2005 when his contract expired.[4]

He joined Shrewsbury Town on trial at the end of the 2004/05 season and was named as a substitute for a league match again Bristol City on Boxing Day 2005. He played for the club's reserves and remained with the club, still without a contract.[5]

In September 2005 he played for Stafford Rangers and in November 2005 he turned out for Hednesford Town making four appearances including making his debut in an FA Cup first round match against Histon.[6][7]

He left Shrewsbury in January 2006.[8] and next joined Nuneaton Borough[9]

League of Ireland

Brush's next move was to League of Ireland club Sligo Rovers where he made his League of Ireland debut against Shelbourne on 28 July 2006. He stayed with the club until 2010.

He was then signed by Shamrock Rovers on 21 July 2011.[10] He made his Rovers debut on 3 September 2011 against Dundalk helping Rovers to a 2–1 victory.[11]

He made 2 appearances in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League as Rovers became the first Irish side to reach a European competition group stage.

He returned to Sligo in January 2012.[12]

Brush signed back for The Hoops in December 2012.[13]

Finn Harps

In January 2016, Brush started training with newly promoted Finn Harps with a view to signing for the 2016 season.

Honours

Sligo Rovers
Shamrock Rovers

League of Ireland Cup (1): 2013

References

  1. "Transfers – November 2003". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  2. "Tamworth keep Brush". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 January 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  3. "Keeper Brush injures wrist". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 July 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  4. "Brush released by Sky Blues". Coventry City FC. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  5. "Brush leaves". Shrewsbury Town FC. 25 January 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  6. "Richard Brush profile". Hednesford Town FC. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  7. "Histon 4–0 Hednesford". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 November 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  8. "Keeper Brush leaves Shrewsbury". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 January 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  9. http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/new_club_for_brush_264337/index.shtml
  10. "St Johnstone sign keeper Mannus from Shamrock Rovers". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  11. http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/35-news/2056brush-in
  12. "Brush returns to Sligo Rovers". League of Ireland. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
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