Steve Bruce
Steve Bruce
Stephen Roger "Steve" Bruceis an English professional football manager and former player who is currently without a club, having left Hull City in July 2016. Born in Corbridge, Northumberland, he was a promising schoolboy footballer but was rejected by several professional clubs. He was on the verge of quitting the game altogether when he was offered a trial with Gillingham. Bruce was offered an apprenticeship and went on to play more than 200 games for the club before joining Norwich City...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth31 December 1960
against close club decided five foreigners irish manchester mother nearly united
With my mother being Irish it was a close call. I nearly went, but I decided against it as we were going to be hindered as a club at Manchester United with the five foreigners rule.
falling goes remarkably
He goes into the box, and does very well at falling over. Remarkably well
couple foot score seen sports
He's two-footed and you wouldn't know which foot was stronger. We've seen him before score a couple like that, but that was his most important that's for sure.
coming pleased team
It was never a classic, but when you're the away team coming to a place like Fulham then you're pleased to come away with something.
added advantage player quality second
He is a quality player and also has the added advantage of being able to play as a second striker.
calf problem season three weeks
He's got a calf problem and with two or three weeks to go, I can't see him making most of the season either.
hideous kick mistake teeth
The kick in the teeth was the hideous mistake we made in conceding that first goal.
available bigger magic players
There is no magic formula, we have just got our bigger and better players available again.
easy
We've been here and done it but it's never easy when you don't take your chances.
agreed fee
We've agreed the fee and we'll take things from there.
although fear gone hospital leave rupture speculate time worst
We fear a rupture of his Achilles. That could leave him out for a long time although we don't want to speculate at this juncture. He has gone to hospital for a scan but we do fear the worst for him.
four games left
We've got four games left and we aren't going to give up the ghost.
chance fighting fights-and-fighting four games gave given lads left ourselves performed previous three today
We've got four games left and we aren't going to give up the ghost. We have given ourselves a fighting chance with the way we performed in the previous three games and the lads gave everything today as well.
anyone belief bought coming lost market money seeing
We're seeing a lot of speculative money coming in. Anyone who's bought in this market on the belief of El Nino devastation has lost money.