22 Facts About Brett Angell

Brett Ashley Mark Angell was born on 20 August 1968 and is an English football manager and former professional footballer.

Brett Angell retired in 2003 after scoring 200 goals in 540 games in all competitions.

Brett Angell won promotion out of the Second Division with Stockport County and was later inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.

Brett Angell won his fourth promotion with Walsall after winning the Second Division play-off final in 2001.

Brett Angell was listed in the 2006 book Cheltenham Town Football Club 50 Greats.

Brett Angell was appointed head coach of the New Zealand side Hawke's Bay United in September 2014.

Brett Angell started his career as a defender at Second Division side Portsmouth, but never made the first-team and was released in 1987.

Brett Angell struggled to break into the first-team at the Fourth Division club, but found his shooting boots when new manager Danny Bergara took over in March 1989.

Brett Angell finished the campaign with 23 goals in 43 league starts to become the division's top-scorer.

Brett Angell switched to Southend United, who had won promotion into the Third Division after finishing one point and one place ahead of County.

Again, Brett Angell finished as the club's top scorer with 23 goals and was named the club's Player of the Year.

However, Brett Angell had just undergone major surgery on his left leg and was unable to play to his full potential so it proved to be a disastrous spell, his only goal in nineteen games for the "Toffees" being a tap-in against Chelsea.

Brett Angell played eleven games for the "Black Cats", scoring once in the League Cup at Preston.

Manager Mick Buxton was sacked shortly after Brett Angell arrived at the club.

Brett Angell is widely regarded by fans of both Everton and Sunderland as one of the worst players to turn out for both of these clubs, where he failed to reproduce the form he showed in the lower divisions.

Brett Angell was loaned out to First Division Sheffield United in January 1996, where he was reunited with Howard Kendall, who was manager at Everton during his first loan spell at the club.

Brett Angell hit five goals in six games for County and scored eight in seventeen games for Preston, who finished the season as Second Division champions.

Brett Angell was released by Rushden and then looked for a club near is home in Southport.

Brett Angell was heading to Ireland to play for Linfield in July 2003 the deal fell through as he refused to play trial games before signing a contract.

Brett Angell worked as a youth team coach at Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth.

Brett Angell was appointed head coach at New Zealand Football Championship club Hawke's Bay United in September 2014.

Brett Angell is the brother of fellow professional footballer, Darren Angell.