Brian Tinnion was born on 23 February 1968 and is an English former football player and manager.
14 Facts About Brian Tinnion
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Brian Tinnion made over 450 appearances for Bristol City, including a spell as player-manager where he is currently in the role of Academy Director.
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Brian Tinnion started as a left-back but later became a goal-scoring left-sided midfielder.
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Brian Tinnion signed as a professional before a first-team home game on the pitch of St James' Park a few days after his eighteenth birthday in 1986.
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Brian Tinnion earned a call-up to the England Under-21 squad in May 1988 for a tour of Toulon but unfortunately had to pull out injured.
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Brian Tinnion scored the last-gasp penalty that pinched a point at Elland Road on Grand National Day 1990 in a heated local derby against Leeds United.
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Brian Tinnion found himself top-goalscorer in all competitions across all four divisions by Christmas 1991 with 13 goals, but he picked up a career-threatening injury at Hartlepool on Boxing Day 1991; in front of a host of top-flight scouts so it was thought.
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Brian Tinnion went on to become one of City's dominant players of the 1990s.
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Brian Tinnion switched from wide on the left flank into the centre of a three-man midfield under new manager Danny Wilson in 2000 and the role often gave him time and space to execute through balls, such was his form in that role that he was voted as the best player in his division.
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Brian Tinnion became player-coach in 2000 and succeeded Danny Wilson as manager in 2004.
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Brian Tinnion was part of the side that won the 2003 Football League Trophy Final.
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Brian Tinnion subsequently played for Conference South side Weston-super-Mare and in January 2007 joined TeamBath.
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Brian Tinnion has since retired from playing in the summer of 2007 and now coaches youth football, running soccer schools both in Southern Spain and at The Imperial Ground in Bristol.
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In October 2021, Brian Tinnion was promoted to the role of Academy Director.