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English footballer and manager

For the Bolton Wanderers footballer, see [Brian Birch (footballer, born 1938)](/source/Brian_Birch_(footballer%2C_born_1938)).

Brian Birch Birch in 1950 Personal information Date of birth (1931-11-18)18 November 1931 Place of birth Salford, Lancashire, England Date of death 1989 (aged 57–58) Place of death Johannesburg, South Africa Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Position Inside forward Youth career 1946–1948 Manchester United Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1948–1952 Manchester United 11 (4) 1952 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 (1) 1952–1955 Lincoln City 56 (15) 1955–1956 Boston United ? (?) 1956–1958 Barrow 60 (27) 1958–1960 Exeter City 19 (1) 1960–1961 Oldham Athletic 35 (10) 1961–1962 Rochdale 11 (0) Managerial career 1971–1974 Galatasaray 1976–1977 Helsingborg 1977–1979 Ethnikos Piraeus 1980–1982 Galatasaray 1987 Ankaragücü * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Brian Birch** (18 November 1931–1989) was an English [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played for several English clubs in the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s.

Born in [Salford](/source/City_of_Salford), Birch joined [Manchester United](/source/Manchester_United_F.C.) as a 14-year-old in May 1946, before turning professional two years later. He was 17 when he made his debut on 27 August 1949, playing at inside left in a 1–1 home draw with [West Bromwich Albion](/source/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C.). Birch was always on the fringes of the United first team, but apart from a spell midway through the 1950–51 season in which he scored four goals in nine appearances, he never lived up to his potential and was sold to [Wolverhampton Wanderers](/source/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C.) for £10,000 towards the end of the 1951–52 season. His tenure at Wolves was short, however, and he was transferred to [Lincoln City](/source/Lincoln_City_F.C.) after just nine months in the West Midlands.

In three years with Lincoln, Birch played in more than fifty matches, scoring 15 goals. He then dropped out of league football for a season in 1955, joining [Boston United](/source/Boston_United_F.C.), before moving to [Barrow](/source/Barrow_A.F.C.) in 1956. He became a first team regular at Barrow, making 60 appearances and scoring 27 goals in just over two seasons there. [Exeter City](/source/Exeter_City_F.C.) signed him in September 1958, but he was on the move again in January 1960, this time to [Oldham Athletic](/source/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C.). He moved to [Rochdale](/source/Rochdale_A.F.C.) in March 1961, before going into coaching at the end of the 1961–62 season.

He dipped in and out of playing for the next few years, picking up appearances for Boston United, [Mossley](/source/Mossley_A.F.C.) and [Ellesmere Port](/source/Ellesmere_Port_F.C.), but his coaching experience eventually led him to [Blackburn Rovers](/source/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C.) in 1967, where he became the coach to one of the club's junior teams.

Birch was trainer of [Galatasaray](/source/Galatasaray_S.K._(football)) from 1971 to 1974. He won three consecutive championships (became the first trainer who managed this) with Galatasaray in the [Turkish First League](/source/S%C3%BCper_Lig)[1] and [Helsingborgs IF](/source/Helsingborgs_IF). In the summer of 1980 he returned to Galatasaray, but was not able to be successful like he was in the 1970s with the club and his contract was terminated after one and a half years.[2] He managed the Turkish club [Ankaragücü](/source/MKE_Ankarag%C3%BCc%C3%BC) for three matches in 1987.[3]

## Death and legacy

His date of death remained uncertain for years, rumors varying between 1992 and 2019, but a former footballer coached by Birch in Swaraj FC revealed that he died in 1989 of a heart attack.[4] His former team Galatasaray redesigned Birch's sweatshirt he used in 1980-81 season, as a part of the entire 1980-81 kit recreation.[5]

## Honours

**Galatasaray**

- [Turkish Super League](/source/Turkish_Super_League): [1970–71](/source/1970%E2%80%9371_1.Lig), [1971–72](/source/1971%E2%80%9372_1.Lig), [1972–73](/source/1972%E2%80%9373_1.Lig)

- [Turkish Cup](/source/Turkish_Cup): [1972–73](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_T%C3%BCrkiye_Kupas%C4%B1_finali)

- [Turkish Super Cup](/source/Turkish_Super_Cup): [1972](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Cumhurba%C5%9Fkanl%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1_Kupas%C4%B1)

- [50th Anniversary Cup](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/50._Y%C4%B1l_Kupas%C4%B1): 1973

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Archived copy"](http://www.galatasaray.org/tarih/tarihte_bugun.php?frm_date=11-18). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211201222538/https://www.galatasaray.org/anasayfa) from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2011.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_archived_copy_as_title))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Brian Birch @ Mackolik.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120209024042/http://www.mackolik.com/Antrenor/2597/Brian-Birch). Archived from [the original](http://www.mackolik.com/Antrenor/2597/Brian-Birch) on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Brian Birch @ Mackolik.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120209024042/http://www.mackolik.com/Antrenor/2597/Brian-Birch). Archived from [the original](http://www.mackolik.com/Antrenor/2597/Brian-Birch) on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [https://www.where-are-they-now.co.uk/footballer/Birch+Brian/16030](https://www.where-are-they-now.co.uk/footballer/Birch+Brian/16030)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [https://www.nefes.com.tr/galatasaray-retro-formalarini-satisa-cikardi-brian-birch-detayi-107068](https://www.nefes.com.tr/galatasaray-retro-formalarini-satisa-cikardi-brian-birch-detayi-107068)

## External links

- ["Brian Birch"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240608000000/http://barryhugmansfootballers.com/player/1590). *Barry Hugman's Footballers*. Archived from [the original](http://barryhugmansfootballers.com/player/1590) on 8 June 2024.

- [Brian Birch](http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/brianbirch.html) at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

- [Profile](http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/playermenu/birch.html) at StretfordEnd.co.uk

- [Profile](http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/birch_brian.html) at MUFCInfo.com

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Managerial positions v t e Galatasaray S.K. – managers Nikolov (1905–06) Serdaroğlu (1907) Armitage (1908–11) Serdaroğlu (1911–14) Sadi Bey (1915) Yen (1916–17) Şahin (1919–21) Giray (1922–23) Kabalski (1923–24) Hunter (1924–28) Bekdik (1929) Limbeck (1930–31) Pagnam (1931–32) Puddefoot (1933–34) Baar (1934–36) Szabó (1936–38) Tandler (1938–39) Hayman (1939) Zaharczuk (1939–40) Baggett (1941–45) Dimitriyadis (1945–46) Swenk (1947) Molloy (1947–49) Lochhead (1950–52) Kılıç (1952–53) Székely (1953–54) Kılıç (1954–57) Dick (1957–58) Remondini (1959–61) Kılıç (1961–63) Özarı (1963–64) Kılıç (1964–67) Aykaç (1967–68) Kaloperović (1968–70) Oktay (1970) Özarı (1970–71) Birch (1971–74) Mansell (1974–75) Howe (1975–76) Allison (1976–77) Demircan (1977–78) Özarı (1978–79) Şeren (1979–80) Birch (1980–82) Sümer (1982–83) Ivić (1983–84) Derwall (1984–87) Denizli (1987–89) Held (1989–90) Denizli (1990–92) Feldkamp (1992–93) Hollmann (1993–94) Saftig (1994–95) Erkasap (1995) Souness (1995–96) Terim (1996–2000) Lucescu (2000–02) Terim (2002–04) Hagi (2004–05) Gerets (2005–07) Feldkamp (2007–08) Gülerc (2008) Skibbe (2008–09) Korkmaz (2009) Rijkaard (2009–10) Hagi (2010–11) Ünder (2011) Terim (2011–13) Davalac (2013) Mancini (2013–14) Prandelli (2014) Taffarelc (2014) Hamzaoğlu (2014–15) Taffarelc (2015) Denizli (2015–16) Atikc (2016) Olde Riekerink (2016–17) Tudor (2017) Terim (2017–22) Torrent (2022) Buruk (2022–) (c) = caretaker manager v t e Helsingborgs IF – managers Lundahl (1935–37) Dahl (1938–44) Lundahl (1944) Nielsen (1945–47) Hansen (1946) Burnikell (1947–49) Holländer (1949–50) Dahl (1950–54) Persson (1955–58) Vogel (1958–60) Wikdahl (1961–64) Szentpetery (1965) Weimann (1965) Jönsson (1965–68) Sørensen (1969–70) G. Andersson (1971) Weiman (1971) Hagberg (1972–73) Schnorrerberger (1974) Persson (1975) Birch (1976–77) Olsson (1977) B. Andersson (1978–80) Hansson (1980–81) Borg (1982–83) Svensson (1984–86) Nilsson (1987–94) Almqvist (1994–97) Hareide (1998–99) Bergstrand (2000–01) Cratz (2002) Swärdh (2002–06) Eklund (2006) Baxter (2006–07) Nilsson (2007–09) Karlsson (2010–12) Hareide (2012) Hansen (2013–14) Larsson (2015–16) Ljung (2017–19) Larsson (2019) Tengryd (2019) Mellberg (2019–20) Lennartsson (2021–22) Lindström & Santos (2022–23) Baxter (2023) Saarenpää (2024–25) Grieve (2025–) v t e Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. – managers Kopřiva (1932–33) Negrepontis (1937) Asderis (1939–40) Rybicki (1957–58) Mihajlović (1958–59) Trevisan (1959–60) V. Chelmis (1960–61) G. Chelmis (1961–62) V. Chelmis (1962) Aurednik (1962–63) Ferlemis (1963–65) Mihajlović (1965–66) Choumis (1966) Rybicki (1966–67) Markovic (1967–68) Symeonidisc (1968) Buckingham (1968–69) Symeonidisc (1969) Zeković (1969–70) Eggleston (1970–71) Mortimore (1971–73) Buckingham (1973–75) Tsakosc (1975) Mortimore (1975–76) Antonatosc (1976) Mariani (1976–77) Antonatosc (1977) Birch (1977–79) Chatziioannidisc (1979) Blunstone (1979–80) Chatziioannidisc (1980) Sasía (1980) Houghton (1980) Höher (1980) Manolov (1981) Stribelis (1981–82) Dicks (1982–83) Vasović (1983) Antonatosc (1983) Górski (1983–85) Barker (1985–86) Packert (1986–88) Georgiadis (1988–89) Packert (1989) Houwaart (1989–90) Skocik (1991) Antonatos (1991–92) Petropoulos (1992) Starovlah (1994) Kyrastas (1994–95) Tsagalidis (1995) Gmoch (1995–96) Chatziioannidisc (1996) Zahnleiter (1996) Pathiakakis (1997) Stathopoulos (1997) Veselinović (1997–98) Alefantos (1998) Ioakimidis (1998) Papachristou (1998) Georgamlisc (1998) Kendall (1998–99) Alexopoulos (1999) Bonić (1999) Stathopoulos (1999) Tomarasc (1999) Babović (1999–2000) Alexopoulosc (2000) Theofanis (2000–01) Moutasc (2001) Papadakis (2001) Meidanis (2001) Zikos (2001) Kostikos (2001–02) Meidanis (2002) Seitaridis (2002) Katsikogiannis (2002) Meidanis (2002) Katsikogiannis (2002–03) Gaitatzis (2004) Eleftheriadisc (2004) Goulis (2004–06) Georgamlis (2006) Dreliasc (2006) Hadžievski (2006–07) Goulis (2007–08) Topoliatisc (2008) Manikas (2008) Eurico Gomes (2008–09) Grigoriou (2009–10) Goulis (2010) Dimosc (2010) Pantelidis (2010–11) Tsirimokos (2011) Pantelis (2011) Arnaoutis (2012) Chatzialexis (2012–14) Georgoulis (2014–17) Nentidis (2017–18) Kourbanas (2018) Karadimos (2018–19) Goulis (2019) Terezopoulos (2019) Seropian (2019–21) Konstantakopoulos (2021) Kalyvas (2021–22) Dimitriou (2022) Kalyvas (2022) Tzoumerkiotis (2022) Chantes (2022–24) Pantelis (2024–25) Kolovos (2025) Pantelis (2025–) (c) = caretaker manager

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