Dean Brill

Dean Brill

Brill training with Oldham Athletic in 2009
Personal information
Full name Dean Michael Brill[1]
Date of birth (1985-12-02) 2 December 1985[1]
Place of birth Luton, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Motherwell
Number 13
Youth career
1995–2003 Luton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 Luton Town 81 (0)
2006–2007 → Gillingham (loan) 8 (0)
2009–2011 Oldham Athletic 58 (0)
2011–2012 Barnet 36 (0)
2012–2013 Luton Town 7 (0)
2013 → Inverness CT (loan) 12 (0)
2013–2016 Inverness CT 49 (0)
2016– Motherwell 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:25, 29 June 2016 (UTC).


Dean Michael Brill (born 2 December 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Motherwell.

Career

Luton Town

Brill joined Luton at the age of nine, progressing through the Centre of Excellence and representing Luton Schools and Bedfordshire County Schools at various age groups. His abilities alerted the attention of bigger clubs, including Liverpool,[2] but Luton fought off the competition to secure his signature.

Beginning the 2003–04 season as understudy to Rob Beckwith, Brill made his league debut as a substitute in a 3–0 loss at Oldham Athletic after Beckwith had been sent off. His full league debut came three weeks later in a 3–1 home win over Wycombe Wanderers and he retained his place for the following two matches, a 1–0 win at Stevenage Borough in the Football League Trophy and a 4–2 loss in the league at Brentford.[3]

With regular goalkeeper Marlon Beresford unavailable, Brill started the 2005–06 season as the number one goalkeeper, impressing against (then) former Premier League outfit Crystal Palace during a 2–1 victory at Selhurst Park on the opening day of the season.[4]

Not rated by manager Mike Newell and goalkeeping coach Dmitri Kharine, Brill apparently gave Beresford no competition to be the number one goalkeeper during the 2006–07 season. His first starting appearance of the campaign came in a 3–2 home loss to Queens Park Rangers, where he deputised for the suspended Beresford. However, following the loan signing of Portsmouth's Dean Kiely, Brill was pushed down to third-choice goalkeeper and in December 2006, he was loaned to League One side Gillingham. He made 8 appearances during a month-long stay.
Having made 12 first team appearances for Luton, Brill was named Young Player of the Year at Luton's end of season awards.[5]

At the beginning of the 2007–08 season, Brill appeared to be a player that new manager Kevin Blackwell was unsure of. This was reinforced when Blackwell considered signing two goalkeepers on loan, pushing Brill into the reserves. However, with Luton going into administration in November 2007, Blackwell was unable to take in a new goalkeeper on loan, so Brill went straight back into the first team. He went on to make 47 appearances in all-competitions for Luton during the season, a campaign that culminated in the Hatters finishing at the bottom of League One.

In the 2008–09 campaign, with Luton facing an almost impossible task to overcome a 30-point deduction, Brill started the first four games of the season. Unfortunately, after a costly mistake in a 1–0 defeat against Rotherham United, he was dropped for Conrad Logan. From, mid-January, Brill went on to play a further 18 games, including Luton's Football League Trophy victory over Scunthorpe United at Wembley Stadium. The points deduction proved too much to overcome and Luton were relegated for the third successive season, dropping into the Football Conference.

Brill was released on 27 May 2009 after coming to the end of his contract with Luton.[6]

Oldham Athletic

On 1 July 2009, Brill signed a two-year contract with Oldham Athletic.[7] He was released by the club in May 2011, when he was told by manager Paul Dickov that he would not be having his two-year contract renewed.[8]

Barnet

After trials at Yeovil Town and Barnet, Brill signed for the Bees in time for the beginning of the 2011–12 season.[9] He kept a clean sheet on his debut away to Morecambe. Brill made a crucial save in the dying seconds of Barnet's final day 2–1 away win at Burton Albion, which kept Barnet in Football League at the expense of Hereford[10] In May 2012, Brill was released by Barnet on the expiry of his contract.[11]

Return to Luton Town

After spending three weeks on trial during pre-season with former club Luton Town, who were in the Conference Premier, Brill signed a two-year contract with them on 31 July 2012.[12] He played in eight games over the course of the 2012–13 season, but was transfer listed by the club in April 2013.[13]

Inverness CT

In July 2013, Brill signed on loan for Inverness CT until January 2014.[14] He made his debut on 3 August in a 3–0 win over St Mirren, keeping his first of three consecutive clean sheets for Inverness.[15] After a successful spell on loan, Brill signed a permanent deal with Inverness in November 2013, after Luton agreed to release him from the remainder of his contract.[16]

Between May and September 2014, Brill kept a series of clean sheets, enabling Inverness to achieve a club record of 616 minutes without conceding.
Later in the season, Brill suffered an injury which kept him out for a few matches. Worse was to follow, as he sustained a dislocated knee only minutes into his comeback game.[17] This prevented him making any first team appearances in the 2015/16 season and he was released by Inverness in May 2016.[18]

Motherwell

On 27 June 2016, Brill signed for Motherwell, agreeing a one-year deal.[19]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ↑ "Reds fail in keeper request". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  3. ↑ "Dean Brill stats 03-04". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
  4. ↑ "Match report: Crystal Palace 1–2 Luton". Luton Town F.C. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
  5. ↑ "Player profile: Dean Brill". Luton Town F.C. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
  6. ↑ "Hatters release quintet". Luton Town F.C. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  7. ↑ "Latics tie up Brill signing". Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  8. ↑ http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/page/NewsUpdate/0,,10337~2356969,00.html
  9. ↑ http://www.barnetfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10431~2408340,00.html
  10. ↑ "Morecambe 0–1 Barnet". BBC News. 6 August 2011.
  11. ↑ "McLeod, Brill lead Bees exodus". Sky Sports. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  12. ↑ "Brill returns". Luton Town F.C. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  13. ↑ "FA Cup goalscoring hero Rendell among transfer-listed Town quartet". Luton Today. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  14. ↑ "Inverness take Luton Town goalkeeper Dean Brill on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "Inverness CT 3-0 St Mirren". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  16. ↑ "Caley Jags make Brill signing". ICTFC.com. Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  17. ↑ "Caley keeper Brill dislocates knee". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "David Raven: Defender signs new deal at Inverness CT". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "Goalkeeper Dean Brill pens one-year deal". Motherwell F.C. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

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