Brian Talbot
Full name:
Brian Ernest Talbot
Born:
Ipswich, Suffolk, 21 July 1953
Position:
Midfielder
Height/weight:
-
Joined Arsenal:
January 1979
Clubs:
Ipswich Town (1974–79)
Arsenal (1979–85)
Watford (1985–86)
Stoke City (1986–88)
West Bromwich Albion (1988–91)
Fulham (March 1991)
Aldershot (1991)
First Arsenal appearance:
League vs Nottingham Forest, 13 January 1979 (2–1)
Last Arsenal appearance:
League vs West Bromwich, 11 May 1985 (2–2)
International matches:
6 caps for England
International debut:
As a substitute on 28 May 1977 against Northern Ireland (2–1)
| |
League |
FA Cup |
FL Cup |
Ch.Shld |
Europe |
Total |
| Season |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1978–79 |
20 |
- |
6 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
26 |
2 |
| 1979–80 |
42 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
- |
9 |
- |
70 |
4 |
| 1980–81 |
40 |
7 |
1 |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
45 |
7 |
| 1981–82 |
42 |
7 |
1 |
- |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
1 |
52 |
8 |
| 1982–83 |
38+4 |
9 |
7 |
1 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
54+4 |
10 |
| 1983–84 |
26+1 |
6 |
0+1 |
- |
0+1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
26+3 |
6 |
| 1984–85 |
37+4 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
43+4 |
12 |
| Total |
245+9 |
40 |
29+1 |
7 |
26+1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
15 |
1 |
316+11 |
49 |
My comments
Brian Talbot was a hard-working midfielder who could both defend and score
goals. In the 1979/80 season, he played from start in every game –
a total of 70 games in the space of nine months! He scored one of the goals
in the 1979 FA Cup final. A year before, Talbot had won the same cup for
Ipswich, beating Arsenal in the final.
