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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 |
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.
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