Full name Timothy Aston Bredbury 1979-1982 Liverpool Reserves Place of birth Hong Kong Name Tim Bredbury | Playing position Role Footballer Years Team Position Forward | |
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Date of birth (1963-04-25) 25 April 1963 (age 52) | ||
Tim Bredbury (Chinese: 巴貝利), born 25 April 1963 in Hong Kong is a former Hong Kong International footballer. Bredbury, UEFA/AFC A Licensed Coach and is the current Academy Head Coach of the Hong Kong Football Club U18 Team.
Contents
- Early life
- Professional Playing Career
- Honours
- Post Playing Career
- La Salle College HK
- Rangers FC
- Tai Po FC
- Biu Chun Rangers
- Sun Hei SC
- Tai Chung FC
- HK Football Club
- References
Early life
Tim Bredbury was born in Hong Kong (HK) to British parents from Liverpool. His father John moved to Hong Kong as a fireman working for the Hong Kong Government. Bredbury went to Glenealy School and King George V School. As a talented sportsman, Bredbury represented Hong Kong Schools in Rugby (1979 Rosslyn Park World Schools 7's), Hockey and Swimming. Bredbury has three siblings who have also represented Hong Kong at hockey and rugby.
Professional Playing Career
Tim Bredbury began his professional football career with Liverpool in 1979, signing on as an apprectice professional. After 2 years Bredbury was offered full professional terms on a 1-year contract.
In total, Bredbury stayed at Liverpool for 3 years, winning the Liverpool Senior Cup and the Nice International Invitation Tournament. In addition to representing the club's A and B sides in the early years, He also made 19 appearances in the highly successful Liverpool FC Reserve Team.
At the end of his contract, Bredbury was then approached by Hong Kong side, Ryoden. Agreeing terms, Bredbury decided to take the offer and return home to Hong Kong. He scored 13 goals in 4 games and was soon signed up with Hong Kong soccer giants Seiko FC playing alongside the likes of Aarie Haan, Theo De Jong, Dick Naninga, Rene van der Kerkoff, Jonny Rep, Peter Bodak, Benny Wendt in a highly successful 2-year period.
Between 1982 and 1999, Bredbury held professional football contracts with football clubs based in Hong Kong, including Ryoden, Seiko, Hong Kong Rangers, South China, Lai Sun, Frankwell, Sing Tao and Instant-Dict and Australian Sydney Olympic FC and Malaysian Selangor FA and Sabah FA.
Bredbury was the joint top goalscorer in Hong Kong on 3 separate occasions and finished tied (with Dale Tempest) in the Hong Kong First Division League with 21 goals during the 1990-1991 season with Lai Sun FC before leaving Hong Kong and signing for Sydney Olympic in Australia.
In his debut season Bredbury also finished as joint top scorer (with Kimon Taliadoros) in the National Soccer League with Sydney Olympic FC during the 1991–1992 season scoring 15 goals in 24 appearances.
Bredbury also had two successful seasons playing in Malaysia with giants Selangor FC and second division side Sabah FC. At Sabah, Bredbury helped the club reach the FA Cup Final, the first time a second division side had achieved this feat.
At club level, Bredbury played against top club sides from around the world, including Corinthians (Brazil), Lucky Gold Star (S Korea), Odense (Denmark), Sampdoria (Italy), A.C. Milan (Italy), Everton (UK), Aston Villa (UK), Coventry (UK), Sparta Prague (Czch) and Brøndby (Denmark), Chelsea (UK)
In 1986, Bredbury was invited to join the Hong Kong National Team and, in a career that spanned over 10 years, he played in the World Cup qualifying rounds, Olympics qualifying rounds and Asian Games in Japan (Yokohama). He played over 30 representative games scoring 14 goals.
Bredbury was also a regular member of the Hong Kong League XI side competing in the Carlsberg Cup and Dynasty Cup tournaments playing against such sides as Denmark, Paraguay (where he was "Man of the Match"), Yugoslavia, Japan, South Korea, Nigeria, Sweden, Romania, Switzerland, China.
In addition to his professional playing career, Bredbury is also a fully qualified English Football Association coach and gained his UEFA A Licence in December 2011 through the English Football Association. In 2016, he also received recognition through the AFC and now holds the equivalent license.
Tim Bredbury is a member of the English Football Association Coaches Association plus a former member of the English Professional Footballers Association.
Honours
Post Playing Career
Tim Bredbury worked as a marketing manager, professional coach, sports journalist, event organiser and television presenter on ATV's World channel.
La Salle College (HK)
In 2005, Bredbury was appointed Head Coach of the schools A, B and C grade teams.
Rangers FC
In 2006, Bredbury secured his first professional Head Coaching position with Rangers FC in the HK 1st division. Played 3 games - Won 1, Drew 1
Tai Po FC
In 2007, Bredbury was appointed Head Coach of Tai Po FC in the HK 1st division. Played 5 games - Won 2 - Drew 1
Rangers FC
In 2007, Bredbury rejoined Rangers FC in the HK 1st division and also began working with the highly successful FC Barcelona Escola program at youth level. Played 16 games - Won 2 - Drew 9
Biu Chun Rangers
In 2011, Biu Chun Rangers (then known as Fourway Rangers) announced that Tim Bredbury would become Head coach. Played 18 games - Won 6 - Drew 4 BC Rangers also won the HKFA Reserve League - Played 18 - Won 15, Drew 2
Sun Hei SC
In 2012, Sun Hei SC announced that Bredbury would take over as 1st team coach in preparation for the 2012–13 season and the AFC Cup Competition. Played 6 games - Drew 3
Tai Chung FC
In 2012 Bredbury joined Tai Chung a feeder club for Kithchee FC in the HK 2nd Division. Played 20 games - Won 12 - Drew 3
HK Football Club
In 2016, Bredbury became Head Coach for the U18 HK Football Club Academy team playing in the HK Youth Leagues. Bredbury also coached the HK Football Club side in the 2016 Citibank International Soccer 7's Masters Tournament.