Full name Timothy John Soutar Years Team | Playing position Name Tim Soutar | |
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Date of birth (1946-02-25) 25 February 1946 (age 69) |
Timothy John "Tim" Soutar (born 25 February 1946) is an English retired football inside left and manager who made one appearance in the Football League for Brentford. He went on to have a long career in non-league football, playing until the age of 50.
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Brentford
Soutar began his career as a youth at Division Four side Brentford in 1961. He made his only Football League appearance for the club in a 3–1 defeat to Hull City at Griffin Park on 28 April 1964. He played in Brentford's victorious 2–1 1965 London Challenge Cup final victory over Chelsea at Griffin Park. Soutar was released at the end of the 1965–66 season.
Non-league football
Soutar dropped into non-league football and joined Southern League Division One side Ashford Town (Kent) in the summer of 1966. He went on to play for Gravesend & Northfleet, Salisbury, Dunstable Town, Staines Town, Walton & Hersham, Feltham and Hanwell Town.
Managerial and coaching career
After Rob Williams departed Isthmian League Premier Division side Staines Town in October 1980, Soutar and Arthur Rowlands were appointed joint-caretaker managers until the appointment of George Talbot. In 1989, he returned to Brentford to coach in the club's Centre Of Excellence.
As a player
Brentford