Brian Honeywood
Personal information
Full name Brian Roy Honeywood[1]
Date of birth (1949-05-08) 8 May 1949[1]
Place of birth Chelmsford, England[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1965–1968 Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1969 Colchester United 18 (0)
Chelmsford City
Managerial career
1978 Chelmsford City (caretaker)
0000–1992 Braintree Town (joint)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Roy Honeywood (born 8 May 1949) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a defender for Colchester United.

Club career

Born in Chelmsford, Honeywood began his career at Ipswich Town, going on to make 100 youth team appearances and 46 reserve team appearances, but never broke into the first-team at the club.[2] He joined Colchester United in the summer of 1968,[1] making his first-team debut on the opening day of the 1968–69 season, a 4–0 loss to Brentford on 10 August 1968.[3] Honeywood went on to make 18 league appearances during his single season with the club.[4] He made his final appearance in the final game of the season on 2 May 1969, a 2–0 away defeat to Notts County[5] before joining Chelmsford City.[1]

Managerial career

Following the resignation of Ollie Hopkins as Chelmsford City manager in November 1978, Honeywood was appointed as caretaker manager of the club. Honeywood presided over two games as caretaker manager for Chelmsford, losing 5–0 against Dover in the Southern League and losing 10–2 against Barking in the FA Trophy. Following the defeat against Barking, Chelmsford's heaviest defeat in the club's history, Honeywood was replaced as caretaker manager by Don Walker, who also acted as caretaker manager, before the appointment of former Billericay Town manager John Newman in a permanent capacity.[6]

Honeywood later managed Braintree Town alongside Peter Collins, before leaving in 1992.[7]

Personal life

Honeywood now works for Professional Active Soccer Schools (PASS) as a coach alongside his son Lee, who was also on the books with Ipswich, but also failed to break into the first-team at the club, being forced to retire early through injury.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Colchester United – Player profile". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club – Brian Honeywood". Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Colchester United – Match details – Brentford 4–0 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "COLCHESTER UNITED:1950/51-1989/90 & 1992/93-2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Colchester United – Match details – Notts County 2–0 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  6. ↑ David Selby (6 March 2023). The Claret. Chelmsford City F.C. pp. 40–41.
  7. ↑ "Chelmsford keep O'Leary in post", Daily Telegraph, 7 February 1992, p. 30
  8. ↑ "Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club – Lee Honeywood". Pride of Anglia – Ipswich Town Football Club. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
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