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Steve Bruce: Hull boss holds England manager talks". BBC Sport. 19 July 2016 . Retrieved 19 July 2016. Following the lifting of the five-year ban on English clubs from European competitions, which had been imposed after the Heysel Stadium disaster, United became England's first entrants into the European Cup Winners' Cup in the 1990–91 season. [52] Bruce played regularly, and scored three goals, in the team's progress to the final against FC Barcelona. [53] He came close to scoring the first goal, only for Mark Hughes to deflect the ball over the line and claim the goal, [54] and United went on to win the game 2–1. This was a particularly high-scoring season for Bruce, who found the net 13times in the First Division and 19times in total in all competitions. [53] He also played again at Wembley, in the League Cup final, in which United were defeated by Sheffield Wednesday of the Second Division. [55] Bruce pictured in 1992, during his time at Manchester United

Football: Steve Bruce's Path to Top". Sunday Mirror. London. 5 September 2004 . Retrieved 4 September 2008. From there he moved to Norwich City before making the move to Manchester United that established him as the best uncapped English defender of his generation. a b "Steve Bruce leaves Newcastle by mutual consent after Saudi takeover". BBC Sport. 20 October 2021 . Retrieved 20 October 2021. More bizarre set plays follow, including a moment where Barnes is kidnapped by British Secret Service agents who ask him to go undercover.

The plotlines are far-fetched yet so incredible. However, Bruce would rather forget about his brief time as an author Nixon, Alan (26 June 1998). "United move to keep Kidd from Everton". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022 . Retrieved 26 November 2007. Norwich City Hall of Fame". Eastern Daily Press. Norwich. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Luke Edwards (21 July 2019). "Newcastle confident they have no legal case to answer in appointment of Steve Bruce". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 23 July 2019.

No-one has achieved the cult fame of a trilogy of novels allegedly penned by Newcastle United boss Steve Bruce.Born in Corbridge, Northumberland, he was a promising schoolboy footballer but was rejected by several professional clubs. He was on the verge of quitting the game altogether when he was offered a trial with Gillingham. Bruce was offered an apprenticeship and went on to play more than 200games for the club before joining Norwich City in 1984, winning the League Cup in 1985. In 1987, he moved to Manchester United, with whom he achieved great success, winning twelve trophies including three Premier League titles, three FA Cups, one League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup. He also became the first English player of the 20th century to captain a team to the Double. Despite his success on the field, he was never selected to play for the England national team. Commentators and contemporaries have described him as one of the best English players of the 1980s and 1990s never to play for his country at full international level.

Southon, Hugh (18 August 1996). "Trev-ing up for glory!". Sunday Mirror. London . Retrieved 21 November 2007. McMath, James (22 May 2015). "Relegation battle: Can Hull repeat escape at Newcastle's expense?". BBC Sport . Retrieved 24 May 2015. He's been in the right positions and got his reward." The goal-drought club Saido Berahino took 913 days to score his first goal for Stoke Fifield, Dominic (13 May 2002). "Birmingham spot on to deny the Canaries". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 5 January 2016.Aston Villa name Stephen Clemence as first-team coach as trio exit". Sky Sports. 13 October 2016 . Retrieved 23 January 2017. Two people on a boat, far away, can be made to appear to be right next to eachother. You don’t believe me? It happened to Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed. SB was actually a regular customer of our business when he was working at Birmingham, our staff all said he was quite friendly and nice

Newcastle appoint Steve Bruce as manager to succeed Rafael Benítez". The Guardian. 17 July 2019 . Retrieved 17 July 2019. Sheffield Wednesday report Newcastle to Premier League over Steve Bruce appointment". The Telegraph. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 23 July 2019. Bateson, Bill; Sewell, Albert (1990). News of the World Football Annual 1990–91. Invincible Press. p.129. ISBN 0-85543-207-1.Bruce's autobiography, Heading for Victory, was published in 1994. In 1999, while manager of Huddersfield, he wrote a trio of novels: Striker!, Sweeper! and Defender!. The books centred on fictional football manager Steve Barnes, based on Bruce, who solved murder mysteries and thwarted terrorists. Bruce later expressed his embarrassment at the books, which have become sought-after collectables. [204] [205] He intended to publish a new autobiography in late 2019 but the book was postponed indefinitely due to the deaths of his parents and his desire to concentrate on his job at Newcastle. [206] Playing statistics Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Barnes finds young Irish striker Pat Duffy stabbed to death in the changing room and, becoming suspected of the murder, spends the rest of the book struggling to clear his name. In an odd move, he decides to do so by solving the case on his own, despite (a) the police already being involved, (b) being himself a suspect and (c) his having neither the expertise, training, nor free time available to investigate a murder. All of the midfielder’s caps came in a two-year period while he was at Liverpool, either side of a World Cup finals he had to miss due to a metatarsal injury. Of those nine caps, only one came from the start. Gardner, Andy (26 September 2004). "Steve Bruise". Sunday Mirror. London . Retrieved 27 September 2007. Team-mate Allan Saint-Maximin added: "I am really happy for him - he works really hard to score. A striker has difficult times, but I hope he can score again now."