Guy Branston

Guy Branston
Personal information
Full name Guy Peter Bromley Branston
Date of birth (1979-01-09) 9 January 1979
Place of birth Leicester, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Leicester City 0 (0)
1997Rushden & Diamonds (loan) ? (?)
1998Colchester United (loan) 12 (1)
1998Colchester United (loan) 1 (0)
1998–1999Plymouth Argyle (loan) 7 (1)
1999Rushden & Diamonds (loan) ? (?)
1999Lincoln City (loan) 4 (0)
1999Rotherham United (loan) 5 (0)
1999–2004 Rotherham United 99 (13)
2003Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 9 (0)
2004Peterborough United (loan) 14 (0)
2004–2005 Sheffield Wednesday 11 (0)
2004–2005Peterborough United (loan) 4 (1)
2005–2006 Oldham Athletic 45 (2)
2006–2007 Peterborough United 26 (0)
2007Rochdale (loan) 4 (0)
2007Northampton Town (loan) 3 (0)
2008 Notts County 1 (0)
2008–2009 Kettering Town1 39 (0)
2009–2010 Burton Albion 19 (0)
2010Torquay United (loan) 16 (0)
2010–2011 Torquay United 45 (2)
2011–2012 Bradford City 16 (1)
2011Rotherham United (loan) 2 (0)
2012–2013 Aldershot Town 3 (0)
2012Bristol Rovers (loan) 4 (1)
2013–2014 Plymouth Argyle 31 (0)
Total 420 (22)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Notts County (chief scout)
2016 Nuneaton Town (operations manager)
2017 Chesterfield (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Guy Peter Bromley Branston (born 9 January 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He currently owns a football agency company.

He has played in the Football League for Colchester United, Plymouth Argyle, Lincoln City, Rotherham United, Wycombe Wanderers, Peterborough United, Sheffield Wednesday, Oldham Athletic, Rochdale, Northampton Town, Notts County, Burton Albion, Torquay United, Bradford City, Aldershot Town and Bristol Rovers. Born in Leicester, he has captained several clubs, won player of the year awards and been voted into the divisional PFA Team of the Year by his peers.

Branston retired from professional football on 4 July 2014, following his release from Plymouth Argyle three months earlier.