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Graham Brenton
Appearances: 38 Goals: 7
Date / Year of birth: 26th April 1965
Position: Midfielder
Season of first appearance: 1989/90
Season of last appearance: 1991/92
Also played for: Gillingham (0), Sheppey United, Bromley, IFK Mariehamn (Finland), Jomala IK (Finland), Erith & Belvedere, Sittingbourne, Croydon, Braintree Town, Boreham Wood, Gravesend & Northfleet, Tonbridge Angels and Lordswood
Creative midfielder from the Medway area who began his career as an apprentice at Gillingham before moving on to Sheppey for the 1984/85 season.
Graham joined Bromley for the 1985/86 campaign and stayed with the club until the end of the 1988/89 season.
He spent the summer of 1989 playing for IFK Mariehamn in Finland's 3rd Division and scored seven goals in 26 games there.
After returning from Finland Graham joined Margate in October 1989 but before making an appearance he went to the USA to play for Orlando in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He returned to England in November and finally made his Margate debut on 14.11.89, playing as a striker in a 1-1 draw with Canterbury at Hartsdown Park. Graham then played in midfield in a 1-1 draw at Hythe on 18.11.89 and the Adscene said that he "set up several good moves" and could be "a useful signing". It turned out to be Graham's last appearance and he left the club soon afterwards.
He went back to IFK Mariehamn for the 1990 season where he made 19 appearances and scored six goals and in the summer of 1991 Graham had a short spell with minor Finnish club Jomala IK.
At the end of September 1991 he returned to Margate and had what the Thanet Times called "a quiet debut" in midfield in a 1-1 draw with Weymouth at Hartsdown Park on 5.10.91. Graham played regularly after that, mostly in midfield but sometimes featuring as a striker or right-back. The Isle of Thanet Gazette said he "prompted soundly" in a 3-2 home win over Erith & Belvedere on 8.10.91 and Graham scored his first goal in a 2-1 win at Whyteleafe in the FA Trophy on 19.10.91. In Margate's next match a week later Graham scored twice in a 4-4 draw with Witney at Hartsdown. On 26.12.91 he pulled a hamstring in a 1-0 home win over Canterbury and Graham missed six games as a result. He showed good form after returning from injury and the Thanet Times praised his "deft promptings" during a 1-0 win over Bury at Hartsdown on 21.3.92. On 7.4.92 Graham did well at right-back in a 1-1 draw at Braintree and the Gazette described him as being "industrious" and said he was "always dominant and frequently impressed with some bold overlapping down the flank". Graham played his last game as Margate went down 3-1 at home to Ramsgate in the annual Isle of Thanet Gazette Cup match on 5.5.92. He'd scored seven goals in 36 appearances during 1991/92.
After featuring in some of Margate's pre-season friendlies he joined Erith & Belvedere in the summer of 1992 and scored five goals in 22 games there before linking up with Sittingbourne for a brief spell early in the 1993/94 campaign.
Graham went on to play for four more clubs before the end of 1993/94. He left Sittingbourne to join Croydon in September 1993 and then moved to Braintree in December 1993. His next stop was Boreham Wood and Graham finished the season at Gravesend & Northfleet - his sixth club of the campaign.
He spent the entire 1994/95 season with the Fleet and made a total of 47 appearances (two as sub) there scoring three goals before moving to Tonbridge in February 1996.
Graham settled with the Angels and stayed there until the end of 1998/99.
During 1999/00 he played once for Lordswood and in January 2001 Graham became former Margate player John Roles' assistant manager at Sittingbourne. He left the club when Roles was sacked in September 2001 having made a few appearances early in 2001/02.
Graham spoke fluent Swedish.
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SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
SLC |
KSC |
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1989/90 (MFC) |
2 (59) |
0 |
0 |
SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOUTHERN DIV. (16TH OF 22) |
2QR |
2QR |
3R |
1R |
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|
SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
SLC |
KSC |
| |
|
1991/92 (MFC) |
36 (52) |
0 |
7 |
SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOUTHERN DIV. (14TH OF 22) |
1QR |
3QR |
1R |
1R |