Steve Bruce
Steve Bruce
Stephen Roger "Steve" Bruceis an English professional football manager and former player who is currently without a club, having left Hull City in July 2016. 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 200 games for the club before joining Norwich City...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth31 December 1960
chance fighting fights-and-fighting four games gave given lads left ourselves performed previous three today
We've got four games left and we aren't going to give up the ghost. We have given ourselves a fighting chance with the way we performed in the previous three games and the lads gave everything today as well.
four games left
We've got four games left and we aren't going to give up the ghost.
applied convinced game half honest hour laws problem rather red referee rules shown spectacle
The problem we have is that we are too honest in the Premiership. The rules are applied to the extreme. We all know the referee was right under the laws to show the red card, but I'm convinced he would rather have shown just yellow. It killed the game as a spectacle because in the first half hour I thought we were fractionally the better side.
chasing far game liverpool picked superior team trying
We were just chasing the game and trying to do something about it. Liverpool picked us off at will...They were a far, far superior team on the night.
absolute games guys lose media territory word
You guys in the media use this word 'pressure'. You lose two games and you are under pressure. It's absolute nonsense. Laughable. But that's the territory we're in.
convinced europe forward game gone man relish team tough united whatever win
They have just gone out of Europe so I am convinced they will want to try and win this competition, that's for sure. Whatever team they put out, when Man United come to town, it is going to be a tough, tough game but one that we will relish and we will look forward to the challenge.
best game good groin kenny remarkably sore trained
Kenny got through the game remarkably well because he hasn't trained for the best part of two weeks. He has got a very sore groin which could put him out for a good month.
fair five forward four game goals looked minutes threat time
In the first 45 minutes we looked a threat every time we went forward and to be fair we could have been four or five goals up and it could have been game over at half-time,
game played
I don't know if I could have played the game today.
against close club decided five foreigners irish manchester mother nearly united
With my mother being Irish it was a close call. I nearly went, but I decided against it as we were going to be hindered as a club at Manchester United with the five foreigners rule.
although fear gone hospital leave rupture speculate time worst
We fear a rupture of his Achilles. That could leave him out for a long time although we don't want to speculate at this juncture. He has gone to hospital for a scan but we do fear the worst for him.
team threw touch worried
We were always the better team but Everton threw on their He-Men and I was always worried they would get a touch or ricochet.
carry christmas fantastic good ireland review servant situation ultimately
Ultimately it will be Kenny's decision. We'll review the situation at Christmas. He has been a fantastic servant for us and Ireland and he is good enough to carry on after this season.
agreed fee
We've agreed the fee and we'll take things from there.