Gerard Daniel Brannan is an
English former
footballer, born on 15 January 1972. He played as a
midfielder.
Club career
Brannan had a well-travelled career, beginning at
Tranmere Rovers, before a £750,000 transfer to
Manchester City in March 1997.
Mostly used as a squad player at Manchester City, he was loaned to
Norwich City between August and October 1998, and was then sold to
Motherwell for £375,000 in October 1998, thus terminating his spell at Norwich.
Brannan moved onto
Wigan in February 2001, where he remained until November 2003, spending short loan spells at
Dunfermline and
Rochdale.
A free transfer to
Accrington Stanley in November 2003 was next on the agenda, where he spent two seasons.
After leaving Stanley, Ged spent a short period playing for
Radcliffe Borough before signing for Morecambe in November 2005, making his debut against
Cambridge United. Shortly before the match, Morecambe manager
Jim Harvey suffered a heart attack. Morecambe lost the first match 1-0.
Signed by Harvey as a midfielder, Brannan was soon dropped by caretaker manager
Sammy McIlroy, but eventually made the right back position his own, after filling in for an injury and putting in several impressive performances.
Brannan saw himself out of the team again at the start of the 2006-07 season, as
Adam Yates was brought to Morecambe to play at right-back. Brannan filled...
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