Irvine, Christopher (27 November 1999). "Grey days serve to inspire Bruce – Football Saturday". The Times. London . Retrieved 6 January 2016. Premier League ins and outs: The 2019 summer transfer window moves". Sky Sports. 9 August 2019 . Retrieved 14 August 2019. Nixon, Alan (30 May 2001). "Football: Bruce walks out of Wigan for Palace". The Independent. London . Retrieved 6 January 2016. Striker Saido Berahino's run without scoring lasted 913 days when he was at Stoke between 2017 and 2019 - that was only over a 48-game period for the player once strongly linked with a move to Tottenham. Bruce leaves Hull City by mutual consent". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service . Retrieved 23 July 2016.

Bruce was born in Corbridge in Northumberland, the elder of two sons of Joe and Sheenagh Bruce. [3] His father was local, and his mother had been born in Bangor in Northern Ireland. [4] [5] The family lived in Daisy Hill near Wallsend, [6] and Bruce attended Benfield School. [7] In January 2019, Bruce was appointed manager of Championship club Sheffield Wednesday with effect from the start of the following month. [173] On 27 January, his delay in taking up this appointment was criticised by Match of the Day pundits Danny Murphy and Ruud Gullit during a 3–0 FA Cup defeat away to Chelsea. [174] Bruce subsequently defended his decision, as he had had two operations since leaving Aston Villa and needed time to recuperate, as well as the need to recover from the death of both his parents in 2018. [175] Newcastle UnitedThe story is so disjointed and the ending happens in a flash with lots of details hastily ties up (or not at all).

In 1987, he was chosen to captain the England B team in a match against the full national team of Malta, [33] but it was to be his only appearance in an England shirt, and he has subsequently been described as one of the best defenders of his era never to be selected for the full England team. [34] [35] [36] Bruce later stated, "I bumped into former England manager Bobby Robson in Benfica (sic). He came up to me and said 'I should have capped you'. It was nice to hear but it still didn't get me one .... I'll always be a little disappointed I didn't get one." [37] In 2014, Frank Lampard teamed up with the Premier League and National Literacy Trust to pen a series of books called Frankie's Magic Football.McMath, James (22 May 2015). "Relegation battle: Can Hull repeat escape at Newcastle's expense?". BBC Sport . Retrieved 24 May 2015. In 1999, Newcastle United boss Steve Bruce flirted with the idea of becoming a writer Credit: PA:Press Association Birmingham City 2006–2007: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016 . Retrieved 4 January 2016. Tottenham tie up Wilson Palacios deal; Steve Bruce bemoans loss of "right arm" ". Daily Mirror. London. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009 . Retrieved 27 May 2009. The front cover depicts this scene beautifully, except for the fact that Duffy looks like a giant super-imposed on a football pitch.

Sewell, Albert, ed. (1996). News of the World Football Annual 1996–97. Invincible Press. p.401. ISBN 978-0-00-218737-4.Classic Cup Finals: 1990". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012 . Retrieved 8 September 2008. Aston Villa: Steve Bruce appointed manager of Championship club". BBC Sport. 12 October 2016 . Retrieved 12 October 2016. Newcastle United Q&A: who is taking over and why are they controversial?". The Guardian. 7 October 2021 . Retrieved 16 October 2021. 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 Aston Villa name Stephen Clemence as first-team coach as trio exit". Sky Sports. 13 October 2016 . Retrieved 23 January 2017.

Millions of years ago, before man on earth, animals we now associate with tropical Africa roamed this area. They had to move, or perished, with the advance of the Ice Age. On 3 February 2022, Bruce was appointed manager of EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion, replacing Valérien Ismaël. Bruce signed an 18-month contract with West Brom who, at the time, were in sixth place in the Championship. [195] He left the role eight months later with the team 22nd in the division, their lowest league position for more than two decades. [196] Life outside football Personal life There were plenty of other players who could have done Le Tissier’s dirty work. Many midfielders with more England caps made a career out of that job. But no one even tried to build a team around Le Tissier in 1990s. His was an alien style of play and it is only in recent years that England have sussed out that a creative and inventive No.10 is exactly the type of player we need to be producing more. Just two decades too late for Le Tissier. Hughes, Rob (16 May 1994). "United worthy of place among elite – FA Cup". The Times. London . Retrieved 6 January 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 a b Tattum, Colin (16 October 2004). "Bruce in rage over "lies" ". Birmingham Evening Mail. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016 . Retrieved 28 February 2016– via Highbeam Research.