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4 unusual facts about Brian Joicey


Brian Joicey

During his time with Coventry Joicey was never an automatic selection for the first team and played a large amount of reserve team football as Neil Martin was preferred as first choice centre forward.

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Wednesday manager Derek Dooley was interested in signing City’s Dave Clements and watched him in a game, he was impressed with Joicey’s performance in the same game and it resulted in both players joining Wednesday on August 27 for a combined fee of £100,000.

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After retiring Brian opened "Brian Joicey Motors" a second hand car dealership on Middlewood Road, just half a mile from the Sheffield Wednesday ground and now works as a car salesman for a Honda franchise in the south of Sheffield.

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Barnsley organised a testimonial match against a combined Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United side to mark the end of his career with Mick Channon and David Speedie taking part amongst other stars.



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