Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mitch Ronnie Brundle [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 4 December 1994||
Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder [4] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lydd Town | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2012 | Yeovil Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2012–2013 | Yeovil Town | 0 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Bristol City | 0 | (0) |
2014 | → Cheltenham Town (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Braintree Town | 77 | (7) |
2016 | → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Gateshead | 34 | (2) |
2017–2019 | Dover Athletic | 91 | (12) |
2019–2021 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 44 | (9) |
2021–2022 | Barnet | 22 | (3) |
2022 | Farnborough | 14 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Dover Athletic | 17 | (0) |
2024– | Lydd Town | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2023 | Dover Athletic | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:16, 17 January 2024 (UTC) |
Mitch Ronnie Brundle (born 4 December 1994) is an English professional football manager and player, who plays as a midfielder for Southern Counties East League Premier Division club Lydd Town.
Brundle was born in Croydon, London. [3] He joined League One club Yeovil Town as a first-year scholar in May 2011, having formerly been a member of the youth systems of Millwall and Cambridge United. [5] Following the completion of his two-year scholarship, he was released along with his fellow scholars. [6]
Following his release by Yeovil, Brundle signed for League One club Bristol City.[ citation needed] On 31 January 2014, Brundle joined League Two club Cheltenham Town on loan until the end of the season. [7] Brundle made his Football League debut in a 1–0 victory against Newport County on 22 February 2014. [8] Brundle returned from his loan spell at Cheltenham having made seven appearances for the League Two club.[ citation needed] At the end of the 2013–14 season, Brundle was released by Bristol City after failing to make an appearance. [9]
Brundle signed for Conference Premier club Braintree Town on 30 July 2014 on a one-year contract. [10]
On 15 January 2016, Brundle joined National League South club Hemel Hempstead Town on loan for one month. [11]
Brundle signed for Braintree's fellow National League club Gateshead on 27 June 2016 on a one-year contract. [12] He was released by Gateshead after just one season at the club. [13]
Following his release from Gateshead, Brundle signed for fellow National League club Dover Athletic on 28 May 2017 on a two-year contract. [14]
Brundle signed for Dover's National League rivals Dagenham & Redbridge on 26 June 2019 on a two-year contract. [15] He was released by Dagenham along with five others in June 2021 following the expiration of his contract. [16]
Brundle signed for Barnet in July 2021 on a two-year contract. [17] He left the club in January 2022 by mutual consent. [18]
The following month he joined Farnborough. [19] Despite gaining promotion with the club, it was announced that Brundle would leave at the end of his contract in June. [20]
On 2 July 2022, Brundle returned to Dover Athletic following their relegation to the National League South, taking on the role of player/assistant manager. [21] Following the departure of Andy Hessenthaler in January 2023, Brundle was given joint-caretaker charge of the first-team with academy manager Mike Sandmann. [22] He was given the job on a permanent basis on 16 January 2023, making him the youngest manager ever in English football. [23] On 5 December 2023, Brundle was sacked with the club sitting in 23rd position, ten points from safety having accumulated just twelve points from twenty-one matches. [24]
In January 2024, Brundle returned to his playing career with SCEFL Premier Division club Lydd Town. [25]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Yeovil Town | 2011–12 [26] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012–13 [27] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bristol City | 2013–14 [8] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cheltenham Town (loan) | 2013–14 [8] | League Two | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Braintree Town | 2014–15 [28] | Conference Premier | 43 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 48 | 4 | |
2015–16 [28] | National League | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 [b] | 0 | 39 | 3 | ||
Total | 77 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 7 | ||
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) | 2015–16 [28] | National League South | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Gateshead | 2016–17 [28] | National League | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 37 | 3 | |
Dover Athletic | 2017–18 [28] | National League | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 [a] | 1 | 51 | 5 | |
2018–19 [28] | National League | 45 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 [a] | 0 | 50 | 8 | ||
Total | 91 | 12 | 4 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 101 | 13 | |||
Dagenham & Redbridge | 2019–20 [28] | National League | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 [a] | 2 | 31 | 8 | |
2020–21 [28] | National League | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | ||
Total | 44 | 9 | 4 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 51 | 13 | |||
Barnet | 2021–22 [28] | National League | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
Farnborough | 2021–22 [28] | SFL Premier Division South | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 [c] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
Career total | 293 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 327 | 38 |