Brian Yeo

Brian George Yeo ( born April 12, 1944 in Worthing ) is a former English footballer. The striker scored 1963-1975 136 league goals for Gillingham FC, making record goalscorer of the club.

Career

Brian Yeo went through the junior section of Portsmouth FC and signed his first professional contract there in 1961. Until his departure in 1963 Yeo had no professional use for Portsmouth and was taken in the wake of Freddie Cox to the fourth division FC Gillingham. After he. During the first two seasons, despite a hit on his league debut for Gillingham, mostly came in reserve for use, he distinguished himself from the season 1965/66 for the now in the Third Division Ascended club as a regular scorer from

After the descent in the 1970/71 season, Yeo helped Gillingham with 31 goals in the 1973/74 season to a rebirth. His 31 goals this season were best value in all four seasons of the Football League, at the same time he put the internal association season record by Ernie Morgan a, who also scored 31 league goals in 1954/55. His performance this season brought him together with full-back David Peach a calling in the PFA Team of the Year. Yeo was the second player after Brian Gibbs, who scored over 100 goals for the Gills in the Football League and the Football League with 136 hits scorer of the club.

After his career end Yeo ran a newspaper stand and coached the amateur clubs FC Folkestone (1975-1978) and Canterbury City ( 1979-1984 ).