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Which team did the player Brian Tinnion (footballer, born 1948) belong to from 1965 to 1968?
Brian Tinnion ( footballer , born 1948 ) Brian Tinnion ( born 11 June 1948 ) is an English retired Association football forward who played eleven seasons in the lower English divisions , four in the North American Soccer League , three in the American Soccer League and one in the Major Indoor Soccer League . He also coached professionally in the American Soccer League and National Professional Soccer League as well as at the collegiate level with Eastern Michigan University . He was the 1982 ASL league leading scorer and most valuable player ( MVP ) . Player . Tinnion began his career in 1965 with Workington A.F.C . which then played in the Third Division . However , the team dropped to the Fourth Division in 1967 . In 1968 , he transferred to fellow fourth division club Wrexham A.F.C . During the 1971–1972 season , he played three games on loan to Chester F.C. , but otherwise was a regular first team player with Wrexham during his eight seasons in Wales . In 1976 , he left Wrexham for the United States where he signed for the New York Cosmos , playing alongside Pele . He played one season in New York before being selected by Team Hawaii in the expansion draft . Hawaii lasted only one season before folding and the Colorado Caribous picked him up in the dispersal draft . He played twenty-four games with Colorado , scoring four goals in 1978 before being traded to the Detroit Express . The Express left the NASL following the 1980 season and moved to the second division American Soccer League . In 1982 , the Express won the league title as Tinnion led the league in scoring and was named the league MVP . That season , Tinnion coached the team as well as played midfielder . However , he was not listed as head coach as the league prohibited player-coaches . The league changed the rules in 1983 and Tinnion was named the official head coach for 1983 and 1984 . Tinnion also spent 1980–1981 Major Indoor Soccer League with the Wichita Wings . Coach . After retiring from playing , Tinnion remained in Detroit where he continued to coach . In 1990 , he was hired by the Detroit Rockers which played in the National Professional Soccer League . He was named the 1990–1991 Coach of the Year . The next season , he led the team to the league title . In December 1994 , he resigned from the Rockers to become the head coach at Eastern Michigan University until the university dropped mens soccer in 1999 . In December 2001 , Tinnion returned as the head coach of the Rockers , but the team folded at the end of the season . His son , Paul Tinnion , was head coach of the Eastern Michigan University womens soccer team and is now Director of Coaching of the Michigan Jaguars soccer club based in Novi , Michigan . Current . Tinnion now lives in the suburbs of Detroit with his wife Mary and his two sons , Joey and Kyle . He previously coached for the Michigan Revolution , Workington and the Grosse Pointe Mustangs . External links . - NASL/MISL Stats