years clubs caps goals birth_place position birth_date article_title name
1976-1979 1979-1986 1986 1986-1988 bury huddersfield town → wrexham -lrb- loan -rrb- rochdale 83 209 8 49 14 45 0 4 liverpool , england midfielder 7 february 1956 brian stanton -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 brian stanton
brian stanton -lrb- footballer -rrb-

brian stanton -lrb- born 7 february 1956 in liverpool -rrb- is an english former professional footballer who played in the football league for bury , huddersfield town , wrexham and rochdale .
before becoming professional he was an amateur footballer in the local liverpool leagues and also played a number of games for new brighton .
in november 1975 he joined bury on amateur forms , for whom he later signed professional forms in march 1976 at the age of 20 , following the conclusion of his engineering apprenticeship .
an energetic and hardworking midfielder for bury , huddersfield town -lrb- wrexham on loan for one month in 85/86 season -rrb- and rochdale .
he also had a short period at the then non-league morecambe before going back to the professional ranks for a couple of seasons with rochdale until 1988 when he was released by the then manager , ex-leeds legend , eddie gray .
having left rochdale he later had a couple of seasons with the famous but now defunct , colne dynamoes .
according to the huddersfield daily examiner , although not confirmed , he is widely believed to hold the record for the fastest hat-trick -lrb- 6mins -rrb- for a player that is n't a striker of four goals in the game against local rivals bradford city in a 6-3 win on 1 january 1983 .
