| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Roy Honeywood[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1949-05-08)8 May 1949[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Chelmsford, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 3 March 2024(2024-03-03) (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Chelmsford, England | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chelmsford City | |||
| 1965–1968 | Ipswich Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1969 | Colchester United | 17 | (0) |
| 1969–1970 | Chelmsford City | ||
| Canterbury City | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1978 | Chelmsford City (caretaker) | ||
| 1989–1992 | Braintree Town (joint) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Brian Roy Honeywood (8 May 1949 – 3 March 2024)[2] was an Englishfootballer who played inthe Football League as adefender forColchester United.
Born inChelmsford, Honeywood played for hometown clubChelmsford City as an apprentice, before joiningIpswich Town,[3] going on to make 100 youth team appearances and 46 reserve team appearances, however Honeywood never broke into the first-team at the club.[4]
Honeywood joinedColchester United in the summer of 1968,[1] making his first-team debut on the opening day of the1968–69 season, a 4–0 loss toBrentford on 10 August 1968.[5] Honeywood went on to make 18 league appearances during his single season with the club.[6] He made his final appearance in the final game of the season on 2 May 1969, a 2–0 away defeat toNotts County[7] before joining Chelmsford City in 1969.[1]
At Chelmsford, Honeywood made 51 appearances in all competitions during the1969–70 season as the club finished third in theSouthern League. Following his release at the end of the campaign, Honeywood signed forCanterbury City, before retiring to focus on his hairdressing business.[3]
Following the resignation ofOllie Hopkins as Chelmsford City manager in November 1978, Honeywood was appointed caretaker manager of the club. Honeywood presided over two games as caretaker manager for Chelmsford, losing 5–0 againstDover in theSouthern League and losing 10–2 againstBarking in theFA Trophy. Following the defeat against Barking, Chelmsford's heaviest defeat in the club's history, Honeywood was replaced as caretaker manager by Don Walker, who also acted as caretaker manager, before the appointment of formerBillericay Town manager John Newman in a permanent capacity.[8]
Honeywood later managedBraintree Town alongsidePeter Collins, before leaving in 1992.[9] Together the pair managed 120 games for Braintree over the course of three years.[3]
Following his time at Braintree, Honeywood acted as director of football for Chelmsford City duringGary Bellamy's management of the club.[3] Honeywood was later director of football atMaldon Town.[10]
Following his playing career, Honeywood worked for Professional Active Soccer Schools (PASS) as a coach alongside his son Lee, who was also on the books with Ipswich, but also failed to break into the first-team at the club, being forced to retire early through injury.[11]
In March 2024, Chelmsford City announced Honeywood had died. He was 74.[3]