Brett Angell

Angell started his career as a defender at Second Division side Portsmouth, but never made the first-team and was released in 1987. It wasn't until he joined Cheltenham Town in July 1987 that Angell was converted from defender to a striker by the club's then manager John Murphy, who had discovered the player at a 6-a-side game. He scored 22 goals in 1987–88, becoming the Conference club's top-scorer. In February 1988, he was signed by Arthur Cox at First Division club Derby County for a fee of £45,000. He never played in the Derby first-team and was instead sold to Asa Hartford's Stockport County for a club-record £33,000 fee in October 1988. He struggled to break into the first-team at the Fourth Division club, but found his shooting boots when new manager Danny Bergara took over in March 1989. During the 1989–90 season, he scored four goals in one game against Hartlepool United. He finished the campaign with 23 goals in 43 league starts to become the division's top-scorer. However, following defeat to Chesterfield in the play-offs he handed in a transfer request. Angell switched to Southend United, who had won promotion into the Third Division after finishing one point and one place ahead of County. Stockport wanted £250,000 for the player, but Southend only offered £15,000 – a Football League tribunal later set the fee at £100,000, though Stockport had to pay Derby £19,500 as part of an agreed sell-on clause. He formed an effective partnership with target-man Ian Benjamin…

Angell worked as a youth team coach at Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth. However, his tenure as youth and reserve team coach at Portsmouth lasted only five months, and he was relieved of his position in April 2006. After a similar position at Bolton Wanderers, Angell then worked as a Coach Educator, teaching coaching courses for the Football Association, before taking up a Central Football regional coaching job in New Zealand. He was appointed head coach at New Zealand Football Championship club Hawke's Bay United in September 2014. Some players made it known that they would have preferred incumbent head coach Chris Greatholder to have stayed, and were released by Angell. He took the club to third in 2014–15 and second in 2015–16, though he faced continued speculation over his future at the club. In May 2019 he confirmed that he would not take up the club's offer to reapply for the position.

He is the brother of fellow professional footballer, Darren Angell.

Southend United

Football League Third Division second-place promotion: 1990–91 Stockport County

Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1996–97 Preston North End

Football League Second Division: 1999–2000 Walsall

Football League Second Division play-offs: 2001 Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 1990–91 Third Division Southend United Player of the Year: 1991–92 Stockport County Hall of Fame inductee: 2002 Cheltenham Town 50 Greats: published November 2006