[4] In August 1984 he joined Port Vale on loan, and scored three goals in six Fourth Division appearances for John Rudge's "Valiants".

[1] Brazil was sold on to Preston North End for £25,000 in August 1985 but could not prevent Tommy Booth's "Lilywhites" from being relegated out of the Third Division.

However, Preston narrowly missed out on a Wembley cup final when they lost to Burnley in the Football League Trophy semi-final.

However, Brazil had already departed, having been picked up by Newcastle United for a fee of £200,000 (of which half was made up in a swap deal with Ian Bogie) in February 1989.

Manager Jim Smith gave him just five starts in 1989–90 behind strike partners Mark McGhee and Micky Quinn in the first-team pecking order at St James' Park.

After retiring as a player, Brazil joined Notts County as a coach and then as assistant manager to Sam Allardyce.

[6] Following Allardyce's departure to Bolton Wanderers in October 1999, Brazil was prompted to take charge of a "Magpies" team that was enjoying a promising start to the season.

[7] He did receive a second chance at the helm between October and November 2001 after Scott was sacked following repeated clashes with the board,[8] but this short reign was ended abruptly when Brazil was fired after failing to win a game over five weeks.

[9] In May 2012, he was appointed as a youth team coach at Nottingham Forest, replacing the departed Eoin Jess; he was to work alongside Steve Chettle.

[14] He was named as EFL manager of the week after overseeing a 3–0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion at the City Ground on 4 March, having changed the game with his substitution of Zach Clough.

[15] However, after Forest underwent a series of five defeats in seven games the club appointed Mark Warburton as first-team manager on 14 March.

It is a fantastic opportunity for the club and it will be really exciting for the staff and players to challenge themselves at the elite end of academy football.