Brian McGlinchey

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Brian McGlinchey
Personal information
Full name Brian Kevin McGlinchey [1]
Date of birth (1977-10-26) 26 October 1977 (age 46) [2]
Place of birth Derry, Northern Ireland [1]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [1]
Position(s) Left-back [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1998 Manchester City 0 (0)
1998–1999 Port Vale 15 (1)
1999–2000 Gillingham 14 (1)
2000–2004 Plymouth Argyle 67 (2)
2003Torquay United (loan) 14 (0)
2004–2006 Torquay United 58 (0)
Total168(4)
International career
1998–1999 Northern Ireland under-21 14 (0)
1999 Northern Ireland B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Kevin McGlinchey (born 26 October 1977) is a Northern Irish former football defender. He made a total of 195 competitive appearances in an eleven-year career as a professional player before he was forced to retire in 2006, aged 28, due to injury. He also won 14 caps for Northern Ireland under-21s and one cap for the Northern Ireland B team. [1]

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Born in Derry, Northern Ireland, he started his career with Manchester City but joined Port Vale in 1998, having never made a first-team appearance at City. The next year, he moved on to Gillingham before he signed with Plymouth Argyle in 2000. He enjoyed four years with Plymouth before he joined Torquay United in 2004, having spent some time on loan at the club the previous year. He stayed with Torquay until his retirement two years later. His honours included three promotion campaigns, once each with Gillingham, Plymouth, and Torquay.

Career

Manchester City and Port Vale

McGlinchey started his career with Manchester City in 1995 but never made a first-team appearance in his three seasons with the club. In June 1998, he was signed by Port Vale manager John Rudge. He played 15 First Division games for "Valiants" during the 1998–99 season, bagging his first senior goal in a 2–1 defeat at Oxford United on 21 November 1998.

Gillingham

He was released by manager Brian Horton and subsequently joined Peter Taylor's Second Division side Gillingham in August 1999. He started just six games in the 1999–2000 promotion season. He did not feature in the play-off final victory over Wigan Athletic. He made just one appearance in the First Division under new boss Andy Hessenthaler before he left Priestfield Stadium, dropping down two tiers to the Third Division with Plymouth Argyle in December 2000.

Plymouth Argyle

He featured 22 times at left-back in 2000–01, as Paul Sturrock's "Pilgrims" posted a mid-table finish. He then made 29 league appearances in 2001–02, as Plymouth topped the Third Division table; his contribution was limited after he broke his foot. [2] He was limited to 21 appearances at Home Park in 2002–03 by new signing Hasney Aljofree, [2] and played no part of the club's success in 2003–04. He was instead loaned out to Third Division side Torquay United in October 2003, [3] with the deal being made permanent in January 2004. [4] A poll in 2019 saw him voted the club's 19th greatest ever full-back by fans, who nicknamed him "Mad Dog". [5] [6]

Torquay United

He played 34 league games in 2003–04, as the "Gulls" secured promotion into League One. Manager Leroy Rosenior could not keep the Plainmoor club in the third tier, however, and McGlinchey played 37 games as Torquay were relegated into League Two in 2004–05. He signed a 12-month contract in January 2005, [7] but picked up a hamstring injury two months later. [8] After a further medical examination in April his injury turned out actually to be a slipped disc. [9] An operation was necessary, [10] and in September 2005 he went under the knife. [11] However, this did not solve the problem and he was forced to retire in May 2006. [12]

Later life

Having passed qualifications after subsidisations from the PFA during his time at Plymouth Argyle, McGlinchey became a mortgage adviser and went on to manage ten other mortgage advisors at Lloyds Bank in Plymouth. [13] He also commentated on Plymouth Argyle games for BBC Radio Devon. [14] However, he continued to suffer with sciatic pain from the injury that ended his playing career and has a constant loss of feeling in his left leg. [13] As of November 2018, he is married with three children. [13]

Career statistics

SeasonClubDivisionLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 1995–96 [15] Premier League 0000000000
1996–97 [16] First Division 0000000000
1997–98 [17] First Division0000000000
Total0000000000
Port Vale 1998–99 [18] First Division151101000171
Gillingham 1999–2000 [19] Second Division 13141401 [lower-alpha 1] 0223
2000–01 [20] First Division1000000010
Total141414010233
Plymouth Argyle 2000–01 [20] Third Division 18000002 [lower-alpha 1] 0200
2001–02 [21] Third Division29130101 [lower-alpha 1] 0341
2002–03 [22] Second Division19120002 [lower-alpha 1] 0231
2003–04 [23] Second Division0000000000
Total672501070772
Torquay United 2003–04 [23] Third Division340000000340
2004–05 [24] League One 33010102 [lower-alpha 1] 0370
2005–06 [25] League Two 5000000050
Total720101020760
Career total168411170601935
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.

Honours

Plymouth Argyle

Torquay United

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