Brian Rice

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Brian Rice
Personal information
Full name Brian Rice
Date of birth 11 October 1963 (1963-10-11) (age 44)
Place of birth    Bellshill, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Falkirk (Assistant Manager)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1979-1980
1980-1985
1985-1991
1991-1995
1995-1997
1997-1999
2000
 Whitburn Central
Hibs
Notingham Forest
Falkirk
Dunfermline Athletic
Clyde
Greenock Morton		  ? (?)
84 (11)
92 (9)
101 (8)
10 (0)
49 (2)
1 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of March 18, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Brian Rice is currently the Assistant Head Coach of Falkirk F.C., a football team in the Scottish Premier League. He was formerly a midfielder for leading clubs in England and Scotland.

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[edit] Playing career

Born in Glasgow, Rice's playing career started at Hibernians. In August 1985, he was signed by Brian Clough and moved to play for Nottingham Forest. During his time there, Forest won the Football League Cup twice, in 1989 and 1990. Although he was thought by some fans to lack pace,[1] he scored a memorable winning goal in the 6th round of the FA Cup against Arsenal in 1988.[2]

Rice is still fondly remembered (perhaps ironically[3]) at the City Ground, with a chant to the tune of Yellow Submarine: "Number one is Brian Rice, Number two is Brian Rice" (etc) with a chorus of "We all live in a world of Brian Rice."[4]

Whilst a Forest player, he had loan spells at Grimsby, West Bromwich Albion and Stoke.

In August 1991, he signed for Falkirk and played for them until the early part of the 1995-6 season. He played for Dunfermline and Clyde (two seasons at each). He left Clyde at the end of the 1999 season.

[edit] Managerial career

In 2000, Rice was appointed assistant manager at Morton (making one appearance as a player). He then became assistant manager at Airdrie before moving to Falkirk. Falkirk were the 2005 winners of the Scottish Football League First Division.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Archive of Nottingham Forest results / players
  2. ^ Archive of Nottingham Forest results / players
  3. ^ BBC page on Nottingham Forest's "Cult Heroes"
  4. ^ Nottingham Forest supporter's website

[edit] External links

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