| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian McGlinchey | ||
| Date of birth | 26 October 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Derry, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995–1998 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Port Vale | 15 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | Gillingham | 14 | (1) |
| 2000–2004 | Plymouth Argyle | 68 | (2) |
| 2003 | → Torquay United (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Torquay United | 58 | (0) |
| Total | 169 | (4) | |
| National team | |||
| Northern Ireland under-21 | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Brian McGlinchey (born 26 October, 1977) is a retired Northern Irish 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.
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 a four year spell 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.
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McGlinchey started his career with Manchester City in 1995, he never made a first team appearance in his three seasons with the club. In June 1998, Port Vale of the First Division signed the 20 year old. He played 16 games for Vale during the 1998–99 season, bagging his first senior goal in a 2–1 defeat at Oxford United on 21 November 1998.
He dropped into the Second Division with Gillingham in August 1999 and played 13 games of the 1999–2000 promotion season. He made just one appearance in the First Division before dropping down two tiers to the Third Division with Plymouth Argyle in December 2000.
He made over 50 appearances for the Pilgrims as they climbed the Football League pyramid and started the 2003–04 season on loan with Division 3 Torquay United[1] as Argyle were chasing promotion in Division 2. In January 2004 he made the move to Plainmoor permanently[2] and became a first team regular.
Signing a 12 month contract in January 2005[3] he picked up a hamstring injury two months later.[4] After a further medical examination in April his injury turned out actually to be a slipped disc.[5] An operation was necessary[6] and in September 2005 he went under the knife.[7] However this did not solve the problem and he was forced to retire in May 2006.[8]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1995–96 | Manchester City | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996–97 | Manchester City | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997–98 | Manchester City | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998–99[9] | Port Vale | First Division | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 1999–2000[10] | Gillingham | Second Division | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 3 |
| 2000–01[11] | Gillingham | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000–01[11] | Plymouth Argyle | Premier League | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 2001–02[12] | Plymouth Argyle | Third Division | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| 2002–03[13] | Plymouth Argyle | Third Division | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 2003–04[14] | Plymouth Argyle | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003–04[14] | Torquay United | Third Division | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 2004–05[15] | Torquay United | League One | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 2005–06[16] | Torquay United | League Two | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | England | 169 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 195 | 5 | |
| Career total | 169 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 195 | 5 | ||