Timothy McCann (born 25 September 1971 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish semi-professional footballer, who played on the wing. His career included spells playing for Cliftonville, Glentoran Sligo Rovers and Ballymena.[1] He retired in December 2007 after suffering a broken knee ligament.[2]
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McCann first started playing for Cliftonville F.C. under Marty Quinn. McCann was one of Cliftonville's star players in the mid 1990s and was a member of the 1998 squad that won the Irish Premiership after 88 years. McCann then left Cliftonville at the end of the legendary season to join East Belfast club, Glentoran.
McCann was signed by Roy Coyle at the end of 1998. The Glens then won the Irish Premiership in 1999 which made McCann was the first man to win the back to back league trophies in the Irish League. McCann also won the Irish Cup, Irish League Cup and County Antrim Shield with the Glens before having injury problems in the early 2000s. New Glentoran manager Paul Millar recalled McCann into the squad after recovering from an injury. Having shown great courage and determination to battle back from a brace of cruciate injuries, he clocked up 661 appearances before retiring following a similar problem in December 2007.
After the departure of Alan McDonald and George Neill in 2010, McCann rejoined Glentoran as head coach alongside with manager and former team mate Scott Young and assistant Pete Beaty.