Brian McGlinchey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Kevin McGlinchey | ||
| Date of birth | 26 October 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Derry, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left-back | ||
| 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 | 67 | (2) |
| 2003 | → Torquay United (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Torquay United | 58 | (0) |
| Total | 168 | (4) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998–1999 | Northern Ireland under-21 | 14 | (0) |
| 1999 | Northern Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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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-21's and one cap for the Northern Ireland B team.
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.
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.
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, and 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.
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