Brian McGovern (footballer)

Brian McGovern
Personal information
Date of birth	April 28, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Cherry Orchard
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997-2000	Arsenal F.C.
1999-2000 (loan)	Queens Park Rangers
2000-2002	Norwich City F.C.
2002-2003	Peterborough United
2003	St Patrick's Athletic F.C.
2003-2004	Longford Town F.C.
2005	Shamrock Rovers
2005-2006	Bray Wanderers F.C. Fastnet Rovers
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian McGovern (born 28 April 1980 in Dublin) is a retired Irish footballer.

The former Irish U18 and U21 player had joined Arsenal as a trainee in summer 1997. He made a single appearance for Arsenal, as a substitute against Newcastle United on May 14, 2000, in which a youthful Arsenal side lost 4-2. While with the Gunners, McGovern also had a short loan spell with QPR. Norwich City manager Bryan Hamilton signed McGovern for a fee of £50,000 in August 2000.

McGovern was unable to establish himself in the first team at Carrow Road, scoring once against Tranmere Rovers,^[1] and was released in October 2002. He joined Peterborough United but after failing to establish himself there also, and returned to Ireland when a move to Inverness Caledonian Thistle fell through. Briefly with St Patricks Athletic before going to Longford Town, where again a move to Calley fell through in autumn 2004.

Signed by the seasiders from Shamrock Rovers, who had signed him on loan from Longford Town, where he had failed to command a place.

Brian McGovern departed from Bray Wanderers in December 2006 having made a total of 40 appearances.

He made his Rovers debut on 25 March 2005.

Sources

Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7

References

^ "Tranmere 0-1 Norwich". BBC. 14 April 2001. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

External links

[1] "Tranmere 0-1 Norwich". BBC. 14 April 2001. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

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