Brian Linighan

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{about|the footballer born in 1973|his father|Brian Linighan (footballer, born 1936)}}

{{BLP sources|date=March 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Brian Linighan

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1973|11|2}}

| birth_place = Hartlepool, England

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| height = {{height|m=1.86}}

| position = Defender

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| years1 = 1993–1998

| years2 = 1998–2000

| years3 = 2000

| years4 = 2000–2001

| years5 = 2001–2003

| years6 = 2003–2005

| years7 = 2005–2006

| clubs1 = Sheffield Wednesday

| clubs2 = Bury

| clubs3 = Hallam

| clubs4 = Gainsborough Trinity

| clubs5 = Worksop Town

| clubs6 = Whitby Town

| clubs7 = Sunderland Nissan

| caps1 = 1

| caps2 = 3

| caps3 = ?

| caps4 = ?

| caps5 = 52

| caps6 = 61

| caps7 = ?

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = ?

| goals4 = ?

| goals5 = 7

| goals6 = 2

| goals7 = ?

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Brian Linighan (born 2 November 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He started his career at Sheffield Wednesday, making just one appearance on 11 January 1994{{cite web

|url=http://www.adrianbullock.com/swfc/stats/play0702.htm

|title=Brian Linighan}} and was sold to Bury in 1998. After that, he played for non-league sides Gainsborough Trinity, Worksop Town and Whitby Town. He is the younger brother of former Arsenal defender Andy Linighan and former Ipswich Town defender David Linighan, and has a twin brother John. Their father, also named Brian Linighan, was himself a professional footballer.{{cite web|url=http://archive.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/2001/5/11/171217.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701154933/http://archive.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/2001/5/11/171217.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2012 |title=New season will begin again minus a Linighan |work= The Northern Echo|date=11 May 2001 |accessdate=16 November 2020}}