David Brightwell

David John Brightwell (born 7 January 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as defender from 1988 to 2002.

David Brightwell
Personal information
Full name David John Brightwell
Date of birth (1971-01-07) 7 January 1971
Place of birth Lutterworth, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1995 Manchester City 43 (1)
1991Chester City (loan) 6 (0)
1995Lincoln City (loan) 5 (0)
1995Stoke City (loan) 1 (0)
1995Bradford City (loan) 1 (0)
1995–1997 Bradford City 23 (0)
1996–1997Blackpool (loan) 2 (0)
1997–1998 Northampton Town 35 (1)
1998–2000 Carlisle United 78 (4)
2000–2001 Hull City 27 (2)
2001–2002 Darlington 36 (0)
Total 257 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He notably played Premier League football for Manchester City and went on to play in the Football League for Chester City, Lincoln City, Stoke City, Bradford City, Blackpool, Northampton Town, Carlisle United, Hull City and Darlington.

Playing career

Brightwell played for ten professional clubs during his long career. He started at Manchester City, where he had been a trainee. He played 44 league games but also had loans spell at Chester City, Lincoln City, Stoke City and Bradford City.[1]

He joined Bradford permanently in December 1995 for £30,000 and took part in their 1995–96 promotion season. He spent a period on loan at Blackpool before he signed on a free transfer for Northampton Town. He made further free transfers to Carlisle United and Hull City before signing for his final club Darlington in February 2001. Whilst at Carlisle, he played a part in one of the most dramatic footballing moments of all time. With Carlisle needing to beat Plymouth Argyle on the last day of the season to avoid relegation from the Football League, Brightwell equalised from 25 yards when they fell behind and this paved the way for Jimmy Glass, their goalkeeper, to score the winner in injury time.[2]

Brightwell played a total of 258 league games during his career, scoring eight goals.

Personal life

Brightwell was born in Lutterworth, England. He is the son of Olympic gold medalist Ann Packer and 400m runner Robbie Brightwell and brother of footballer Ian Brightwell. He now works as a fireman.[3]

Career statistics

Source:[4]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 1990–91 First Division 0000000000
1991–92 First Division 4000000040
1992–93 Premier League 80200000100
1993–94 Premier League 221101000241
1994–95 Premier League 90412000151
1995–96 Premier League 0000000000
Chester City (loan) 1990–91 Third Division 6000000060
Lincoln City (loan) 1995–96 Third Division 5000002070
Stoke City (loan) 1995–96 First Division 1000001020
Bradford City 1995–96 Second Division 220100020250
1996–97 First Division 2000000020
Blackpool (loan) 1996–97 Second Division 2000000020
Northampton Town 1997–98 Second Division 351502030451
Carlisle United 1998–99 Third Division 414102010454
1999–2000 Third Division 370102020420
Hull City 2000–01 Third Division 272202010322
Darlington 2000–01 Third Division 140000000140
2001–02 Third Division 220401010280
Career Total 25782111201303039
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League Trophy.

Honours

As a player

Manchester City

References

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