Brian Joy

Football player infobox
playername= Brian Joy
fullname = Brian William Joy
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1951|2|26|mf=y
cityofbirth = Salford, Lancashire
countryofbirth = England
position = Right Back
years = 1968-1969
1969-1970
1970-1972
1972-1972
1973-1976
1976
1976-1977
1977
1977-1978
1978
1980
1980-1981
clubs = Blackburn Rovers
Torquay United
Tranmere Rovers
Doncaster Rovers
Exeter City
San Diego Jaws
York City
Las Vegas Quicksilver
Macclesfield Town
San Diego Sockers
Cleveland Cobras
San Francisco Fog
caps(goals) = 0 (0)
27 (0)
21 (1)
34 (1)
90 (2)
24 (3)
18 (0)
30 (2)

Brian William Joy (born February 26, 1951 in Salford, Lancashire) is an English former professional football right-back.

Joy began his career as an apprentice with Coventry City playing in the 1967/68 FA Youth Cup Final against Burnley, losing 3-2 on aggregate in the 2 home and away ties, but turned professional on joining Blackburn Rovers in August 1968. He failed to break into the first team at Ewood Park and left to join Torquay United in August 1969, making his league debut early the following season in a 5:1 win against Tranmere Rovers. He played 26 times for Allan Brown's side before moving to Tranmere Rovers in June 1970. He played the first 21 games of the following season, but then suffered a bad leg injury in a car accident losing part of his right knee cap, this injury kept him out of football for 18 months before Maurice Setters an old friend from his Coventry days, the then manager of Doncaster gave him the chance to join Doncaster Rovers in July 1972. He joined Rovers as a right-back, but in his one season with them played in eight different positions, playing 34 games before joining Exeter City in July 1973.

After 90 games for the Grecians, scoring twice, he moved to the NASL to spend the 1976 season with the San Diego Jaws. In September 1976 he returned to the UK, joining York City, playing 18 times before spending the 1977 NASL season with Las Vegas Quicksilver. On his return to the UK he joined Macclesfield Town, spending one final season in the NASL with the renamed San Diego Sockers in 1978.

He then suffured another injury set back after 5 games of the 1978 season with San Diego Sockers hurting his right knee again, that resulted in the remaining part of the right knee cap being removed by top San Diego surgeon Ed Kruesser.

He then returned to playing in 1980 captaining the Cleveland Cobras of the American Soccer League (ASL) and then joined the San Francisco Fog of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for the 1980-1981 indoor season. He scored 9 goals and added 15 assists, before retiring from professional football at the end of that season.

He now lives near Edinburgh in Scotland UK and is a successful Business Man, Father and Grandfather.