- Brian Rice
Football player infobox| playername= Brian Rice
fullname = Brian Rice
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1963|10|11|df=y
cityofbirth =Bellshill
countryofbirth =Scotland
height = height|ft=6|in=0
currentclub = Falkirk (Assistant Manager)
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1979-1980 1980-1985 1985-1991 1991-1995 1995-1997 1997-1999 2000
clubs =Whitburn Central
Hibs Notingham Forest Falkirk Dunfermline Athletic Clyde Greenock Morton
caps(goals) = ? (?) 84 (11) 92 (9) 101 (8) 10 (0) 49 (2) 1 (0)
pcupdate = March 18, 2007Brian Rice (born 11 October 1963) is currently the Assistant Head Coach of
Falkirk F.C. , a football team in theScottish Premier League . He was formerly amidfielder for leading clubs inEngland andScotland .Playing career
Born in
Glasgow , Rice's playing career started at Hibernians. In August 1985, he was signed byBrian Clough and moved to play for Nottingham Forest. During his time there, Forest won theFootball League Cup twice, in 1989 and 1990. Although he was thought by some fans to lack pace, [ [http://www.bridportred.co.uk/Players/Players%20Q%20-%20R.htm Archive of Nottingham Forest results / players] ] he scored a memorable winning goal in the 6th round of theFA Cup against Arsenal in 1988. [ [http://www.bridportred.co.uk/Players/Players%20Q%20-%20R.htm Archive of Nottingham Forest results / players] ]Rice is still fondly remembered (perhaps ironically [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/sport/2004/05/forest_cult_heroes.shtml BBC page on Nottingham Forest's "Cult Heroes"] ] ) at the City Ground, with a chant to the tune of "Yellow Submarine": "Number one is Brian Rice, Number two is Brian Rice" (etc) with a chorus of "We all live in a world of Brian Rice." [ [http://nffcblog.com/2006/09/15/strange-chants-part-four/ Nottingham Forest supporter's website] ]
Whilst a Forest player, he had loan spells at Grimsby, West Bromwich Albion and Stoke.
In August 1991, he signed for Falkirk and played for them until the early part of the 1995-6 season. He played for Dunfermline and Clyde (two seasons at each). He left Clyde at the end of the 1999 season.
Managerial career
In 2000, Rice was appointed assistant manager at Morton (making one appearance as a player). He then became assistant manager at Airdrie before moving to Falkirk. Falkirk were the 2005 winners of the
Scottish Football League First Division .References
External links
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=8988 Rice's playing career statistics at Soccerbase.com (incomplete)]
* [http://www.bridportred.co.uk/Players/The%20Players.htm Rice's Nottingham Forest statistics]
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