David Brightwell

David Brightwell

Personal information
Full name	David John Brightwell
Date of birth	7 January 1971 (1971-01-07) (age 40)
Place of birth	Lutterworth, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Manchester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1988–1995	Manchester City	44	(1)
1991	→ Chester City (loan)	6	(0)
1995	→ Lincoln City (loan)	5	(0)
1995	→ Stoke City (loan)	1	(0)
1995	→ Bradford City (loan)	1	(0)
1995–1997	Bradford City	24	(0)
1996–1997	→ Blackpool (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		259	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

David John Brightwell (born 7 January 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played in defence for ten clubs.

Biography

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.

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.

Honours

As a player

Manchester City

• Second Division runner-up: 1988–89

on leaving football became a fireman

References

1. ^ David Brightwell's entry at Sporting Heroes
2. ^ Metcalf, Rupert (10 May 1999). "Carlisle raise a Glass to survival - Carlisle United 2 Plymouth Argyle 1". London: The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-carlisle-raise-a-glass-to-survival--carlisle-united-----2--plymouth-argyle-----1-1092696.html. Retrieved 14 August 2009. 

External links

• David Brightwell career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
Name	Brightwell, David John
Alternative names	Brightwell, David
Short description	Football (soccer) player
Date of birth	January 7, 1971
Place of birth	Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England
Date of death
Place of death