Brian McPhee (born 23 October 1970 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish retired footballer who last played for Wishaw Juniors. He had a long career as a striker in the

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with several clubs.

Career

McPhee joined Queen's Park in 1993 and turned professional with

Airdrieonians Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United ...

in 1996. During his time at Airdrie, McPhee narrowly missed out on promotion to the

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when the club lost in an end of season play-off to Hibernian in 1997. After growing dissatisfied with his regular use as a substitute by manager Alex MacDonald, McPhee rejected a new contract offer from Airdrie and after trials in Greece and Holland, signed for

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in July 1998. Livingston won the Division One title in 2001 however after not featuring in the early matches of the following seasons Premier Division campaign, McPhee asked to be placed on the transfer list. He subsequently moved on a month's loan to Clyde before joining Hamilton Academical in November 2001. In 2002 McPhee (who is of mixed race) was subjected to racist abuse from a supporter while playing for Hamilton against

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. During his spell at Hamilton McPhee went part-time after commencing training with

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in Glasgow. He was in attendance in the aftermath of the Stockline Plastics factory explosion in 2004. McPhee joined

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in 2005 and after further spells at

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(on loan) and Dumbarton, he moved on to Junior football with Bathgate Thistle and

Cambuslang Rangers Cambuslang Rangers Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire. Nicknamed ''The Lang'', ''Camby'' or ''The Wee Gers'', were formed in 1899, they play at Somervell Park and wear blue strips (uniforms). They ...

. After a spell playing local amateur football with Kirkhill AFC, McPhee joined Wishaw Juniors in April 2013. He retired in 2014 to concentrate on his career as a firefighter, and became involved in charity fundraising for impoverished people in Kenya after visiting the country.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McPhee, Brian 1970 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish footballers Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players Livingston F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. players Stranraer F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Scottish Football League players Footballers from Rutherglen Scottish Junior Football Association players Bathgate Thistle F.C. players Cambuslang Rangers F.C. players Wishaw F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players British firefighters Men's association football forwards Black British sportsmen