Complex sentence: Irvine began his career with Blackburn United but also on School boy forms with Hibernian later signing at 16 on professional forms until 18, but failed to make a senior appearance for the Easter Road side and moved on to Whitburn Juniors before joining Falkirk in 1983.
Split into simpler sentences: Irvine began his career with Blackburn United, but was also on Schoolboy forms with Hibernian, before signing at 16 on professional forms until 18. Irvine failed to make a senior appearance for the Easter Road side and moved to Whitburn Juniors, before joining Falkirk in 1983.