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Alan Kernaghan played for which team from 2005 to 2006?
Alan Kernaghan Alan Nigel Kernaghan ( born 25 April 1967 ) is a professional football player and manager . As a player , he was a defender from 1985 to 2006 , notably in the Premier League for Manchester City and in the Football League for Middlesbrough , Charlton Athletic , Bolton Wanderers and Bradford City . He played the final nine years of his career playing in Scotland with St Johnstone , Brechin City , Clyde , Livingston , Falkirk and Dundee . He was capped 26 times by Republic of Ireland , scoring one goal . During his coaching career , Kernaghan has managed Scottish clubs Clyde and Dundee , and Glentoran in the Northern Irish league , which he resigned from after an embarrassing 3–2 defeat to struggling Championship side Annagh United . He has also worked for other clubs in a variety of coaching roles . Club career . Born in Otley , West Yorkshire , England , he moved with his family to Bangor , County Down at the age of four . Kernaghan represented Northern Ireland at schoolboy level and the Republic of Ireland at senior level . Kernaghan began his playing career as an apprentice at Middlesbrough , and went on to make 212 appearances during an eight-year period , scoring 16 goals . In September 1993 , Kernaghan was signed for Manchester City by then-boss Brian Horton . He went on loan to various clubs—Bolton Wanderers in 1994 , Bradford City in 1996 , and then to St Johnstone in 1997 . The Saints signed him on a permanent deal just before the end of the year , after he was given a free transfer from Manchester City . He enjoyed four years at McDiarmid Park , making 60 league appearances and scoring five goals . Kernaghan then joined Brechin City , but he made only three competitive appearances for the club . He then moved to Clyde , where he started as a player but was promoted to a player/manager role in the 2003–04 season . He guided Clyde to a second-placed finish in the First Division , behind Inverness Caley Thistle , a division which they led for the majority of the season . Kernaghan made 63 appearances for Clyde as a player , scoring three goals . His next move was to Livingston as assistant manager to Allan Preston . Kernaghan was on a player/assistant manager role at the club , making four first team appearances for Livingston , but he was sacked along with Preston after a poor run of results . Kernaghan next moved to Falkirk , where he took up a player/coach role . He made nine appearances for the Bairns but left the club on 2 September 2005 . International career . Brought up in Bangor , Northern Ireland , he played for Northern Ireland Schoolboys six times . However , as the Irish Football Association policy at the time did not select players who were not or whose parents were not born in Northern Ireland , he wasnt selected for the senior team . Due to his grandmother being an Irish citizen he was entitled to Irish citizenship , and he was selected by Jack Charlton to play for the Republic of Ireland . Kernaghan earned 22 caps , scored one goal and was selected for the 1994 FIFA World Cup . Managerial and coaching career . He left Falkirk to take up the role as manager of Dundee . He was removed from the position , after an unsuccessful spell , in April 2006 . Kernaghan became the first former Republic of Ireland player to hold a coaching role at Rangers . He left this position in February 2012 to join Brentford . Kernaghan made an appearance as a player during a 2013/14 pre-season friendly versus FC Einheit Rudolstadt , replacing Aaron Pierre after 65 minutes . He left Brentford in December 2013 , after new manager Mark Warburton decided to make changes to the clubs coaching staff . Kernaghan was appointed manager of Glentoran in November 2015 . Losing to Annagh United in the League Cup on 30 August 2016 was the final game in charge for Kernaghan , he then tendered his resignation after the game .