youthclubs years clubs caps goals birth_place height totalcaps position birth_date totalgoals article_title name
cherry orchard 1999-2000 2005-2006 -lrb- loan -rrb- 2000-2002 2002-2003 2003 2003-2004 2005 cherry united st patrick 's athletic f.c. longford town f.c. shamrock orchard rovers bray wanderers f.c. queens park rangers norwich city f.c. peterborough 1 5 21 1 0 41 4 34 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 dublin , ireland 6 1 107 defender 28 april 1980 4 brian mcgovern
 brian mcgovern
brian mcgovern

brian mcgovern -lrb- born 28 april 1980 in dublin -rrb- is a retired irish footballer .
the former irish u18 and u21 player had joined arsenal as a trainee in summer 1997 .
he made a single appearance for arsenal , as a substitute against newcastle united on may 14 , 2000 , in which a youthful arsenal side lost 4-2 .
while with the gunners , mcgovern also had a short loan spell with qpr .
norwich city manager bryan hamilton signed mcgovern for a fee of # 50,000 in august 2000 .
mcgovern was unable to establish himself in the first team at carrow road , scoring once against tranmere rovers , and was released in october 2002 .
he joined peterborough united but after failing to establish himself there also , and returned to ireland when a move to inverness caledonian thistle fell through .
briefly with st patricks athletic before going to longford town , where again a move to calley fell through in autumn 2004 .
signed by the seasiders from shamrock rovers , who had signed him on loan from longford town , where he had failed to command a place .
brian mcgovern departed from bray wanderers in december 2006 having made a total of 40 appearances .
he made his rovers debut on 25 march 2005 .
