Brian Rice (footballer)

Brian Rice
Personal information
Full name Brian Rice
Date of birth (1963-10-11) 11 October 1963
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1985 Hibernian 84 (11)
1985–1991 Nottingham Forest 92 (9)
1986 → Grimsby Town (loan) 4 (0)
1989 → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 3 (0)
1991 → Stoke City (loan) 18 (0)
1991–1995 Falkirk 101 (8)
1995–1997 Dunfermline Athletic 10 (0)
1997–1999 Clyde 49 (2)
2000 Greenock Morton 1 (0)
Total 362 (30)
National team
1984 Scotland U21[1] 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Brian Rice (born 11 October 1963) is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Hibernian, Nottingham Forest, Grimsby Town, West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City, Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic, Clyde and Greenock Morton. Rice has also held coaching positions with Greenock Morton, Airdrieonians, Falkirk, Hibernian and Inverness Caledonian Thistle, working for Ian McCall and John Hughes.

Playing career

Born in Bellshill, Glasgow, Rice began his career with Hibernian. He made 98 appearances for Hibs in five seasons at Easter Road scoring 12 goals. He was signed by Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough for £175,000 in August 1985. During his time there, Forest won the Football League Cup twice, in 1989 and 1990. Although he was thought by some fans to lack pace he scored a memorable winning goal in the sixth round of the FA Cup against Arsenal in 1988. He became a 'cult hero' with the Nottingham Forest fans due to his lack of pace.[2]

After making 115 appearances for Forest scoring 12 goals he returned to Scotland with Falkirk. Whilst a Forest player, he had loan spells at Grimsby (making four appearances), West Bromwich Albion (making three appearances) and Stoke City (making 18 appearances in 1990–91). In August 1991, he signed for Falkirk and played for them until the early part of the 1995–96 season. He played for Dunfermline and Clyde for two seasons each. He left Clyde at the end of the 1998–99 season.

Coaching career

In 2000, Rice was appointed assistant manager to Ian McCall at Greenock Morton, making one appearance as a player. Rice was then assistant manager to McCall at Airdrieonians, but the club went out of business in 2002. McCall and Rice then both moved to similar positions at Falkirk. McCall eventually moved on to Dundee United, while Rice continued at Falkirk, assisting John Hughes. He helped the club win the First Division in 2005 and reach the 2009 Scottish Cup Final.

Rice followed Hughes in returning to Hibernian when Hughes was appointed manager there in June 2009.[3][4] Rice also left the club when John Hughes departed as manager by mutual consent in October 2010.[5] As of June 2015, Rice was coaching Al Khor in the Qatar Stars League.[6] He returned to Scotland on the 15th of July 2015 to take the assistant manager position at Inverness Caledonian Thistle, working alongside John Hughes.[7] Rice stayed on as assistant manager at Inverness after Hughes was replaced by Richie Foran.[8]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hibernian 1980–81 Scottish First Division 1000000010
1981–82 Scottish Premier Division 1000100020
1982–83 Scottish Premier Division 222100000232
1983–84 Scottish Premier Division 255107100336
1984–85 Scottish Premier Division 354102000384
Total 841130111009812
Nottingham Forest 1985–86 First Division 193003200225
1986–87 First Division 3100100040
1987–88 First Division 302413010383
1988–89 First Division 201005010261
1989–90 First Division 182003020232
1990–91 First Division 1000000010
Total 929411524011512
Grimsby Town (loan) 1986–87 Second Division 4000000040
Total 4000000040
West Bromwich Albion (loan) 1986–87 Second Division 3000000030
Total 3000000030
Stoke City (loan) 1990–91 Third Division 180000000180
Total 180000000180
Falkirk 1991–92 Scottish Premier Division
1992–93 Scottish Premier Division
1993–94 Scottish First Division
1994–95 Scottish Premier Division
1995–96 Scottish Premier Division
Total 10180000001018
Dunfermline Athletic 1995–96 Scottish Premier Division 6000000060
1996–97 Scottish Premier Division 4010200070
Total 100102000130
Clyde 1997–98 Scottish Second Division 312101010342
1998–99 Scottish Second Division 180400000220
Total 492501010562
Greenock Morton 1999–2000 Scottish First Division 1000000010
Total 1000000010
Career Total 362301312935040934
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy, Full Members Cup, Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy and Scottish Challenge Cup.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu21/player.php?playerid=116
  2. ↑ "Brian Rice". Sporting heores. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "New Hibs manager looks forward to continuing alliance with Rice". Edinburgh Evening News. 10 June 2009.
  4. ↑ "Rice seeks new Fletcher for Hibs". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "Manager John Hughes parts company with Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "World Cup loss would hit Qatar hard, says Brian Rice". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Inverness CT: Brian Rice joins as assistant manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Dowden, Martin (17 June 2016). "Inverness CT: Brian Rice stays on as assistant manager". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

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