| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1963-02-24)24 February 1963 (age 62) | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Plains BC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1981 | Albion Rovers | 10 | (0) |
| 1981 | Stenhousemuir | 6 | (0) |
| 1981–1985 | Shotts Bon Accord | ||
| 1985–1987 | Falkirk | 59 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | (0) |
| 1988–1991 | St Mirren | 129 | (9) |
| 1991–1998 | Motherwell | 237 | (10) |
| 1998 | Stirling Albion | 45 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | Partick Thistle | 16 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Lanark United | ||
| 2001–2002 | Stonehouse Violet | ||
| 2002–2003 | Shotts Bon Accord | ||
| 2003–2005 | Cambuslang Rangers | ||
| Total | 532 | (20) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995–1996 | Scotland B | 3 | (0) |
| 1995 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Brian Martin (born 24 February 1963) is a Scottish formerfootballer who played as acentral defender, best known for his seven-year spell atMotherwell.
Martin began his career in the Scottish lower leagues withAlbion Rovers andStenhousemuir. He then dropped back into theJunior grade withShotts Bon Accord[1] for three years before joining second-tierFalkirk in 1985. In hisfirst season with theBairns the club achieved promotion to the top division, and maintained their status inthe second.
In 1987 Martin moved toHamilton Academical, and in hissingle campaign there he again helped theAccies win promotion, this time as champions. By then he had already moved on toSt Mirren, where he stayed for three seasons in theScottish Premier Division before being signed by fellow top-level club Motherwell in November 1991 for £175,000. He made 237 appearances for Motherwell between 1991 and 1998,[2] and was part of the side which finishedleague runners-up in 1995.[3] He was named inSPFA Team of the Year for 1994.[4]
Martin left Motherwell in 1998 and had spells withStirling Albion andPartick Thistle before retiring from the professional leagues in 2000, aged 37. He returned to local Junior football, appearing forLanark United,Stonehouse Violet, Shotts - two decades after his first spell there,[1] andCambuslang Rangers, also playing the occasional game for the 'Motherwell Legends' team.
While playing for Motherwell, Martin earned twocaps for theScotland national team (making his debut aged 32) in the 1995Kirin Cup matches againstEcuador andJapan alongside clubmatesRab McKinnon andPaul Lambert.[5] He also represented theB side on three occasions in the same era.[6]
