Ian Brightwell (born April 9, 1968 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire) in an English footballer who is currently player-coach at Macclesfield Town, but is probably best remembered for his time at Manchester City. April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Market Street Lutterworth is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. ... Manchester City Football Club is a football club based in Manchester, United Kingdom. ...

Brightwell began his career at Manchester City, where he was part of the "golden generation" that also included the likes of Paul Lake and David White, which broke through the youth team in the mid-1980s. Paul Lake (born October 28, 1968 in Manchester) is an English footballer, who played for Manchester City F.C. A member of Manchester Citys FA Youth Cup winning side of 1986, Lake made his first-team debut on January 24, 1987 against Wimbledon. ... David White (born October 30, 1967 in Manchester) is a former English footballer, best remembered for his eight-year spell at Manchester City. ...

Brightwell made his City debut in 1986. He was a versatile player who played at every single outfield position during his career at the club. However, he was most commonly used either as a right-back or as on the right side of midfield. He was capped several times by England Under-21. His younger brother David also played semi-regularly for Manchester City.

In early 1993, Brightwell broke his leg, and was sidelined for more than a year. He did eventually recoved, and returned to the City lineup where he remained through most of the 1990s. Unfortunately, his last year at City coincided with the team's worst season ever – the 1997/98 season that ended with relegation to the third level for the first and only time in the club's history. Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Coca-Cola Football League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system. ...

At the end of the ill-fated 1997/98 season, after 378 first-team appearances for City, Brightwell was given a free transfer, and joined Coventry. Two years lated, having spent virtually all of his Coventry career on the bench, he joined Walsall. He also had spells at Stoke and Port Vale, before joining Macclesfield in what was primarily a coaching role in the summer of 2004. However, he remains registrered as a player, and has played sporadically for the Silkmen in the 2005/06 season. In football (soccer), a free transfer involves a team releasing a player once their contract has expired. ... Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues due to the traditional colour of their strip (which itself is sky blue in honour of the sky blue cloth traditionally made in the city), are a football team based in Coventry, England. ... Walsall Football Club are an English football club that competes in the 2005/06 season in Football League One. ... Stoke City Football Club (known as Stoke Football Club until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England (the other league club in the city being Port Vale F.C.). The club is reputedly the second-oldest football league club in the world, after Notts County F... Port Vale Football Club is an English association football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. ...