Cliff Byrne

Clifford "Cliff" Byrne (born 26 April 1982) is an Irish former footballer, who was most recently assistant manager at Peterborough United.

Cliff Byrne
Personal information
Full name Clifford Byrne
Date of birth (1982-04-26) 26 April 1982
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Sunderland 0 (0)
2002–2003 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 13 (0)
2003–2012 Scunthorpe United 263 (9)
2012–2014 Oldham Athletic 38 (1)
2013 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 10 (0)
2014 Derry City 17 (1)
2014–2015 Alfreton Town 7 (1)
2015 Gainsborough Trinity 11 (1)
2023– Bottesford Town 5 (2)
Total 364 (15)
International career
2002–2003 Republic of Ireland U21 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Byrne previously played for Sunderland. He took part in a UEFA 'B' coaching course in summer 2005.[1]

Following the departure of Izzy Iriekpen[2] Byrne was given the captaincy of the side. He scored two goals in the last two games of the 2008–09 season; his 89th-minute goal against Tranmere Rovers was enough to help Scunthorpe seal the last playoff place.[3] After missing just under a year of action due to injury, Byrne made his first start of the 2011–12 season on 26 November 2011, away to Notts County. He was released by the club in May 2012.[4]

On 27 July 2012, it was announced that Byrne had signed for Oldham Athletic.[5] Byrne scored his first goal for Oldham against his old club Scunthorpe United in a 2–2 draw on 1 January 2013[6] He rejoined former club Scunthorpe on loan in September 2013. On 17 January 2014, Cliff had his contract at Oldham Athletic cancelled by mutual agreement.[7]

In February 2014, Byrne signed for Roddy Collins at the Brandywell Stadium to play for Derry City for the 2014 League of Ireland season.[8] He scored his first League goal on his third league appearance.[9]

On 19 February 2015, it was reported he had joined Gainsborough Trinity.[10]

On 30 June 2018, he was appointed assistant manager to Grant McCann at Doncaster Rovers F.C.

On 21 June 2019, he was appointed assistant manager again to Grant McCann, following his appointment as head coach at Hull City.[11] Following the takeover of Hull City by Acun Medya Group, backed by Acun Ilıcalı, on 19 January 2022, [12] Byrne was sacked a few days later.[13]

Career statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland 1999–2000[14] Premier League 000000—00
2000–01[15] Premier League 000000—00
2001–02[16] Premier League 000000—00
2002–03[17] Premier League 000000—00
Total 000000—00
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2002–03[18] Division Three 130300000160
Scunthorpe United 2003–04[19] Division Three 39160204[lower-alpha 1]0511
2004–05[20]
 League Two 29130001[lower-alpha 1]0331
2005–06[21]
 League One 32140103[lower-alpha 1]0401
2006–07[22]
 League One 24030102[lower-alpha 1]0300
2007–08[23]
 Championship 2501010—270
2008–09[24]
 League One 432301010[lower-alpha 2]0572
2009–10[25] Championship 3622020—402
2010–11[26] Championship 2120030—242
2011–12[27] League One 140000000140
Total 27692501102003329
Oldham Athletic 2012–13[28] League One 35130101[lower-alpha 1]0401
2013–14[29] League One 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total 38 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 43 1
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2013–14[29] League Two 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Derry City 2014[30] League of Ireland Premier Division 17 1 0 0 0 0 4[lower-alpha 3] 0 21 1
Alfreton Town 2014–15[31] Conference Premier 7 1 0 0 — 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 8 1
Gainsborough Trinity 2014–15[31] Conference North 11 1 0 0 — 0 0 11 1
Bottesford Town 2022–23[32] Northern Counties East Football League (Premier Division) 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 2
Career total 3641529012026043115
  1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. Seven appearances in Football League Trophy; three appearances in League One play-offs
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

References
  1. "Sports News | Headlines, Rumours & Opinion". GiveMeSport. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  2. "Scunthorpe United | News | Announcements | Announcements | CLUB STATEMENT RE: IZZY IRIEKPEN". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
  3. "Scunthorpe 1-1 Tranmere". BBC Sport. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  4. "Cliff Byrne heads Scunthorpe United departures". BBC Sport. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  5. "Oldham deals for Cliff Byrne and Youssouf M'Changama". BBC Sport. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  6. "Scunthorpe 2-2 Oldham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  7. "Defender Leaves Club". Oldham Athletic AFC. 17 January 2014.
  8. "Cliff Byrne Signs". 3 February 2014.
  9. "Match Day Arrangements v Finn Harps". 14 April 2017.
  10. "Gainsborough Trinity set to sign Scunthorpe United legend Cliff Byrne | Lincolnshire Echo". Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  11. "Hull City Appoint New Head Coach". Hull City A.F.C. 21 June 2019. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  12. "Club Statement". Hull City A.F.C. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  13. "Club Statement: Grant McCann". Hull City A.F.C. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  14. "Sunderland 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  15. "Sunderland 2000/2001 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  16. "Sunderland 2001/2002 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  17. "Sunderland 2002/2003 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  18. "Scunthorpe 2002/2003 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  19. "Scunthorpe 2003/2004 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  20. "Burnley 2004/2005 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  21. "Scunthorpe 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  22. "Scunthorpe 2006/2007 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  23. "Scunthorpe 2007/2008 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  24. "Scunthorpe 2008/2009 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  25. "Scunthorpe 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  26. "Scunthorpe 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  27. "Scunthorpe 2011/2012 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  28. "Oldham 2012/2013 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  29. "Cliff Byrne | Football Stats | Season 2013/2014". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  30. "Cliff Byrne | Stats | History | Career Details | Images". www.extratime.com. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  31. "C. Byrne - Profile with news, career statistics and history". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  32. www.ncefl.org.uk http://www.ncefl.org.uk/teams/bottesfordtown/statistics/. Retrieved 13 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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