Bryan Slavin is a former professional

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who has played in the Scottish Football League First Division for Morton.

Career

Slavin spent his senior career with Morton, making one league appearance for the club in March 1997 before being loaned back out to Junior side Dalry Thistle. Recalled for extended first team spells under the management of

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and subsequently Ian McCall, he made a total of thirty-six league appearances for the Greenock side before being released in 2000, when he joined

Auchinleck Talbot Auchinleck Talbot Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Auchinleck, East Ayrshire. They currently play in the . The club is also a member of the Scottish Junior Football Association, and have won the Scottish Junior Cup on a reco ...

. In the early 2000s on his return to Junior Football, he enjoyed a period of great success winning the Scottish Junior Cup on three occasions, twice as club captain, and appearing for the Scotland Junior international team. He also reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup in 2011–12 where Talbot finally lost 1–0 to eventual winners Hearts. Slavin announced his retirement immediately after the

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final when Auchinleck lost to Shotts Bon Accord however he subsequently played a few matches for his hometown club Saltcoats Victoria before assisting former teammate

Gavin Friels Gavin Friels (born 3 August 1977) is a Scottish football forward who is currently player-manager at Dalry Thistle in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region. He has previously played in the Scottish Football League First Divisio ...

as part of the coaching staff at Dalry Thistle. In January 2015, Slavin was appointed manager of Largs Thistle and lead the Ayrshire club to promotion from the 2015–16 West of Scotland Super League First Division on the last day of the season. He resigned from his position at Largs in October 2016. Slavin was appointed manager of Ardrossan Winton Rovers in September 2017. In November, he made a playing comeback in a Scottish Junior Cup tie with Dunbar United. He resigned as manager in March 2018, claiming the players didn't support his methods.

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* Footballers from Irvine, North Ayrshire Scottish men's footballers Greenock Morton F.C. players Dalry Thistle F.C. players Auchinleck Talbot F.C. players Saltcoats Victoria F.C. players Scottish football managers Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players 1977 births Living people Scottish Junior Football Association managers Ardrossan Winton Rovers F.C. managers Men's association football midfielders Largs Thistle F.C. managers {{scotland-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub