Bryn Stephen Halliwell (born 1 October 1980) is an English former football

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

who is currently a goalkeeping coach at Caledonian Braves. Halliwell started his career in the youth team at London side Wimbledon, before moving in the Scottish Football League with

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. After leaving the

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side in 2005, Halliwell spent the next six years playing for seven different Scottish clubs, culminating in a loan spell back at

from former rivals Partick Thistle. After being released by the

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side, Halliwell moved into the

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ranks with Sauchie, then

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. Bryn’s son, Alfie Halliwell, who is in the Rangers FC Academy, was selected for the Scotland under-16 squad in August 2022

Career

He began his career at the now defunct Wimbledon, but it was at

, whom he joined in 2000, where he established himself. Halliwell remained with Clyde for five years, and in 2005 signed for

Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently play in Scottish League One after being relegated from the 2021–22 Scottish Championship. Dunfermline ...

. During Halliwell's Dunfermline career,

Allan McGregor Allan James McGregor (born 31 January 1982) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club Rangers. McGregor has also previously played for St Johnstone, Dunfermline Athletic, Turkish team Beşikta ...

was signed on loan from Rangers, meaning the

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slipped to being second-choice goalkeeper. However, since Rangers would not permit McGregor to play against them, Halliwell would take his place whenever the ''Pars'' played the

club. Halliwell signed for St Johnstone in August 2006. He made his league debut for ''Saints'' on 5 August 2006, against Clyde, his former club. He kept a clean sheet in a goalless draw. After leaving St Johnstone he teamed up with his former manager at Clyde, Billy Reid, at

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where he went on to make a useful contribution to the team's successful season in the First Division, gaining promotion to the Scottish Premier League. Halliwell was offered a new contract by ''Accies'' but rejected it and left the club. After a successful trial spell, Halliwell was signed by Queen of the South manager

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minutes before their first pre-season game against Scottish Football League newcomers Annan Athletic on 12 July 2008. In July 2009, Halliwell joined

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on a month-long contract as cover for the injured Kevin Cuthbert. He made his competitive début in the Challenge Cup against

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on 26 July. At the end of his month-long deal, Halliwell was released before the transfer window shut allowing him to sign for another club at any time outwith the window. In the middle of November 2009, Halliwell signed for

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, subsequently moving to Partick Thistle in January 2010. In February 2011, having lost his place in the Partick team, Halliwell returned to his former club Clyde, on loan till the end of the season. He was released by ''Thistle'' at the end of the season. In August 2011, after 11 seasons in the senior ranks, the Englishman signed for

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side

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. On 20 August 2014, he signed a short-term contract with Hearts to provide emergency cover during a goalkeeping crisis. After a spell in the junior ranks with Gartcairn, Halliwell appeared for

as a trialist on 11 March 2017 in a 2–1 defeat to Edinburgh City following a suspension to regular keeper

Grant Adam Grant Adam (born 16 April 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Lochee United. He has previously played for Rangers, St Mirren, Cowdenbeath, Airdrieonians, Greenock Morton, Dundee, Cowdenbeath, Forfar Athle ...

. He returned to Morton on loan from Gartcairn as cover for

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Honours

Clyde *

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: Runner Up 2002–03, 2003–04 Dunfermline Athletic *

Scottish League Cup The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in existen ...

: Runner-up 2005–06 Hamilton Academical *

: 2007–08 Sauchie * East Region Premier League: 2011–12 * East of Scotland Cup: 2013–14 Shettleston * WSL Premier Division: Promotion 2014–15

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Halliwell, Bryn 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Epsom English footballers Association football goalkeepers Wimbledon F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Sauchie F.C. players Glasgow United F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players

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