Terry McFlynn
history
| cityofbirth = Magherafelt
| countryofbirth = Northern Ireland
| height =
| currentclub = Sydney FC
| clubnumber = 15
| contractend = 2010
| position = Central Midfielder
| youthyears =
| youthclubs =
| years = 1997–2001
2001
2001–2003
2003-2005
2005–present
| clubs = Queens Park Rangers
Woking
Margate
Morecambe
Sydney FC
| caps(goals)= 2 (0)
10 (1)
63 (11)
35 (5)
70 (5)
| nationalyears =
| nationalteam = Northern Ireland U-19
Northern Ireland U-21
| nationalcaps(goals)=
| pcupdate = November 08, 2008
| ntupdate = December 17, 2007
}}
Terence Martin "Terry" McFlynn (born March 27, 1981) is a football (soccer) player from Swatragh, Northern Ireland. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League team Sydney FC. He is the current vice captain.
Club career
McFlynn began his footballing career in England as an apprentice at Queens Park Rangers in 1996. McFlynn made only two first-team appearances in his five-year stay at the club - his first-team debut was made on April 28, 2001. He was released in 2001 and signed for Woking. Terry made 10 appearances for the West Surrey club scoring only once, in a short half year deal.
McFlynn moved to Margate, initially on a one month loan deal, but ended up being a useful 3 year career, in November 2001. He made 63 appearances for the club and scoring a total of 11 goals. A hamstring injury late in 2002 saw Mcflynn miss several key games and as a result was sold to Morecambe.
In 2003 McFlynn moved to Conference rivals Morecambe for £14,000 and, despite scoring on debut, he was unable to cement a spot in the team and was released in 2005, but made 35 appearances and scoring 5 goals in just 17 games.
Sydney FC
Following the advice of former teammate and one-time New Zealand captain Chris Zoricich, McFlynn moved to Australia to play in the newly formed A-League and was signed by Sydney FC manager Pierre Littbarski after a successful trial in February 2005. »A visiting stopgap who's here to stay
In his first season with Sydney FC McFlynn made 21 appearances and proved to be a strong and determined player. He scored a memorable first goal for the club in round 5 of the 2005/06 season against the Queensland Roar in which he lobbed their goalkeeper, Tom Willis, from 30 meters out to round off a 3-1 victory to Sydney FC.
He failed to make an impact on the 2006/2007 A-League season when he picked up a hamstring injury and as a result, only making 13 appearances, and scoring 0 goals.
In the 2007/2008 season he scored 2 more goals. One against Central Coast Mariners, in Sydney's 5-4 win and against Wellington Pheonix which Sydney won 2-0. Both of these goals were in the latter half of the season.
In February 2008 McFlynn signed a new contract with Sydney for a further 2 years. He scored his 4th goal in Sydney's 5th match in the A-League 2008-09, against Adelaide United in Sydney's 3-0 victory, with a spectacular volley from outside the box. Another goal for Sydney against F3 Freeway rivals Central Coast Mariners took his tally to 5. In a match against Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium in which he was controversially given a straight red card he sustained 5 week knee injury. However, he returned to the bench in the 3rd game against Adelaide United in their 2–0 loss at the Adelaide Oval.
International career
McFlynn has played for the Northern Ireland Under-19 squad and the Northern Ireland Under-21 squad.
- A-League Championship: 2005-2006
- Oceania Club Championship: 2004-2005