Terry McFlynn

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 28 April 2001. He was released in 2001 and signed for Woking. McFlynn 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 three-year career, in November 2001. McFlynn quickly became a huge favourite with the Margate fans, helped by a stunning debut goal against Boston United. 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 five 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. 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 five of the 2005–06 season against the…

Before his retirement, McFlynn studied a Master's in coaching education at Sydney University, where upon retiring from football was offered a position in the Sydney FC coaching staff as general manager of player welfare under manager Graham Arnold. After 14 years with Sydney FC as a player and backroom staff member, McFlynn announced he was moving to Perth, and signed with Perth Glory as director of academy operations under director of football Jacob Burns. The move was for family reasons with McFlynn also citing the belief of a new challenge. McFlynn would stay at Perth Glory for four years, before he was announced as the new director of football for New Zealand A-League expansion club Auckland FC. McFlynn was instrumental in signing former Sydney FC teammate and manager Steve Corica as the inaugural manager of the club ahead of their debut 2024-2025 season.

McFlynn has played for the Northern Ireland Under-19 squad and the Northern Ireland Under-21 squad.

McFlynn grew up in Swatragh, in Northern Ireland to a Catholic family. He played Gaelic Football for the first sixteen years of his life, one of Ireland's traditional sports, before he switched to football on advice from his uncle.