Management Career
He was appointed caretaker-manager at Macclesfield Town on 2 October 2006 after the sacking of manager of Brian Horton, before the board appointed Paul Ince as permanent manager three weeks later; Ince took them to a 22nd place finish in 2006–07, one place and two points above the relegation zone. Ince resigned on 24 June 2007 to take over at Milton Keynes Dons, and Macclesfield appointed Brightwell as permanent manager, with Asa Hartford as his assistant. The pair left the club in February 2008 after a poor run of results and were replaced by Keith Alexander; Brightwell was given the opportunity to stay at Moss Rose as Alexander's assistant manager, but declined the offer. Alexander kept the cub in the Football League with a 19th place finish in 2007–08.
In October 2008, Brightwell was brought to back to Port Vale by Dean Glover in a temporary coaching capacity. He spent five months with the "Valiants", leaving the club at the end of February 2009. He appeared in the Master's Tournament at the 2009 HKFC International Soccer Sevens, and began working at BBC Radio Manchester as a co-commentator.
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