Career
Blayney plays as a goalkeeper. England Blayney started his career with Premiership side Southampton and was loaned out to Stockport County, but was cut short by a broken finger. He also he had a spell at Bournemouth on loan.
He made his début for Southampton in May 2004, receiving a high amount of praise.
The match at Street Mary"s ended in a 3–3 draw. Blayney also played in the following 2–1 defeat at Charlton.
Blayney would play two more games for Southampton the following season, the 2–2 Premier League draw against West Bromwich Albion and the 5–2 League Cup loss against Watford. Blayney, who was then behind Antti Niemi and Paul Smith in the team"s pecking order went on loan to Rushden & Diamonds and Brighton & Hove Albion.
Brighton tried to sign Blayney on a permanent basis in 2005, but could not afford the transfer fee Southampton were asking.
Blayney did return to Brighton & Hove Albion for a second loan spell, before returning to Southampton in mid-December. Blayney then joined Doncaster Rovers for £50,000 from Southampton in January 2006, signing a two and half-year contract, with hopes of getting the team promoted to the Championship. Blayney started off as first choice goalkeeper at Belle Vue stadium, but fell behind Ben Smith and Dane January Budtz in the pecking order after an ankle injury.
He decided to leave the club for personal reasons.
In February 2007, Blayney joined League One side Oldham Athletic, until the end of the 2006-2007 season, after impressing in a reserve team match. Blayney made his début for Oldham Athletic in a 1–2 home defeat against Bournenouth, after first choice goalkeeper Les Pogliacomi was suspended.
Ireland/Northern Ireland On 7 August, Alan Blayney joined Irish side Bohemians on a short term deal to provide cover for first choice goalkeeper Brian Murphy. He marked his debut with a clean sheet as Bohs beat Bray Wanderers 3–0 on 31 August.
He failed to gain the number 1 shirt from Brian Murphy though and was released at the end of the season.
On 15 March 2008, Blayney signed for Ballymena United, although he was unable to play for the Braidmen until the 2008-2009 season. In June 2009, Blayney signed a three-year contract foreign Following good performances for on their way to the 2010-2011 IFA Premiership title, Blayney was chosen as the Ulster Football player of the Year for the 2010-2011 season.
He joined fellow NIFL Premiership club Ards on loan for the second half of the 2013/14 season.
Following his loan spell at Ards, Blayney left at the end of the 2013-2014 NIFL Premiership season to sign for 2013-2014 Irish Cup winners Glenavon. Despite a strong start to the season, Blayney later lost his starting spot at Glenavon to number two goalkeeper James McGrath, and left the club for a second spell at Ballymena United on 5 May 2015.
Blayney, a former Northern Ireland under-21 international, played his first match for the Northern Ireland senior national team in their 2006 summer tour of the United States. Northern Ireland lost the match against Romania 2–0.
He followed this with three appearances in 2010.