Career
He is now head coach at Wickersley Wanderers. Early career Born in Rotherham, Breckin started his career with his hometown club as a trainee, before signing pro in 1993. He made over 130 appearances for them and scored six goals.
He was then sold to Chesterfield for £100,000 in 1997.
He spent five years at Saltergate, making over 200 appearances. Nottingham Forest He never got the chance to play in the Premier League and instead signed for League One side Nottingham Forest, in a £350,000 deal, with his team-mate Nicky Eaden joining him on a free transfer.
He never scored in a Wigan shirt but he was the top scorer for Nottingham Forest as he reached the target he set with 10 goals. Shortly after he arrived at the City Ground he was made team captain, after Gareth Taylor put in a string of poor performances and was dropped from the first team
He made more appearances for Forest than any other player in the 2005-2006 season.
Breckin has been solid at the centre of defence while pairing up with Wes Morgan and was the most consistent performer for Forest in the 2005-2006 season, scoring a total of ten goals. Breckin missed the start of the 2007-2008 campaign with an injury after two years playing in every Forest league game. Breckin made his 100th Forest league appearance in their 2–0 victory against Crewe Alexandra, but was then dropped to the bench in favour of Wes Morgan, only making a handful of starts and coming off the bench often towards the end of the season.
He did however help Forest keep a league record of 24 clean sheets in the 2007-2008 season, helping them secure promotion to the Championship.
Breckin"s contract with Nottingham Forest was due to end in the summer of 2009, but in December 2008 he was transfer-listed by the club However, Billy Davies stated on the clubs official website that Breckin would play his last ever game for Nottingham Forest in the clubs end of season finale against Southampton, as he would not be renewing Breckin"s contract.
Chesterfield Breckin joined Chesterfield on 25 June 2009 and was appointed club captain. Breckin was released from Chesterfield at the end of the 2010-2011 season, and on retirement joined Wickersley Wanderers, a Rotherham-based children"s football club, as head coach.
Nottingham Forest League One: Runner-up 2007-2008 Chesterfield F.C. 2010-2011.