Career
He signed for Manchester United as a schoolboy in 1989, and, after leaving school, signed a trainee contract on 13 July 1992. He played in the youth side that were FA Youth Cup runners-up in 1993. He promptly signed professional forms with the club, but never played a first-team game and was transferred to Nottingham Forest in a £75,000 deal at the start of the 1995-1996 season.
Irving"s solitary first-team appearance was as a substitute at home to his former club on 29 November 1995 – a Premier League fixture at the City Ground which ended in a 1–1 draw.
He played nine games in the Division Three 1997-1998 campaign which saw Macclesfield secure a second successive promotion, but he left soon afterwards and never played professional football again. He now franchises lettings agencies and lives in Alderley Edge, Cheshire.