He played for Grays Athletic before turning professional with Tottenham Hotspur in 1979, and made his debut the following year.
[5] After a brief spell on loan at Birmingham City, O'Reilly rejoined Brighton & Hove Albion in January 1991.
[1] Brighton finished that season sixth in the Second Division and reached the playoff final, where they were beaten by Notts County.
Any hopes of another promotion challenge the following season – and of a place in the new FA Premier League – were quickly forgotten as Brighton found themselves fighting a battle against relegation which was eventually lost.
He has appeared on BBC Five Live's Fighting Talk,[7] as a pundit on pan-African broadcaster GTV's Saturday morning preview show and Sunday night review show,[citation needed] as a commentator for Trans World International[8] and Sky Sports, and as both pundit and commentator on UEFA Champions League matches for ART Prime Sports, Dubai.