[3] A former Manchester City trainee, he made his name in six years with Port Vale between 1998 and 2004, lifting the Football League Trophy in 2001.
Following this, he spent two years at Rochdale, also playing on loan at Northwich Victoria, before entering Non-League football permanently in 2006.
Brisco started his career as a trainee with Manchester City, though he never made it onto the field for the Maine Road club.
At the end of the 1997–98 season, City lost their First Division status, though Brisco maintained his by signing with Port Vale.
He made his Port Vale debut in the 1998–99 season, playing 87 minutes of the club's 3–0 defeat to Liverpool in the FA Cup.
[14] Regardless of this, following his return to his parent club Northwich were demoted to the Conference North for the 2005–06 season due to ground concerns.
After only one Northern Premier League Division One North game for the club, he retired from football through injury so as to concentrate on his work in the prison service.