Brian Easton (footballer)

Brian Easton
Personal information
Full name Brian Neil Easton[1]
Date of birth (1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
East Fife
Number 22
Youth career
000?–2006 Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Hamilton Academical 103 (2)
2009–2012 Burnley 33 (1)
2010Hamilton Academical (loan) 12 (0)
2012–2013 Dundee 17 (0)
2013–2019 St Johnstone 134 (1)
2019–2023 Hamilton Academical 77 (0)
2023– East Fife 32 (2)
International career
2008–2010 Scotland U21 2 (0)
2009 Scotland B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 May 2009

Brian Neil Easton (born 5 March 1988) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish League Two club East Fife. Easton started his career with Hamilton Academical, winning the Scottish First Division championship in 2008. He was sold to English club Burnley in 2009 but was mainly a backup squad member, being loaned back to Hamilton in 2010 and leaving at the end of his contract in 2012; he then signed for Dundee.

In June 2013, Easton's contract with Dundee ended and he moved to St Johnstone, initially on a one-year deal, however remained with the club for six seasons, winning the Scottish Cup in 2014 but being unavailable for over a year through injury. He rejoined Hamilton in the summer of 2019. He then signed for East Fife in 2023.

Easton played for the Scotland under-21s and B team in his early career.

  1. ^ "Brian Easton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 March 2017.