Marvin Brown

This article is about the English football (soccer) player. For the American football player, see Marv Brown. For the Honduran footballer, see Marvin Brown (Honduran footballer). For the American linguist, see J. Marvin Brown.

Marvin Brown
Personal information
Full name Marvin Robert Brown[1]
Date of birth (1982-02-09) 9 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Chippenham Town
Youth career
000?–1999 Bristol City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 Bristol City 19 (0)
2002 → Torquay United 4 (0)
2003 → Cheltenham Town 15 (2)
2004 Forest Green Rovers 3 (0)
2004 Tamworth 5 (1)
2005 Yeovil Town 2 (0)
2005–2007 Weston-super-Mare 70 (27)
2007–2008 Salisbury City 32 (11)
2008–2010 Weston-super-Mare ? (?)
2010–2012 Truro City 10 (4)
Chippenham Town
International career
1999–2000 England U16 8 (0)
2000 England U17 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:06, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Marvin Robert Brown (born 6 July 1983) is an English football forward who plays for Southern Football League Premier Division side Chippenham Town F.C. He has formerly played League football. He is the owner of elite sports coaching company Total Pro Soccer.[2]

Brown began his career as a trainee with Bristol City. On his City debut, as a second-half substitute for Alex Meechan in the League Cup defeat away to Nottingham Forest on 15 September 1999 he became their youngest ever player, aged 16 years and 71 days. Brown's league debut came a month later, on 17 October 1999 when he came on as a late substitute for Tony Thorpe in a goalless draw at home to local rivals Bristol Rovers. He made one further league appearance and two in the Football League Trophy, all as substitute, that season.

Unable to establish himself in the first team, Brown joined Torquay United on loan on 27 September 2002,[3] playing four times before returning to Ashton Gate.[4] In January 2003, Brown joined Cheltenham Town on loan until the end of the season,[5] playing regularly as Cheltenham narrowly failed to avoid relegation back to the Third Division.

Brown played twice for Bristol City the following season before released in May 2004. He subsequently joined Conference side Forest Green Rovers,[6] but appeared only as a substitute before joining Tamworth on 25 September 2004.[7] His stay at Tamworth was not a long one, joining Northern Irish side Cliftonville on trial in November 2004.[8]

In March 2005, Brown returned to the Football League, joining Yeovil Town, but played just twice before being released at the end of the season.

Brown joined Weston-super-Mare at the start of the 2005–06 season and was top scorer that season. He was leading scorer again for Weston when he left on 8 March 2007 to join Conference South rivals Salisbury City.[9]

In the 2008 close season Brown was transfer listed by Salisbury City boss Nick Holmes[10] He left to rejoin Weston-super-Mare in July 2008.[11]

During the 2010 January transfer window he joined big spending Southern Premier League team, Truro City. He made his debut against Bashley United. He scored his first goal for Truro City, against Leamington in a 2–2 draw.

His older brother Aaron is also a professional footballer.

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 64. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  2. ^ "Contact Us". Total Pro Soccer. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Brown moves to Gulls". BBC Sport. 30 September 2002. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  4. ^ "Marvin Brown Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more".
  5. ^ "Brown joins Robins". BBC Sport. 30 January 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Forest Green sign pair". BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Brown in Tamworth talks". BBC Sport. 27 September 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  8. ^ "Brown gets Cliftonville chance". BBC Sport. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  9. ^ "Whites nab Seagulls' top scorer". Nonleaguedaily.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "City quartet retained". Salisbury Journal. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  11. ^ "Brown heading back to Weston". BBC Sport. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.