Scott Brown (footballer, born May 1985)

Scott Brown
Brown playing for York City in 2012
Personal information
Full name Scott Brown[1]
Date of birth (1985-05-08) 8 May 1985 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Runcorn, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3]
Position(s) Central midfielder[4]
Youth career
0000–2004 Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Bristol City 63 (5)
2007Cheltenham Town (loan) 3 (0)
2007–2009 Cheltenham Town 21 (0)
2008–2009Port Vale (loan) 6 (1)
2009 Port Vale 12 (0)
2010 Cheltenham Town 1 (0)
2010–2011 Morecambe 32 (3)
2011–2012 Fleetwood Town 9 (0)
2012 York City 7 (0)
2012 Macclesfield Town 1 (0)
2012–2013 Chester 22 (1)
2013–2014 Southport 44 (4)
2014–2016 Grimsby Town 36 (1)
2016–2019 Accrington Stanley 106 (4)
2019–2021 Harrogate Town 8 (0)
2019–2020Warrington Town (loan) 12 (2)
2020–2021Warrington Town (loan) 5 (0)
Total 388 (20)
International career
2000–2001 England U15 3 (0)
2001–2002 England U17 9 (0)
2002–2003 England U18 3 (0)
2003–2004 England U19 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:24, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Scott Brown (born 8 May 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He has played in the English Football League for Bristol City, Cheltenham Town, Port Vale, Morecambe and Accrington Stanley.

Starting his career with Everton in their youth system before moving on to Bristol City, having failed to make an appearance for Everton. After three years with City, he transferred to Cheltenham Town in January 2007. Not long after joining Cheltenham, he broke his leg and spent the next 18 months in recovery. then had a brief spell with Port Vale before signing for Morecambe in 2010. After a brief spell with Fleetwood Town, he signed with York City in January 2012. He played for York in the victorious 2012 Conference Premier play-off final at Wembley Stadium, which saw the club promoted to League Two. He had a brief spell at Macclesfield Town in August 2012 before joining Chester the following month. He helped Chester to win both the Conference North title and the Cheshire Senior Cup in the 2012–13 season.

Brown signed with Southport in July 2013 and stayed with the club for one season before joining Conference Premier club Grimsby Town for an 18-month stay in June 2014. He signed with Accrington Stanley in January 2016 and helped the club win the League Two title in the 2017–18 season. He joined Harrogate Town in May 2019 and spent much of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons loan at Warrington Town.

  1. ^ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Scott Brown: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Scott Brown". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. ^ Howell, Rhys (30 May 2019). "Scott Brown will bring a winning mentality and promotion know-how to Harrogate Town". Harrogate Advertiser. Retrieved 13 July 2019.