Steve Brown (footballer, born 1966)

Steven Ferold "Steve" Brown (born 6 July 1966) is an English former professional footballer who made nearly 550 appearances as a midfielder for Northampton Town and Wycombe Wanderers.[2][3] He is Head of Academy Coaching at League One club Milton Keynes Dons.[4]

For similarly named people, see Stephen Brown (disambiguation) and Steve Brown (disambiguation).

Steve Brown
Personal information
Full name Steven Ferold Brown[1]
Date of birth (1966-07-06) 6 July 1966
Place of birth Northampton, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
000–1983 Northampton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 Northampton Town 15 (3)
1985–1989 Irthlingborough Diamonds
1989–1994 Northampton Town 158 (19)
1994–2004 Wycombe Wanderers 371 (35)
Total 544 (57)
Managerial career
2004–2007 Wycombe Wanderers (assistant)
2007–2009 Queens Park Rangers (academy)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Northampton, Brown started his career at Northampton Town, but left in December 1985 to join Irthlingborough Diamonds. He rejoined Northampton in July 1989 and was signed for Wycombe Wanderers in February 1994 by Martin O'Neill.[2]

A fan favourite at the club, Brown featured in 443 games and scored 43 goals for the club in a ten-year career, and was part of the Wycombe Wanderers team that reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 2001.[5]

Managerial career

Brown retired as a player in May 2004 but was appointed as assistant to Wycombe manager John Gorman along with fellow Blues legend Keith Ryan in November 2004.[6] After Gorman's switch to Northampton, there was speculation that Brown would follow as he had strong links to the club. However, Wycombe confirmed that Brown would be staying on to work with new manager Paul Lambert.[7]

In June 2007, Brown and Ryan left the club for what the club described as "financial reasons".[8][9] In July 2007, Brown was appointed by John Gregory, his former manager at Wycombe, as youth team manager at Queens Park Rangers,[10] a post he held until 2009.[11]

After leaving Queens Park Rangers, Brown become involved in developing football in South-east Asia and worked as a coach on Vietnamese reality TV show Soccer Prince aiming to find a future star, with a prize of a place at the Liverpool Academy.

In October 2014, Brown joined the FA as Head of Regional Talent ID.[12] On 8 January 2018, following redundancy from his previous role with the FA, Brown joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons as Head of Academy Coaching.[13]

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 64. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  2. "Steve Brown". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  3. "Steve Brown". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  4. "Football Staff". Milton Keynes Dons. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. Lawton, Matt (11 March 2001). "Tears amid Wycombe joy". The Independent. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  6. "Club History". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  7. "Lambert Is New Blues Boss". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 20 May 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  8. Parry, Alan (22 June 2007). "Steve Brown Leaves Adams Park". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  9. Parry, Alan (29 June 2007). "End of an Era For Rhino". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  10. "QPR add ex-Wycombe pair to staff". BBC Sport. 30 June 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
  11. McIntyre, David; Tear, Yann (17 February 2009). "Spanish midfielder Lopez coming to Rangers". Ealing Gazette. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  12. "Steve Brown joins The FA as Head of Regional Talent ID". The FA. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  13. "Academy appoint Brown". Milton Keynes Dons. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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