Scott Brown (English footballer)
Encyclopedia
Scott Brown is an English
football midfielder
who last played for Morecambe
of League Two
.
Starting his career with Everton
in 2000, four years later he moved on to Bristol City
, having failed to make an appearance for the Toffees. After three years with City, he transferred to Cheltenham Town
in 2007. Two years later he spent a brief spell with Port Vale
, before signing for Morecambe
in 2010.
senior squad from the club's academy programme- where he made friends with Wayne Rooney
and others. After not making a senior appearance for the club he was released in 2004. He then joined Port Vale
on trial in July 2004, under manager Martin Foyle
, but was not signed to the club on a permanent contract.
In August 2004 he signed for Bristol City
when Brian Tinnion
offered him a three month contract and later went on to sign a 2 year deal with City.
In October 2005, Brown and City teammates David Partridge
and Bradley Orr
were arrest
ed on suspicion of violent disorder
after an incident in a nightclub
. They were later charged with affray
, as was fellow teammate Steve Brooker
. Brown denied the offence but admitted the lesser charge of a section 4 public order offence
. His three teammates were sent to jail
, but Brown escaped this punishment and instead was given 120 hours' community service
for his part in the drunken brawl.
He was voted the Professional Footballers' Association
Fans' Player of the Month for September 2006, and also received young player of the year awards for his impressive displays that year. Brown joined fellow League One
side Cheltenham Town
in January 2007. He broke
his leg in a collision with teammate Damian Spencer in a match against his former team and was ruled out for the rest of the 2006–07 season.
In November 2008, Brown went to Port Vale
on loan after failing to get a game under Martin Allen
. In January 2009, Vale signed Brown on a free transfer after the Robins agreed to release him from his contract
. With 19 appearances for the Valiants in the 2008–09 season he was released upon the season's conclusion.
He rejoined Cheltenham in 2010 on non-contract terms, but was released by the club along with seven other players in May 2010, having not played a game in this spell.
In July 2010 he joined Grimsby Town
on trial and played in the club's 3–0 win over Winterton Rangers
. In September 2010 he signed with Morecambe
. He scored three goals in 33 games before being released at the end of the season.
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|2004–05||Bristol City
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|2005–06||Bristol City
||League One
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|2006–07||Bristol City
||League One
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|2006–07||Cheltenham Town
||League One
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|2007–08||Cheltenham Town
||League One
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|2008–09||Cheltenham Town
||League One
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|2008–09
||Port Vale
||League Two
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|2009–10
||Cheltenham Town
||League Two
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|2010–11
||Morecambe
||League Two
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137||9||5||0||1||0||148||9
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Note
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
football midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
who last played for Morecambe
Morecambe F.C.
Morecambe Football Club is an English football club based in Morecambe, Lancashire. It plays its football in League Two, the fourth division of English football, having been promoted in 2007 for the first time in their history to the Football League. They played their home matches at Christie Park...
of League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
.
Starting his career with Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
in 2000, four years later he moved on to Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
, having failed to make an appearance for the Toffees. After three years with City, he transferred to Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town F.C.
Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Founded in 1887, the team has played at four different grounds, namely Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground, Carter's Field and now the Abbey Business Stadium, although it is more...
in 2007. Two years later he spent a brief spell with Port Vale
Port Vale F.C.
Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...
, before signing for Morecambe
Morecambe F.C.
Morecambe Football Club is an English football club based in Morecambe, Lancashire. It plays its football in League Two, the fourth division of English football, having been promoted in 2007 for the first time in their history to the Football League. They played their home matches at Christie Park...
in 2010.
Club career
Brown progressed to the EvertonEverton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
senior squad from the club's academy programme- where he made friends with Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team...
and others. After not making a senior appearance for the club he was released in 2004. He then joined Port Vale
Port Vale F.C.
Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...
on trial in July 2004, under manager Martin Foyle
Martin Foyle
Martin John Foyle is an English former footballer, turned football manager. In his 20 year playing career he played 533 League games, scoring 155 goals...
, but was not signed to the club on a permanent contract.
In August 2004 he signed for Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
when Brian Tinnion
Brian Tinnion
Brian Tinnion is a British former footballer and ex-manager. He made over 450 appearances for Bristol City, including a spell as player-manager...
offered him a three month contract and later went on to sign a 2 year deal with City.
In October 2005, Brown and City teammates David Partridge
David Partridge
David William Partridge is an English-born Welsh professional footballer who plays for Thurrock. He plays as a defender and has won seven caps for Wales...
and Bradley Orr
Bradley Orr
Bradley James Orr is an English defender currently playing for Queens Park Rangers. He has played for the club since July 2010, joining for an undisclosed fee from Bristol City....
were arrest
Arrest
An arrest is the act of depriving a person of his or her liberty usually in relation to the purported investigation and prevention of crime and presenting into the criminal justice system or harm to oneself or others...
ed on suspicion of violent disorder
Violent Disorder
Violent disorder is a statutory offence in England and Wales. It is created by of the Public Order Act 1986. Sections 2 to of that Act provide:...
after an incident in a nightclub
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
. They were later charged with affray
Affray
In many legal jurisdictions related to English common law, affray is a public order offence consisting of the fighting of two or more persons in a public place to the terror of ordinary people...
, as was fellow teammate Steve Brooker
Steve Brooker
Stephen Michael "Steve" Brooker is an English football striker. In a twelve years professional career he has scored 86 goals in 294 games....
. Brown denied the offence but admitted the lesser charge of a section 4 public order offence
Public order crime
In criminology, public-order crime is defined by Siegel as "...crime which involves acts that interfere with the operations of society and the ability of people to function efficiently", i.e. it is behaviour that has been labelled criminal because it is contrary to shared norms, social values, and...
. His three teammates were sent to jail
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
, but Brown escaped this punishment and instead was given 120 hours' community service
Community service
Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....
for his part in the drunken brawl.
He was voted the Professional Footballers' Association
Professional Footballers' Association
The Professional Footballers' Association is the trade union for professional footballers in England and Wales. The world's oldest professional sport trade union, it has 4,000 members....
Fans' Player of the Month for September 2006, and also received young player of the year awards for his impressive displays that year. Brown joined fellow League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
side Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town F.C.
Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Founded in 1887, the team has played at four different grounds, namely Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground, Carter's Field and now the Abbey Business Stadium, although it is more...
in January 2007. He broke
Bone fracture
A bone fracture is a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone...
his leg in a collision with teammate Damian Spencer in a match against his former team and was ruled out for the rest of the 2006–07 season.
In November 2008, Brown went to Port Vale
Port Vale F.C.
Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...
on loan after failing to get a game under Martin Allen
Martin Allen
Martin James Allen is a former football player and current manager of Notts County. He played more than 100 games for each Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United before finishing his playing career with Portsmouth and Southend United. Five years later, he took his first job in management, at...
. In January 2009, Vale signed Brown on a free transfer after the Robins agreed to release him from his contract
Association football contracts
Football contracts is a specific area of Sports law which is used to describe the legal contractual issues at work in the world of both amateur and professional football. The area of Football contracts overlaps substantially with labor law, contract law and tort law...
. With 19 appearances for the Valiants in the 2008–09 season he was released upon the season's conclusion.
He rejoined Cheltenham in 2010 on non-contract terms, but was released by the club along with seven other players in May 2010, having not played a game in this spell.
In July 2010 he joined Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town F.C.
Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...
on trial and played in the club's 3–0 win over Winterton Rangers
Winterton Rangers F.C.
Winterton Rangers F.C. are a football club based in Winterton, England. They play in the Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division.-History:...
. In September 2010 he signed with Morecambe
Morecambe F.C.
Morecambe Football Club is an English football club based in Morecambe, Lancashire. It plays its football in League Two, the fourth division of English football, having been promoted in 2007 for the first time in their history to the Football League. They played their home matches at Christie Park...
. He scored three goals in 33 games before being released at the end of the season.
Statistics
|-|2003–04
2003–04 Everton F.C. season
During the 2003–04 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the FA Premier League .-Season summary:...
||Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
||Premier League||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2004–05||Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||19||0||1||0||0||0||22||0
|-
|2005–06||Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||29||1||0||0||0||0||30||1
|-
|2006–07||Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||15||4||2||0||1||0||19||4
|-
|2006–07||Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town F.C.
Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Founded in 1887, the team has played at four different grounds, namely Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground, Carter's Field and now the Abbey Business Stadium, although it is more...
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||4||0||0||0||0||0||4||0
|-
|2007–08||Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town F.C.
Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Founded in 1887, the team has played at four different grounds, namely Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground, Carter's Field and now the Abbey Business Stadium, although it is more...
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||20||0||0||0||0||0||20||0
|-
|2008–09||Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town F.C.
Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Founded in 1887, the team has played at four different grounds, namely Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground, Carter's Field and now the Abbey Business Stadium, although it is more...
||League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|2008–09
2008–09 Port Vale F.C. season
The 2008–09 season was Port Vale's ninety-seventh season of football in the Football League, and first season in League Two, following their relegation from League One. After a poor start to the season manager Lee Sinnott was sacked in September, and was replaced by Dean Glover. Despite a brief...
||Port Vale
Port Vale F.C.
Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...
||League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
||18||1||1||0||0||0||19||1
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|2009–10
2009–10 Football League
The Football League 2009–10, called the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons, was the 110th completed season of the Football League. It began in August 2009 and concluded in May 2010, with the promotion play-off finals. The Football League is contested through three Divisions. The...
||Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town F.C.
Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Founded in 1887, the team has played at four different grounds, namely Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground, Carter's Field and now the Abbey Business Stadium, although it is more...
||League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
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|2010–11
2010–11 Morecambe F.C. season
This page shows the progress of Morecambe F.C. in the 2010-11 football season. This year they play their games in League Two in the English league system...
||Morecambe
Morecambe F.C.
Morecambe Football Club is an English football club based in Morecambe, Lancashire. It plays its football in League Two, the fourth division of English football, having been promoted in 2007 for the first time in their history to the Football League. They played their home matches at Christie Park...
||League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
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- Football League TrophyFootball League TrophyThe Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...
appearances and goals included in totals.