Connor Brown (footballer)

Connor Anton Brown (born 2 October 1991) is an English professional footballer plays as a right back for League Two club Barrow. He has played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic and Carlisle United.

For the Canadian ice hockey player, see Connor Brown (ice hockey).

Connor Brown
Brown with York City in 2018
Personal information
Full name Connor Anton Brown[1]
Date of birth (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991[2]
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3]
Playing position(s) Right back[4]
Club information
Current team
 Barrow
Number 2
Youth career
0000–2011 Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Sheffield United 0 (0)
2011 → Eastwood Town (loan) 4 (0)
2012 → Hinckley United (loan) 6 (0)
2012–2016 Oldham Athletic 119 (1)
2014–2015 → Carlisle United (loan) 23 (0)
2016–2018 Guiseley 51 (0)
2018 → York City (loan) 4 (0)
2018 York City 7 (0)
2018– Barrow 47 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:13, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Career

Sheffield United

Brown was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.[5] He started his career with Sheffield United as a junior in their Academy before signing a professional contract in the summer of 2011. After failing to make the breakthrough into the first team, he was released in the summer of 2012.[6]

Oldham Athletic

Brown signed a one-year contract with Sheffield United's League One rivals Oldham Athletic on 8 June 2012, with the option of a further year.[7] In his first season with the club, Brown made 29 appearances in all competitions.[8]

In May 2013, he was rewarded with the one-year option on his contract being exercised.[9]

At the end of the 2013–14 season, Brown was offered a new contract.[10] In spite of this, he was seldom in the starting line-up at the beginning of the 2014–15 season and on 3 November 2014 he joined League Two club Carlisle United on loan. He played nine matches there before returning to Oldham on 3 January 2015.

On 31 August 2016, Brown had his contract terminated by mutual consent after four years at the club.[11]

Guiseley and York City

Brown signed for National League club Guiseley on 29 September 2016.[12]

On 20 January 2018, Brown joined National League North club York City on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.[13] He made his debut the same day, starting in a 2–2 draw at home to Spennymoor Town.[14] Having made four appearances,[14] he signed for York permanently on 13 February 2018.[15] Brown totalled 11 appearances[14] as York finished 2017–18 in 11th place in the table.[16] He was released at the end of the season.[17]

Barrow

Brown signed for National League club Barrow on 9 July 2018.[18]

Suspension from Sheffield United
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Following the conviction of teammate Ched Evans for rape in 2012, Brown posted defamatory comments about the victim on social networking service Twitter and was subsequently suspended by Sheffield United before being released.[19][20]

Career statistics
As of match played 7 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sheffield United 2011–12[21] League One 0000000000
Eastwood Town (loan) 2011–12[14] Conference North 40———40
Hinckley United (loan) 2011–12[22] Conference North 60———60
Oldham Athletic 2012–13[8] League One 250400000290
2013–14[23] League One 27100101[lower-alpha 1]0291
2014–15[24] League One 240—101[lower-alpha 1]0260
2015–16[25] League One 13000001[lower-alpha 1]0140
2016–17[26] League One 00—000000
Total 891402030981
Carlisle United (loan) 2014–15[24] League Two 8010——90
Guiseley 2016–17[14] National League 31020—2[lower-alpha 2]0350
2017–18[14] National League 20040—1[lower-alpha 2]0250
Total 51060—30600
York City 2017–18[14] National League North 110———110
Barrow 2018–19[14] National League 30010—1[lower-alpha 2]0320
2019–20[14] National League 17100—3[lower-alpha 2]0201
Total 47110—40521
Career total 2162120201002402
  1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
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References
  1. "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. "Connor Brown". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. "Connor Brown: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  4. "Connor Brown". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. Birkinshaw, Alan (29 September 2016). "Guiseley sign up former Oldham defender Connor Brown". Ilkley Gazette. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. "Sheffield United: Brown feeling down as he leaves boyhood club". The Star. Sheffield. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  7. "Oldham sign Connor Brown and agree new deal with goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis". BBC Sport. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  8. "Games played by Connor Brown in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  9. "Trio staying at Boundary Park". Sky Sports. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  10. "Oldham Athletic retained list". Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  11. "Departure: Full back leaves club". Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  12. "Connor Brown: Guiseley sign former Oldham Athletic right-back". BBC Sport. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  13. Appleyard, Ian (20 January 2018). "Defender Brown joins City on loan". York City F.C. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  14. "C. Brown: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  15. Appleyard, Ian (13 February 2018). "City sign defender Marcus Williams". York City F.C. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  16. "Conference North: 2017/18: Latest table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  17. Flett, Dave (30 April 2018). "Louis Almond and Alex Kempster offered new deals at York City, but Aidan Connolly one of nine released". The Press. York. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  18. Turner, Paul (9 July 2018). "Barrow AFC have grounds for optimism ahead of Carlisle United friendly". The Mail. Barrow-in-Furness. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  19. "Sheffield United launch inquiry over Connor Brown's Twitter comments". The Guardian. London. Press Association. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  20. "Ched Evans: Sheffield Utd's Connor Brown suspended over Twitter rape case posts". BBC News. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  21. "Games played by Connor Brown in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  22. Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony, eds. (2012). Non-League Club Directory 2013. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 222–223. ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0.
  23. "Games played by Connor Brown in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  24. "Games played by Connor Brown in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  25. "Games played by Connor Brown in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  26. "Games played by Connor Brown in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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