Junior Brown (footballer)

Junior Brown (born 7 May 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back.

Junior Brown

Brown training with Fleetwood Town in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Junior Brown[1]
Date of birth	(1989-05-07) 7 May 1989
Place of birth	Crewe, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s)	Left back, Midfielder
Number	28
Youth career
000?–2007	Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Crewe Alexandra	1	(0)
2007–2008	→ Kidsgrove Athletic (loan)
2008–2009	FC Halifax Town	33	(8)
2009–2010	Northwich Victoria	32	(3)
2010–2014	Fleetwood Town	106	(13)
2014	→ Tranmere Rovers (loan)	9	(1)
2014–2015	Oxford United	11	(0)
2014–2015	→ Mansfield Town (loan)	5	(1)
2015	Mansfield Town	19	(1)
2015–2018	Shrewsbury Town	89	(6)
2018–2020	Coventry City	22	(0)
2019–2020	→ Scunthorpe United (loan)	20	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:15, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Career

Crewe Alexandra

Brown began his career at hometown club Crewe Alexandra, for whom he made a solitary appearance as substitute in a league match with Brighton on 2 February 2008.[2]

Non-league

After leaving Crewe, Brown dropped into non-league football with spells at the newly formed F.C. Halifax Town,[3] and then Northwich Victoria.[4]

Fleetwood Town

After the Vics' problems off the field he signed for Fleetwood Town.[5] He was part of the squad that saw Fleetwood promoted into the Football League for the first time in their history, and was hailed for his good form on his personal return to league football.[6]

Brown joined League One side Tranmere Rovers on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season on 6 March 2014.[7]

Oxford United

On 31 July 2014 Brown terminated his contract with Fleetwood and agreed to join League Two side Oxford United on a 12-month contract.[8]

Mansfield Town

Brown joined Mansfield Town on a permanent transfer in January 2015 having been on loan at the club since November 2014.[9]

Shrewsbury Town

Brown joined Shrewsbury Town in League One on a free transfer in June 2015, re-uniting with his former manager at Fleetwood, Micky Mellon.[10] Establishing himself as first choice left-back at the club, he made forty appearances in all competitions during the 2015–16 season, before picking up a knee ligament injury in April 2016.[11] This injury caused him to miss most of the season.[12]

Brown signed a two-year contract extension in June 2016, keeping him at the club until summer 2018.[13] Having found some goalscoring form during his second season, Brown's fifth goal of the campaign, the matchwinner in a 1−0 home victory over Southend United in April 2017, notably all-but sealed Shrewsbury's League One status at the expense of local rivals Port Vale.[14]

He was offered a new contract by Shrewsbury at the end of the 2017–18 season.[15] Brown joined Coventry City on 1 July 2018 on a 2-year deal.[16]

On 29 August 2019, Brown joined League Two side Scunthorpe United on loan until January where he was given the 28 shirt.[17]

Style of play

Brown can play anywhere on the left-hand side of the pitch either as a winger, wing-back or full-back.[18]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 January 2020[19][20]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Crewe Alexandra	2007–08	Football League One	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
FC Halifax Town	2008–09	NPL Division One North	33	8	0	0	0	0	—		33	8
Northwich Victoria	2009–10	Conference North	32	3	1	0	—				33	3
Fleetwood Town	2010–11	Football Conference	21	2	0	0	—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	23	2
	2011–12		21	0	2	0	—				23	0
	2012–13	Football League Two	43	10	2	1	0	0	—		45	11
	2013–14		21	1	3	0	1	0	6[lower-alpha 2]	0	31	1
	Total		106	13	7	1	1	0	8	0	122	15
Tranmere Rovers	2013–14	Football League One	9	1	0	0	0	0	—		9	1
Oxford United	2014–15	Football League Two	11	0	1	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	15	0
Mansfield Town (loan)	2014–15	Football League Two	5	1	0	0	0	0	—		5	1
Mansfield Town	2014–15	Football League Two	19	1	0	0	0	0	—		19	1
Shrewsbury Town	2015–16	Football League One	31	0	5	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	1	40	1
	2016–17	EFL League One	43	5	3	0	2	0	3[lower-alpha 2]	0	51	5
	2017–18		15	1	0	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	17	1
	Total		89	6	8	0	5	0	6	1	108	7
Coventry City	2018–19	League One	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	0
Scunthorpe United (loan)	2019–20	League Two	20	0	1	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 2]	0	24	0
Career totals			327	33	18	1	9	0	18	1	372	35

1. Appearances in Conference play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in the Football League Trophy

References

1. "Professional retain lists & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. May 2013. p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
2. "Brighton 3–0 Crewe". BBC Sport. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
3. "FC Halifax Town Clockwatch". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
4. "Vics helped me earn Fleetwood move, says Brown". Northwich Guardian. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
5. "Fleetwood Town sign Junior Brown from Northwich". BBC Sport. 18 June 2010.
6. "Fleetwood: Micky Mellon hails 'blossoming' Junior Brown". BBC Sport. 4 October 2012.
7. "Junior Brown: Tranmere Rovers sign Fleetwood winger on loan". BBC Sport. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
8. "Oxford United: Junior Brown joins from Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
9. "Ricky Ravenhill & Junior Brown join Mansfield Town". BBC Sport. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
10. "Junior Brown: Shrewsbury Town sign left winger on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
11. "Shrewsbury's Junior Brown ruled out for rest of season". Shropshire Star. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
12. "Junior Brown: Coventry sign Shrewsbury Town defender on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
13. "Junior Brown on new deal". Shrewsweb. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
14. "Junior Brown: I predicted my Shrewsbury Town special moment". Shropshire Star. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
15. "Shrewsbury Town: Joe Riley, Shaun Rowley and AJ Leitch-Smith to be released". BBC Sport. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
16. Hatfield, Luke. "Shrewsbury Town defender Junior Brown to join Coventry". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
17. "Iron sign Junior Brown on loan". Scunthorpe United F.C. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
18. "Boss influence swung it for Junior Brown". Shropshire Star. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
19. Junior Brown at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
20. Junior Brown at Soccerbase

External links

• Junior Brown at Soccerbase
• Junior Brown at Soccerway