Brett Johnson (footballer, born 1985)

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Brett Johnson
Brett Johnson Grays Athletic 2006.jpg
Johnson while with Grays Athletic in 2006.
Personal information
Full name Brett Johnson [1]
Date of birth (1985-08-15) 15 August 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Hammersmith, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Ashford Town (Middlesex)
2004–2005 Aldershot Town 35 (2)
2005–2008 Northampton Town 27 (0)
2005 → Gravesend & Northfleet (loan) 4 (0)
2006 → Grays Athletic (loan) 5 (0)
2008–2009 Brentford 10 (0)
2009–2012 AFC Wimbledon 79 (6)
2012 → Cambridge United (loan) 2 (0)
2012–2014 Woking 61 (5)
2014–2017 Margate 76 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brett Johnson (born 15 August 1985) is an English semi-professional footballer who played in the Football League for Northampton Town, AFC Wimbledon and Brentford. He was adept as a left-sided central defender or as a left back. [3] He played under manager Terry Brown at Aldershot Town, AFC Wimbledon and Margate. [3] [4]

Contents

Career

Early years and Football League (2002–2009)

A defender, Johnson began his career with Isthmian League club Ashford Town (Middlesex) and transferred to Conference club Aldershot Town on 6 February 2004. [5] He was a part of the team which reached the Conference Premier play-off semi-finals at the end of the 2004–05 season and earned a move to League Two club Northampton Town on 1 July 2005. [6] [7] [8] Johnson's time at Sixfields was hampered by persistent hamstring injuries and despite spells away on loan in non-League football to gain fitness, [9] [10] he managed just 13 appearances before his contract expired at the end of the 2006–07 season. [11] [12] [13] He signed successive six-month contracts to remain with the club for the duration of the 2007–08 season and made something of a breakthrough, making 18 appearances. [13] [14] [15]

By the time of his release in June 2008, Johnson had made just 31 appearances during three seasons with Northampton Town. [2] [16] He dropped back down to League Two to join Brentford, the club he supports, [17] on a one-year contract in August 2008. [18] He made just 12 appearances during an injury-hit season and was released in June 2009, [19] but he did win a League Two promotion medal. [17] [20]

AFC Wimbledon and return to non-League football (2009–2017)

In August 2009, Johnson dropped into the Conference Premier to join AFC Wimbledon. [3] Despite suffering from further injuries, [21] he was a part of the team which clinched promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history with victory in the 2011 Conference Premier play-off final. [22] Johnson made 23 appearances in the Dons' debut season in League Two, but he spent time away on loan at Conference Premier club Cambridge United and was released in June 2012, [23] [24] after having made 94 appearances and scored six goals during three seasons at Kingsmeadow. [25]

On 1 August 2012, Johnson dropped back into non-League football to join Woking, [26] where he remained for two seasons and won the 2013–14 Surrey Senior Cup. [27] [28] [29] A three-season spell with Margate followed (which included victory in the 2015 Isthmian League Premier Division play-off Final to win promotion to the National League South) in which he captained the team, [25] [30] but a combined torn cruciate, meniscus, medial ligament and fractured fibia injury suffered in a collision with his own goalkeeper in February 2017 forced him to take a break from football. [31] [32]

Personal life

Johnson is a Brentford supporter. [17] In 2012, after returning to part-time football, he began studying to be a taxi driver. [4] By May 2018, he was working as a self-employed taxi driver. [32]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aldershot Town 2003–04 [33] Conference 60———60
2004–05 [34] Conference Premier29210—2 [lower-alpha 1] 0322
Total35210—20382
Northampton Town 2005–06 [11] League Two 6010100080
2006–07 [12] League One 5000001 [lower-alpha 2] 060
2007–08 [15] 160002000180
Total270102010310
Gravesend & Northfleet (loan) 2005–06 [11] Conference Premier40———40
Grays Athletic (loan)2005–06 [35] Conference Premier50———50
Brentford 2008–09 [19] League Two10000201 [lower-alpha 2] 0120
AFC Wimbledon 2009–10 [36] Conference Premier38130—3 [lower-alpha 3] 0441
2010–11 [36] 23510—3 [lower-alpha 1] 0275
2011–12 [37] League Two18030101 [lower-alpha 2] 0230
Total796701070946
Cambridge United (loan) 2011–12 [25] Conference Premier20——2 [lower-alpha 4] 040
Woking 2012–13 [25] Conference Premier36210—4 [lower-alpha 5] 0412
2013–14 [28] 25300—5 [lower-alpha 6] 0303
Total61510—90715
Margate 2014–15 [38] Isthmian League Premier Division35100—7 [lower-alpha 7] 0421
2015–16 [28] National League South 19021—1 [lower-alpha 4] 0221
2016–17 [25] 22010—00230
Total76131—80872
Career total299141315030034715
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Conference Premier play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ 2 appearances in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in London Senior Cup
  4. 1 2 Appearances in FA Trophy
  5. ↑ 2 appearances in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Surrey Senior Cup
  6. ↑ 4 appearances in Surrey Senior Cup, 1 appearance in FA Trophy
  7. ↑ 5 appearances in Isthmian League Cup, 2 appearances in Isthmian League Premier Division play-offs, 1 appearance in FA Trophy

Honours

Brentford

AFC Wimbledon

Woking

Margate

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