David Crown

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David Crown
Personal information
Full name David Ian Crown [1]
Date of birth (1958-02-16) 16 February 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Enfield, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward, winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1979 Grays Athletic
1979–1980 Walthamstow Avenue
1980–1981 Brentford 46 (8)
1981–1983 Portsmouth 28 (2)
1983 → Exeter City (loan) 7 (3)
1983–1985 Reading 88 (14)
1985–1987 Cambridge United 116 (45)
1987–1990 Southend United 113 (61)
1990–1993 Gillingham 87 (40)
1993–1994 Dagenham & Redbridge 33 (9)
1994–1995 Purfleet
1995–1996 Aylesbury United
1996 Sudbury Town
1996– Billericay Town
0000–1997 Concord Rangers
1997–2001 Purfleet
Managerial career
Purfleet (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Ian Crown (born 16 February 1958) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League, most notably for Cambridge United and Southend United. [1] [3] He also played for Reading, Gillingham, Brentford, Portsmouth and Exeter City. [4] Until March 2021, Crown's 24 goals in a Football League season stood as Cambridge United's club record. [5] He later player-managed Purfleet in non-League football and served as assistant manager at Concord Rangers and Southend United. [6] [7]

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Personal life

As of October 2000, Crown was running an accountancy firm in Leigh-on-Sea. [8] As of February 2020, he was working as a matchday host at former club Southend United. [9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1980–81 [10] Third Division 3863121—438
1981–82 [10] 82—20—102
Total4683141—5310
Portsmouth 1981–82 [11] Third Division27220—1 [lower-alpha 1] 1303
1982–83 [11] 1000000010
Total282200011313
Exeter City (loan)1982–83 [6] Third Division73———73
Reading 1983–84 [12] Fourth Division 45730201 [lower-alpha 2] 0517
1984–85 [13] Third Division43731222 [lower-alpha 2] 05010
Total881461423010117
Southend United Total1136140847413269
Gillingham 1990–91 [14] Fourth Division301211003 [lower-alpha 2] 13414
1991–92 [14] 372320212 [lower-alpha 2] 14325
1992–93 [14] Third Division205222200249
Total874053435210148
Aylesbury United 1995–96 [15] Isthmian League Premier Division114——1 [lower-alpha 3] 0124
Career total3801322052010177437154
  1. ↑ Appearance in Hampshire Professional Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup

Honours

Southend United

Individual

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  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 106. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ↑ "Player Profile". SUFCdb. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 99–100. ISBN   0-7524-2243-X.
  5. ↑ Page, Stephen (27 March 2021). "Paul Mullin breaks Cambridge United goalscoring record in win at Carlisle United". CambridgeshireLive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Crown, David". The Grecian Archive. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "On This Day... – News" . Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Soccer: Crown's backing for Webb". Gazette. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Shrimpers Through The Ages!". www.southendunited.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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  13. ↑ "Reading 1984–85". www.royalsrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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  15. ↑ "David Crown Profile". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  16. ↑ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 148.
  17. ↑ Miles, Peter (12 June 2015). 101 Interesting Facts on Southend United: Learn About the Boys From Roots Hall. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN   978-0-9932417-6-5.


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