Duggie Brown (soccer)

Duggie Brown

Personal information
Full name	Douglas Alexander Brown [1]
Date of birth	(1958-03-21) 21 March 1958 (age 67) [1]
Place of birth	Poole, Dorset, England [1]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1]
Position	Forward
Youth career
	Airdrie Academicals
	Chapel Hill BC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1978	Aberdeen	0	(0)
1978–1979	Clydebank	12	(1)
1979–1980	Sheffield United	25	(2)
1980–1981	Stranraer	7	(2)
1981–1983	Preston Makedonia	53	(18)
1983–1986	South Melbourne	86	(48)
1986–1987	Heidelberg United	13	(7)
1987–1988	Fawkner	46	(22)
International career
1984	Australia B	5	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Douglas Alexander Brown (born 21 March 1958) is a former footballer who played as a forward for Sheffield United. Born in England, he played for the Australia B national team.

Born in Poole in Dorset, ^[1] Brown started his career in Scotland where he was signed by Aberdeen on 16 July 1976 ^[2] but failed to make the breakthrough into the first team. ^[1] On 17 May 1978 ^[3] he moved to Clydebank for a short spell before being signed by English side Sheffield United on 2 March 1979, making his league debut the following day in a 1–1 draw against Oldham Athletic. ^[1]

Described by the press as an 'enthusiastic' player Brown was unable to establish himself as a first team player and eventually left United in October 1980 after playing 31 games in total and scoring five goals. ^[1]

Following his departure from United, Brown returned to his former trade as an engineering fitter. Brown worked for his father, George Brown, who was a building sub-contractor. George Brown had also been a Football League player, with Southport and Bradford Park Avenue. ^[1]

Brown later emigrated to Australia, signing with local giants South Melbourne Hellas in the National Soccer League. In four seasons at the club, he established himself as one of its greatest ever figures, twice finishing as the league's highest scorer and leading the club to the 1984 championship. ^[4] He has been honoured as a nominee in the club's Hall of Champions. ^[4]

Honours

Club

Domestic with South Melbourne

• National Soccer League

Champions: 1984

Conference Winners: 1984, 1985

• Buffalo Gold Cup

Winners: 1984

• Hellenic Cup

Winners: 1984

Individual

National Soccer League Top Goalscorer

• 1983 – 16 goals
• 1984 – 22 goals

Preston Makedonia Top Goalscorer

• 1982 – 11 goals

Fawkner Top Goalscorer

• 1987 – 14 goals
• 1988 – 8 goals

Australia B Leading Goalscorer

• 1984 – 2 goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League [a]			National Cup [b]		Other [c]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdeen [2]	1976–77	Scottish Premier Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1977–78	Scottish Premier Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clydebank [3]	1978–79	Scottish First Division	12	1	3	1	2	0	17	2
Sheffield United [1]	1978–79	English Second Division	9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1
	1979–80	English Third Division	16	1	0	0	6	3	22	4
	Total		25	2	0	0	6	3	31	5
Stranraer [5]	1980–81	Scottish Second Division	7	2	2	1	0	0	9	3
Preston Makedonia	1981 [6]	National Soccer League	25	7	2	1	0	0	27	8
	1982 [7]	National Soccer League	28	11	2	0	3 [8]	1	31	12
	1983 [9]	National Soccer League	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1
	Total		53	18	4	1	6	2	63	21
South Melbourne	1983 [10]	National Soccer League	28	16	3	3	0	0	31	19
	1984 [11]	National Soccer League	32	22	0	0	5 [12]	2	37	24
	1985 [13]	National Soccer League	23	10	1	0	5 [14]	1	29	11
	1986 [15]	National Soccer League	3	0	1 [16]	3	4 [17]	0	8	3
	Total		86	48	5	6	14	3	105	57
Heidelberg United	1986 [15]	National Soccer League	12	7	0	0	0	0	12	7
	1987 [18]	National Soccer League	1	0	0	0	5 [19]	2	6	2
	Total		13	7	0	0	5	2	18	9
Fawkner	1987 [20]	Victorian State League	22	14	0	0	4 [21] [22]	5	26	19
	1988 [23]	Victorian State League	24	8	0	0	2 [24] [25]	1	26	9
	Total		46	22	0	0	6	6	52	28
Career total			242	100	14	9	39	16	295	125

1. Includes NSL Conference and Championship play-offs
2. Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup, and NSL Cup.
3. Includes League Cup, Scottish League Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Ampol Cup, Buffalo Gold Cup, Hellenic Cup, Buffalo Cup, Dockerty Cup, and Victorian State League Cup.

International

Australia B [26]
Year	Apps	Goals
1984	5	2
Total	5	2

International goals

Scores and results list Australia B's goal tally first. ^[26]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 June 1984	Adamstown Oval, Newcastle	Rangers	2–4	2–4	Friendly
2.	17 June 1984	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Iraklis	1–1	1–1	Friendly

References

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