Frankie Brown

For the cricket player, see Frankie Brown (cricketer).

Frankie Brown

Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-10-08) 8 October 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Bristol City
Number	5
Youth career
	Falkirk Girls
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Falkirk Ladies
	Whitehill Welfare
2005–2014	Hibernian	49+	(4+)
2011	→ Apollon Ladies (loan)
2014–2020	Bristol City	68	(0)
International career‡
2008–2019	Scotland [1]	96	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:38, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Frankie Brown (born 8 October 1987) is a Scottish former footballer who played for Falkirk Ladies, Whitehill Welfare, Hibernian, Bristol City and the Scotland national team.

Playing career

A right-sided defender, Brown began her footballing career with Falkirk Girls and was called up to the national under-17 squad in 2004. ^[2] After leaving school to study at the University of Edinburgh, Brown joined Whitehill Welfare before moving to Hibernian. ^[3] She also played in the UEFA Women's Champions League for Cypriot side Apollon Limassol alongside fellow Scot Hayley Lauder. ^[4]

Brown was called up to the full Scotland squad for the first time in August 2008 and won her first cap the following month in a friendly match against Switzerland. ^{[1] [5]}

She attended the Scottish Football Association National Performance Centre at the University of Stirling as a PhD student. ^{[6] [7]} After graduating, Brown took up a research post at the University of Bath, and in April 2014 she left Hibs to join FA WSL side Bristol City. ^{[8] [9]}

In July 2014 Brown was involved in an altercation between her Bristol teammate Natalia Pablos and Birmingham City's Karen Carney. On the strength of Brown's witness statement, Carney was fined, banned and sent on an education course for telling Pablos to "fuck off back to Spain." Pablos branded Carney a "puta madre" (English: mother fucker) during a lively exchange which Brown had drawn to the attention of the match referee. ^[10]

Career statistics

International appearances

As of the match played on 11 April 2023 ^[1]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	2008	2	0
	2009	9	0
	2010	5	0
	2011	9	0
	2012	10	0
	2013	17	0
	2014	14	0
	2015	10	0
	2016	2	0
	2017	13	0
	2018	2	0
	2019	3	0
Total		96	0

References

1. Frankie Brown at the Scottish Football Association
2. "Frankie Brown chosen for national squad". Falkirk Ladies FC. 20 March 2004. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
3. ^[ dead link ‍]
4. John Leonidou (16 August 2011). "Scottish duo loving island life at Apollon". UEFA. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
5. "Hibs' Brown wins Scotland call-up". BBC Sport . 21 August 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
6. "Frankie Brown". University of Stirling. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
7. Johnathon Menzies (10 December 2010). "Women's football academy at Stirling University". Stirling Observer. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
8. Payne, Richard (4 April 2014). "Hibs' Frankie Brown eyes World Cup with Scotland". Edinburgh Evening News . Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
9. "Edmondson reveals 2014 squad". bristolacademy.co.uk. FA WSL. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
10. "The written reasons of the Regulatory Commission". The Football Association. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

External links

• Frankie Brown at the Scottish Football Association
• Hibernian GLFC profile