Grant Brown

Grant Brown

Personal information
Full name	Grant Ashley Brown
Date of birth	(1969-11-19) 19 November 1969 (age 53)
Place of birth	Sunderland, England
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1989	Leicester City	14	(0)
1989–2002	Lincoln City	407	(15)
2002–2003	Telford United	35	(0)
2003–2005	Alfreton Town	83	(1)
2005	Worksop Town	0	(0)
2005–2006	Grantham Town	42	(6)
Total		581	(22)
Managerial career
2005–2012	Lincoln City (Youth team)
2007	Lincoln City (joint caretaker)
2011	Lincoln City (caretaker)
2013	Lincoln City (caretaker)
2014	Lincoln City (joint caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Grant Ashley Brown (born 19 November 1969) is an English football coach and former professional player.

As a player, he was a defender from 1988 to 2006, notably making 407 league appearances for Lincoln City between 1989 and 2002. He also played in the Football League for Leicester City prior to his move to Lincoln. After his departure from Sincil Bank he went on to spend the last four years of his career playing Non-league football for Telford United, Alfreton Town, Worksop Town and Grantham Town. He returned to Lincoln in 2005 as a part-time youth coach whilst still a player with Grantham and at the end of the season he rejoined the Imps on a full-time coaching basis. He has since held the position of both Head of Youth and Assistant manager, as well as being in caretaker charge of the first team on three separate occasions.

Playing career

After beginning his professional career with Leicester City in 1988, he made 14 appearances for the Foxes before then Lincoln City manager Colin Murphy persuaded him to join the team at Sincil Bank.

Between 1989 and 2002, Grant went on to make a club record ^[1] 407 league appearances for The Imps, scoring 15 goals. With Lincoln heading into administration, cost-cutting measures saw Brown join four other experienced first-team players in being released at the culmination of the 2001–02 season. ^{[2] [3]} In July 2002, Brown agreed a one-year contract to join Telford United. ^[4] He spent a season with Telford before spending a further two seasons with Alfreton Town.

Coaching career

In July 2005, Grant agreed a deal to join Worksop Town for the 2005–06 season. ^[5] However, in August 2005 he was appointed Youth Team Coach at Lincoln City, a role which was incompatible with the training requirements at Worksop and so Brown was allowed to cancel his agreement with Worksop and sign instead for Grantham Town. ^[6] He would spend a season with Grantham before the increasing commitments at Lincoln bought his playing career to an end at the age of 36.

When John Schofield and John Deehan were sacked by Lincoln City on 15 October 2007 following a disappointing start to the 2007–08 season culminating in a 4–0 defeat away to Paul Ince's league leaders, Milton Keynes Dons, Brown was appointed caretaker manager until the appointment of Peter Jackson. ^[7] Following Jackson's appointment, Brown remained a presence on the bench at first team matches and, when Jackson underwent treatment for throat cancer, Brown assisted Lincoln's temporary manager Iffy Onuora. ^[8] In the 2008–09 season, Brown reverted to his role with the youth team with Simon Clark moving into a first team coaching role. In July 2009, Brown was promoted to Assistant Head of Youth at the club ^[9] and in June 2010 succeeded Tom Spall as the Head of Youth, agreeing a two-year contract with the club. ^[10] He took over as caretaker manager for a second period on 10 October 2011 following the sacking of Steve Tilson. ^[11] He remained in charge until 24 October when David Holdsworth was appointed. ^[12] On 3 November 2014, he was once again appointed caretaker manager following the dismissal of Gary Simpson. ^[13] Following the departure of manager Chris Moyses at the end of the 2015–16 season, Brown left the club on 25 June 2016. ^[14]

He was appointed academy manager at FCV International Football Academy in July 2016. ^[15]

References

1. "Appearances – Football League". Lincoln City F.C. 29 February 2008. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2008.
2. "Five set for City exit". Lincoln City F.C. 3 May 2002. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
3. "Imps release five players". BBC Sport. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
4. "King lands Brown". BBC Sport. 15 July 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
5. "Glavin swoops for defender Brown". Worksop Guardian. 14 July 2005. Retrieved 29 February 2008.
6. "Town boss captures Imps record holder". Grantham Journal. 12 August 2005. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 29 February 2008.
7. "Lincoln City sack boss Schofield". BBC Sport. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
8. "The Managers". The Official Lincoln City Archive. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
9. "Youth Development Board Update". Lincoln City F.C. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
10. "Brown named Head of Youth". Lincoln City F.C. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
11. "Steve Tilson sacked as Lincoln City manager". BBC Sport. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
12. "David Holdsworth appointed Lincoln City manager". BBC Sport. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
13. "Bob Dorrian says Chris Moyses and Grant Brown could be a surprise package for Lincoln City | Lincolnshire Echo". Archived from the original on 4 November 2014.
14. "Grant Brown Leaves The Club". Lincoln City F.C. Official Website. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
15. "Grant Brown appointed as new FootballCV Academy Manager". FootballCV Academy Official Website. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.

External links

• Grant Brown at Soccerbase
• Grant Brown management career statistics at Soccerbase
• Lincoln City F.C. profile
• Grantham Town F.C. profile