John Brough (English footballer)

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John Brough
Personal information
Full name John Robert Brough [1]
Date of birth (1973-01-08) 8 January 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Ilkeston, England
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1992 Notts County 0 (0)
1992–1994 Shrewsbury Town 16 (1)
1994 Telford United 7 (1)
1994–1998 Hereford United 112 (7)
1998–2004 Cheltenham Town 136 (6)
2005–2006 Aldershot Town 15 (0)
2006–2007 Newport County 47 (2)
Bishop's Cleeve
Managerial career
2013–2014 Bishop's Cleeve
2014–2016 Cinderford Town
2016–2018 North Leigh
2019–2024 Cirencester Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Robert Brough (born 8 January 1973) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town, Hereford United and Cheltenham Town as a centre back. [2] He recently stepped down as manager of Cirencester Town following the club's resignation from the Southern League.

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Playing career

Brough spent seven years with Cheltenham after joining from Hereford United at the start of season 1998–99, at the same time as Neil Grayson and David Norton. Brough made 208 appearances for Cheltenham in those seven years, scoring 14 goals. A strong centre back, Brough often found himself deployed as a successful makeshift centre forward. Brough scored the first and played a part in the second of two injury time goals that gave Cheltenham a 2–1 away victory over title rivals Rushden & Diamonds in the 1998–99 season which saw promotion to the Football League. He joined Newport County from Aldershot Town in March 2006 and was released by Newport at the end of the 2006–07 season.

Managerial career

After retiring from professional football, Brough became Youth Team Manager then Youth Team Manager/Head of Youth for Cheltenham Town. [3] In May 2013, he was appointed first team manager at Southern League side Bishop's Cleeve, replacing former boss Alex Sykes. [4] Having served less than a season as manager at Bishop's Cleeve, he left the club to become manager at league rivals Cinderford Town in April 2014. [5] In May 2016 he left to take over as manager at North Leigh. [6] He left North Leigh in May 2018. [7]

In December 2019 he was appointed manager of Cirencester Town. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Hugman, Barry, ed. (2005). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006. Queen Anne Press. p. 59. ISBN   978-1-85291-662-6.
  2. ↑ "John Brough". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "Who's Who". ctfc.com. Cheltenham Town Football Club (FC) & FLPTV Ltd. Archived from the original on 7 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Former Cheltenham Town defender John Brough to take over at Cleeve". Gloucestershire Echo. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "John Brough named new manager of Cinderford Town". Gloucestershire Echo. 8 April 2014. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  6. ↑ FOOTBALL: John Brough appointed new manager at North Leigh Oxford Mail, 30 May 2016
  7. ↑ FOOTBALL: Manager John Brough to leave North Leigh at end of season Oxford Mail, 13 April 2018
  8. ↑ John Brough succeeds his own successor at Cirencester Town The Non-League Football Paper, 4 December 2019


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