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Michael Brough Personal information Full name Michael Brough[1] Date of birth 1 August 1981 Place of birth Nottingham, England Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Darlington Number 19 Youth career 1996–1998 Notts County Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1998–2004 Notts County 89 (2) 1999–2000 → Spalding United (loan) ? (?) 2004–2006 Stevenage Borough 37 (3) 2006–2008 Forest Green Rovers 87 (6) 2008–2010 Torquay United 4 (0) 2009 → Salisbury City (loan) 13 (0) 2009 → Stevenage Borough (loan) 6 (0) 2009–2010 → Mansfield Town (loan) 7 (0) 2010 Mansfield Town 13 (0) 2010– Darlington 9 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:06, 2 October 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Michael Brough (born 1 August 1981) is a footballer who plays for Darlington. Although born in England, he has represented Wales at under-21 level.[3]
Career
Brough was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. He began his career as a trainee with Notts County, turning professional in August 1998. In December 1999 he joined Spalding United on loan before returning to Meadow Lane. His League debut came on 7 March 2000 in a 1–0 win away to Gillingham.
He fell out of favour at Notts County and was allowed to join Macclesfield Town on trial in January 2004, after being told that his short-term contract would not be renewed.[4] He also had a trial with Lincoln City the following month.[5]
He was released by Notts County in March 2004 and joined Stevenage Borough,[6] moving on to Forest Green Rovers in January 2006 on a free transfer.[7] He was made captain at Forest Green, under the management of his former Notts County teammate Gary Owers, but left in May 2008 to join Paul Buckle’s Torquay United.[8]
He made his Torquay debut in August 2008, playing in the 3–1 defeat away to Crawley Town, after which he lost his place, starting only one other game that season. On 2 February 2009, Brough joined Salisbury City on loan, along with fellow Torquay defender Chris Todd.[9]
Brough was then loaned to Mansfield Town, and was signed by the club in January 2010,[10] but then went on to join Darlington ahead of the 2010–11 season.[11]
References
- ^ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/birth-indexes-search-start.action. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ^ "Michael Brough profile". ESPNsoccernet. 2009-09-25. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=41999&cc=5739. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ "Welsh U21s win at last". BBC Sport. 2002-11-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/wales/2491857.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
- ^ "Silkmen hand duo trials". BBC Sport. 2004-01-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/macclesfield_town/3416459.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
- ^ "Lincoln look at Brough". BBC Sport. 2004-02-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/lincoln_city/3464853.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
- ^ "Brough joins Stevenage". BBC Sport. 2004-03-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stevenage/3540813.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
- ^ "Brough seals Forest Green switch". BBC Sport. 2006-01-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/forest_green_rovers/4606008.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
- ^ "Torquay sign Forest Green skipper". BBC Sport. 2008-05-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/7407908.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
- ^ "Three in for City". Non-League Daily. 2009-02-02. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=55340. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ^ "Mansfield Town sign Michael Brough from Torquay". BBC Sport. 2010-01-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/8446332.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
- ^ "Quakers sign midfielder Brough". Darlington F.C. 2010-07-05. http://www.darlington-fc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10339~2084389,00.html. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
External links
Darlington F.C. – current squad 2 Arnison · 3 Brown · 4 Chandler · 5 G. Taylor · 6 Miller · 7 Hatch · 8 K. Taylor · 9 Purcell · 10 Walshaw · 11 Campbell · 12 Bowman · 14 Atkinson · 15 Gray · 16 McReady · 18 Lee · 19 Brough · 20 Rundle · 22 Purkiss · 23 Russell · 25 Sanchez-Munoz · 26 Geohaghon · 31 Bridge-Wilkinson · Manager: Liddle
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- Welsh footballers
- Wales under-21 international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Notts County F.C. players
- Spalding United F.C. players
- Stevenage F.C. players
- Forest Green Rovers F.C. players
- Torquay United F.C. players
- Salisbury City F.C. players
- Mansfield Town F.C. players
- Darlington F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Conference National players
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