Grant Brown

Football player infobox
playername = Grant Brown


fullname = Grant Ashley Brown
nickname = Hoof
height = height|ft=6|in=0
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|11|19
cityofbirth = Sunderland
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Lincoln City (Youth Team Coach)
position = Central defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1988-1989
1989-2002
2003-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
clubs = Leicester City
Lincoln City
Telford United
Alfreton Town
Grantham Town
caps(goals) = 014 0(0)
407 (15)
035 0(0)
083 0(1)
042 0(6)
manageryears = 2007
managerclubs = Lincoln City "(caretaker)"

Grant Ashley Brown (born November 19 1969 in Sunderland, England) is an English former footballer. He is presently Youth Team Coach at Lincoln City but, having been Caretaker Manager prior to the appointment of Peter Jackson, has taken a more active role with the first team since Jackson's appointment.

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 onto to make a club record [cite news
url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=theplayers&drop=matchsearch
title=Appearances - Football League
publisher=Lincoln City F.C.
date=29 February 2008
accessdate=2008-02-29] 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 2001-2002 season. [cite web
url=http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~215116,00.html
title=Five set for City exit
publisher=Lincoln City F.C. Official Website
date=3 May, 2002
accessdate=2008-10-06] [cite web
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/lincoln_city/1966138.stm
title=Imps release five players
publisher=BBC Sport
date=3 May, 2002
accessdate=2008-10-06] In July 2002, Brown agreed a one year contract to join Telford United. [cite web
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/telford/2130209.stm
title=King lands Brown
publisher=BBC Sport
date=15 July, 2002
accessdate=2008-10-06] He spent a season with Telford before spending a further two seasons with Alfreton Town.

In July 2005, Grant agreed a deal [cite news
url=http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/sport/Glavin-swoops-for-defender-Brown.1085767.jp
title=Glavin swoops for defender Brown
publisher=Worksop Guardian
date=14 July 2005
accessdate=2008-02-29] to join Worksop Town for the 2005-2006 season. 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 [cite news
url=http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/sport/TOWN-BOSS-CAPTURES-IMPS-RECORD.1112380.jp
title=Town boss captures Imps record holder
publisher=Grantham Journal
date=12 August 2005
accessdate=2008-02-29] . He would spend a season with Grantham before the increasing commitments at Lincoln City bought his playing career to an end at the age of 36.

When John Schofield and John Deehan were sacked by Lincoln City on October 15 2007 following a disappointing start to the 2007-2008 season culminating in a 4-0 defeat away to Paul Ince's league leaders, MK Dons, Brown was appointed caretaker manager until the appointment of Peter Jackson.cite news
title = Lincoln City sack boss Schofield
url = http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/lincoln_city/7045372.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-10-15
accessdate = 2007-10-15] Following Jackson's appointment, Brown remained a presence on the bench at first-team matches. With Jackson currently undergoing treatment for throat cancer, Brown has assisted Lincoln's temporary manager [cite web
title= The Managers
url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=managers&drop=matchsearch
publisher=The Official Lincoln City Archive
accessdate= 2008-04-29] Iffy Onuora.

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* [http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=brow04 Lincoln City F.C. profile]
* [http://www.thegingerbreads.co.uk/gtfcstats/player.php?id=694 Grantham Town F.C. profile]