John Brown (footballer born 1962)

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John Brown
Personal information
Full name	John Brown
Date of birth	January 26, 1962 (1962-01-26) (age 47)
Place of birth	Stirling, Scotland
Playing position	Defender (retired)
Club information
Current club	Clyde (Manager)
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1979–84 1984–88 1988–96	Hamilton Academical Dundee Rangers Total	133 (11) 114 (28) 207 (14) 454 (53)
Teams managed
2008–	Clyde
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John Brown, also well known by his nickname "Bomber", (born January 26, 1962 in Stirling) is a former Scottish professional footballer, and current manager of Scottish First Division side Clyde. He played for Hamilton Academical, Dundee and Rangers during his playing days.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Playing 1.2 Managerial 1.2.1 Managerial Stats 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Playing

Brown started his career at Hamilton before moving on to Dundee. He was signed by Rangers in January 1988 and went on to play 278 games for the club winning 6 league Titles, 3 Scottish Cups and 3 league Cups scoring 18 goals in the process.

[edit] Managerial

Brown took over as coach of Rangers' Under-18s in 1997 before moving on to coach the reserve team in 2003, replacing former teammate John McGregor. He left the Rangers coaching setup on 27 June 2006 just weeks after new manager Paul Le Guen took charge.

Brown was linked with the vacant Clyde job in June 2007, but lost out after the job was given to former Scotland captain Colin Hendry.

He is a regular contributor to Ibrox Uncovered, the nightly magazine programme on Rangers TV.

On November 21, 2007, Brown was announced as the new manager of Dumbarton currently playing in the Scottish Third Division. However on November 22, it emerged Brown had turned down the Dumbarton post due to personal reasons.^[1]

Brown was appointed Clyde manager on 26 January 2008, succeeding Colin Hendry, who had resigned due to family reasons.^[2] Brown's first game in charge came in a disappointing 3-1 defeat by Stirling Albion on 2 February 2008. He achieved his aim of keeping Clyde in the Scottish First Division via the playoffs. In December 2008, Brown signed a longterm contract to tie him to the 'Bully Wee' until 2011.^[3]

[edit] Managerial Stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Clyde		January 26, 2008	Present	42	17	8	17	40

[edit] See also

• Clyde F.C. season 2007-08
• Clyde F.C. season 2008-09

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Clydefc.co.uk Profile

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