Bill Brown (footballer, born 1943)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Frederick Thomas Brown[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1961 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 1961–1962 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 1962–1964 | Romford | 80 | (29) |
| 1964–1965 | Chelmsford City | ||
| 1965–1966 | Bedford Town | 35 | (13) |
| 1966–1968 | Gillingham | 105 | (33) |
| 1968–1969 | Portsmouth | 8 | (2) |
| 1969 | Brentford | 4 | (0) |
| 1969–1970 | Margate | ||
| 1970 | Bedford Town | 8 | (1) |
| Dunstable Town | |||
| Ford United | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Frederick Thomas Brown (born 7 February 1943) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.[2] His professional clubs included Portsmouth, Brentford and Gillingham, for whom he made over 100 Football League appearances.[1] Either side of his spell in the Football League, Brown had a long career in non-League football.[1]
Personal life
[edit]As of October 1969, Brown was running his own haulage business.[3] As of 2014, he was living in Essex.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bedford Town | 1965–66[4] | Southern League Premier Division | 35 | 13 | 6 | 1 | — | 11[a] | 3 | 42 | 17 | |
| Gillingham | 1965–66[5] | Third Division | 24 | 10 | — | — | — | 24 | 10 | |||
| 1966–67[5] | Third Division | 41 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 48 | 10 | ||
| 1967–68[5] | Third Division | 40 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 44 | 14 | ||
| Total | 105 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 116 | 34 | |||
| Portsmouth | 1968–69[6] | Second Division | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 2 | |
| Brentford | 1969–70[7] | Fourth Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Bedford Town | 1969–70[8] | Southern League First Division | 8 | 1 | — | — | 5[b] | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Total | 43 | 14 | 6 | 1 | — | 16 | 3 | 55 | 18 | |||
| Career total | 160 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 194 | 53 | ||
- ^ 6 appearances and 3 goals in Eastern Professional Floodlit Competition, 4 appearances in Southern League Cup, 1 appearance in Huntingdonshire Premier Cup
- ^ 3 appearances in Eastern Professional Floodlit Competition, 2 appearances in Southern League Cup
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bill Brown". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 68. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
- ^ a b Trice, Jeff. "Bill Brown". www.margatefootballclubhistory.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Season 65/6". Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "Billy Brown". Gillingham FC Scrapbook. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "William Brown". PompeyRama. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 390. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ "Season 69/70". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Romford F.C. players
- Chelmsford City F.C. players
- Bedford Town F.C. players
- Gillingham F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Margate F.C. players
- Dunstable Town F.C. players
- Redbridge F.C. players
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