James Brown (footballer)

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James Brown
Name:	James Brown
Nickname:
Date of birth:	3 January 1987
Place of birth:	Cramlington
Nationality:	English
Height:	5'11" (180cm)
Current Club:	Hartlepool United
Position:	Striker
Professional Clubs*
Time	Club	Apps (Goals)
2005-	Hartlepool United	0 (0)
*Professional club caps and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2005.

James Brown (born 3 January 1987 in Cramlington) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Hartlepool United in League One.

James Brown joined the Hartlepool youth set-up from Cramlington Boys Club. However, he joined too late to through the Youth Scholarship system and was subsequently offered a temporally deal. He was part of Hartlepool’s under 19s side that won the Dallas Cup. James Brown was included on the substitutes bench for Hartlepool’s match against Bournemouth on the last day of the 2004-05 season. He was expected to play a part in the Hartlepool’s 2005-06 campaign and participated regularly during pre-season.

However during pre-season, James Brown broke his leg against Hibernian and has been unable to make his breakthrough. During the 2006-07 campagn, he played nearly all of Hartlepools games on the right wing. Defenders were unable to stop him because of his great pace and skills. This meant he got past the full backs with great ease. He is great at getting crosses into the box and nearly all arrive with the strikers.

James really is one to watch and is rated very highly by everyone at Pools. The young striker missed out on the majority of last season after suffering ligament damage in a pre-season friendly game but he finished the campaign strongly. James is ruthless in and around the box and it was his lethal finishing that earned him his first professional contract with the Club last summer.