John Brough (footballer)

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John Brough
Personal information
Full name	John Robert Brough
Date of birth	January 8, 1973 (1973-01-08) (age 35)
Place of birth	Ilkeston, England
Playing position	Centre back
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1992 1992–1994 1994 1994–1998 1998–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007	Notts County Shrewsbury Town Telford United Hereford United Cheltenham Town Aldershot Town Newport County	000 (0) 016 (1) 00? (?) 112 (7) 136 (6) 015 (1) 047 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John Robert Brough (born January 8, 1973) is an English professional footballer. Brough made well over 200 league appearances for Shrewsbury Town, Hereford United and Cheltenham Town.

Brough spent seven years with Cheltenham after joining from Hereford United at the start of season 1998-99, at the same time as Neil Grayson and David Norton. Brough made 208 appearances for Cheltenham in those seven years, scoring 14 goals. A strong centre back, John often found himself deployed as a successful make shift centre forward. Brough scored the first and played a part in the second of 2 injury time goals that gave Cheltenham a 2-1 away victory over League rivals Rushden and Diamonds in the 98-99 season which saw promotion to the Football League. He joined Newport County from Aldershot Town in March 2006 and was released by Newport at the end of the 2006-07 season.