| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | James Peter Brown | ||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Cramlington, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker / Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hartlepool United | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005– | Hartlepool United | 151 | (27) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:19, 17 May 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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James Peter Brown (born 3 January 1987 in Cramlington) is an English professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Hartlepool United in League One.
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Brown joined Hartlepool's youth set-up from Cramlington Juniors football Club. He had joined too late to go through the Youth Scholarship system and was subsequently offered a temporary deal. He was part of the successful Hartlepool under 19s side that won the Dallas Cup XXV in 2004. 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, Brown ruptured his cruciate ligament against Hibernian and missed the majority of the subsequent season. On the 6th May 2006 Brown made his comeback and debut for the club, coming off the bench to score in the 1–1 draw with Port Vale at Victoria Park. The game was bittersweet for Brown as Hartlepool's failure to win saw them relegated to League 2. James's finishing earned him his first professional contract with the Club in 2006.During the 2006–07 campaign, he played nearly all of Hartlepool's games on the right wing.
In August 2008, Brown signed a new long term contract with Hartlepool.[1]
James Brown scored against Colchester on 17 April 2010 which saw Hartlepool United winning 3–1, this once again lead to Jeff Stelling revealing his James Brown singing doll.
Jeff Stelling of Sky Sports, a Hartlepool fan, has been known to exclaim "I feel good!" when Brown scores for Hartlepool, a reference to the more famous James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)". Brown's goals on the opening day of the 2008/09 season against Colchester United led to Jeff Stelling revealing a James Brown singing and dancing doll toy with bobbing head singing "I feel good".[2] In Stelling's book "Jelleyman's Thrown a Wobbly". Stelling reveals that a fan of the show had waited for 3 hours outside hospital which he was visiting for charity to present with the doll to be used whenever James Brown scored.
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