John Brough (footballer)

John Brough
Personal information
Full name John Robert Brough[1]
Date of birth 8 January 1973 (1973-01-08) (age 39)
Place of birth Ilkeston, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1991–1992 Notts County 0 (0)
1992–1994 Shrewsbury Town 16 (1)
1994 Telford United ? (?)
1994–1998 Hereford United 112 (7)
1998–2004 Cheltenham Town 136 (6)
2005–2006 Aldershot Town 15 (0)
2006–2007 Newport County 47 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

John Robert Brough (born 8 January 1973 in Ilkeston) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League playing for Shrewsbury Town, Hereford United and Cheltenham Town.[2] He played as a centre back.

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. He is now Head of Youth for Cheltenham Town.[3]

References

  1. ^ Hugman, Barry, ed (2005). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006. Queen Anne Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-85291-662-1. 
  2. ^ "John Brough". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/johnbrough.htm. Retrieved 14 November 2009. 
  3. ^ http://www.ctfc.com/page/WhosWho/0,,10434,00.html