John Brough (English footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Robert Brough[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Ilkeston, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | North Leigh (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Notts County | 0 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | (1) |
| 1994 | Telford United | 7 | (1) |
| 1994–1998 | Hereford United | 112 | (7) |
| 1998–2004 | Cheltenham Town | 136 | (6) |
| 2005–2006 | Aldershot Town | 15 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Newport County | 47 | (2) |
| Bishop's Cleeve | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013–2014 | Bishop's Cleeve | ||
| 2014–2016 | Cinderford Town | ||
| 2016– | North Leigh | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
John Robert Brough (born 8 January 1973) 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. He is currently the first team manager at North Leigh.
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, Brough often found himself deployed as a successful makeshift centre forward. Brough scored the first and played a part in the second of two 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 went on become Head of Youth for Cheltenham Town.[3] In May 2013, he was appointed first team manager at Southern League side Bishop's Cleeve, replacing former boss Alex Sykes.[4] Having served less than a season as manager at Bishop's Cleeve, he left the club to become manager at league rivals Cinderford Town in April 2014.[5] In May 2016 he left to take over as manager at North Leigh.[6]
References
- ↑ Hugman, Barry, ed. (2005). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006. Queen Anne Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-85291-662-6.
- ↑ "John Brough". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
- ↑ http://www.ctfc.com/page/WhosWho/0,,10434,00.html
- ↑ "Former Cheltenham Town defender John Brough to take over at Cleeve". Gloucestershire Echo. 14 May 2013.
- ↑ "John Brough named new manager of Cinderford Town". Gloucestershire Echo. 8 April 2014.
- ↑ FOOTBALL: John Brough appointed new manager at North Leigh Oxford Mail, 30 May 2016