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, John often found himself deployed as a successful makeshift 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 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