Jon Brady

Jon Brady
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Edmund Alexander Brady[1]
Date of birth (1975-01-14) 14 January 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1991 Adamstown Rosebud
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Brentford 0 (0)
1993–1994 Swansea City 0 (0)
1994–1995 Wycombe Wanderers 0 (0)
1994 Mjølner
1994–1998 Hayes
1998–2002 Rushden & Diamonds 127 (17)
2002 Woking 12 (1)
2002–2003 Chester City 33 (2)
2003–2005 Stevenage Borough 54 (3)
2005–2006 Hereford United 19 (0)
2006–2007 Cambridge United 53 (4)
2007 → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 9 (0)
2007–2008 Kettering Town 41 (6)
2008–2013 Brackley Town
International career
1990 Australia U17
Managerial career
2009–2015 Brackley Town
2021–2024 Northampton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jonathan Edmund Alexander Brady (born 14 January 1975) is an Australian soccer coach and former player who was most recently the manager of English club Northampton Town.[2]

Playing career

After failing to break into the first team at Wycombe Wanderers,[3][4] Brady joined Hayes via a spell in Norway. He played 188 games for the Missioners in all competitions, scoring 20 goals, and part of the team which won the Isthmian League title in 1996, before transferring to Rushden & Diamonds in the summer of 1998.[5]

Brady was a Football Conference champion with Rushden & Diamonds in 2000–01, scoring the winner at his future club Chester City on the final day of the season to make promotion mathematically certain.[6] The following season saw him appear on the losing side for the Diamonds against Cheltenham Town in the Division Three play-off final at the Millennium Stadium.[7]

After a brief spell at Woking, he joined Chester City and once again suffered play-off disappointment, losing the inaugural Football Conference play-offs at the semi-final stage to Doncaster Rovers.[8] He was released from his Chester contract during their 2003–04 title winning campaign in order to join the coaching staff of Arsenal,[9] but soon resumed his playing career with Stevenage Borough.[10]

After losing the 2005 Conference play-off final to Carlisle United,[11] Brady signed for Hereford United.[12]

He subsequently joined Cambridge United, before a loan spell with Kidderminster Harriers in March 2007.[13] He signed for Conference North side Kettering Town in June 2007.[14]

Coaching career

Brady was appointed manager of Brackley Town in March 2009.[15]

On 6 September 2015, Brady stepped down as manager of Brackley Town.[16]

Northampton Town

He joined Northampton Town as U16 coach in 2016 and was promoted to U18 coach in 2017.[17][18]

Following the sacking of Keith Curle on 10 February 2021, Brady was placed in temporary charge of the first team.[19] On 4 March, it was confirmed that Brady would remain in charge of the first-team until the end of the season.[20] In the penultimate match of the season, Northampton were beaten 3–0 by Blackpool, a result that saw Northampton immediately relegated back to League Two.[21] Despite the relegation however Brady was appointed permanent manager in May 2021.[22]

Brady and his side were in a good position for an immediate return to the third tier throughout the season with the automatic promotion race going down to the final day. Despite beating Barrow 3–1,[23] Bristol Rovers beat already relegated Scunthorpe United 7–0 to move into third place on goals scored having needed to better Northampton's result by a five-goal margin prior to the day.[24] They were subsequently defeated over two legs by Mansfield Town in the EFL League Two play-offs.[25]

He was awarded the EFL League Two Manager of the Month award for March 2023 having led his side to thirteen points from five matches.[26] At the end of the 2022–23 season, Northampton were promoted to League One automatically in third place.[27] On 19 January 2024, Brady renewed his rolling contract with the club on improved terms with the side in ninth position in League One.[28]

On 5 December 2024, the club announced that they had accepted Brady's resignation. In his time he finished fourth in League Two followed by a third place the year after, which sealed promotion to League One, where he then guided the team to a respectable 14th place finish.[29]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rushden & Diamonds 1998–99[30] Football Conference 37 2 4 2 — 6[a] 1 47 5
1999–2000[30] Football Conference 27 3 6 2 — 8[b] 0 41 5
2000–01[30] Football Conference 41 11 2 0 — 5[c] 0 48 11
2001–02[30] Division Three 22 1 2 0 2 0 4[d] 2 30 3
Total 127 17 14 4 2 0 23 3 166 24
Woking 2002–03[31] Football Conference 12 1 0 0 — 0 0 12 1
Chester City 2002–03[31] Football Conference 18 1 2 0 — 3[e] 0 23 1
2003–04[32] Football Conference 15 1 1 0 — 1[f] 0 17 1
Total 33 2 3 0 — 4 0 40 2
Stevenage Borough 2003–04[10] Football Conference 20 0 0 0 — 2[g] 1 22 1
2004–05[10] Conference National 34 3 3 0 — 5[h] 1 42 4
Total 54 3 3 0 — 7 2 64 5
Hereford United 2005–06[33] Conference National 19 0 2 1 — 3[f] 0 24 1
Cambridge United 2005–06[33] Conference National 19 1 0 0 — 0 0 19 1
2006–07[34] Conference National 34 3 0 0 — 0 0 34 3
Total 53 4 0 0 — 0 0 53 4
Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 2006–07[34] Conference National 9 0 0 0 — 0 0 9 0
Career total 307 27 22 5 2 0 37 5 368 37
  1. ^ Two appearances one goal in FA Trophy; four appearances in Northamptonshire Senior Cup
  2. ^ Seven appearances in FA Trophy; one appearance in Conference League Cup
  3. ^ Three appearances in FA Trophy; one appearance in Northamptonshire Senior Cup; one appearance in Conference League Cup
  4. ^ One appearance in JC Thompson Championship Shield; two appearances two goals in Northamptonshire Cup; one appearance in Division Three play-offs
  5. ^ One appearance in Football League Trophy; two appearances in Football Conference play-offs
  6. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  7. ^ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  8. ^ Two appearances one goal in Conference League Cup; three appearances in Conference National play-offs

Managerial statistics

As of 3 December 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
P W D L Win %
Brackley Town 1 March 2009 9 September 2015 306 132 76 98 043.1 [35]
Northampton Town 10 February 2021 5 December 2024 200 75 50 75 037.5 [35]
Total 506 207 126 173 040.9

Honours

As a manager

Brackley Town

Northampton Town

Individual

References

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