Linton Brown

Linton Brown
Personal information
Full name Linton James Brown
Date of birth (1968-04-12) 12 April 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Hull, England
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Cheltenham Town (head of commercial operations)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Guiseley
1992–1993 Halifax Town 3 (0)
1993–1996 Hull City 132 (26)
1996–1998 Swansea City 26 (12)
1998 → Scarborough (loan) 4 (0)
1998–1999 Emley
1999–2000 Gainsborough Trinity
Total 165 (38)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:40, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Linton Brown (born 12 April 1968) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

He scored 27 goals from 155 games in the Football League playing as a forward for Halifax Town, Hull City, Swansea City and Scarborough.[1][2]

Playing career

Brown played non-League football for Bridlington Town, North Ferriby United, and Guiseley,[3] before making three appearances in the Football League for Halifax Town in 1992 on a non-contract basis.[2]

During the 1992–93 season he joined Hull City where he made his name in football, often a fans favourite. In his first season, he made 21 appearances scoring 3 goals. In the 1993–94 season for Hull City, Brown played 43 games for the club establishing himself as a first team favourite scoring 10 goals. Then backed up the following season with 12 goals for the club. However, in the 1995–96 season Brown scored only one goal and appeared in 26 games, and he was sold by Terry Dolan to Swansea City.[citation needed]

Injury disrupted his Swansea career; he scored three goals in 28 League games, finishing his Football League career on loan at Scarborough, before moving back into non-League football in 1998 with Emley and then Gainsborough Trinity.[3]

After football

After retiring from playing, he worked behind the scenes at his former club Hull, as the commercial manager.

Brown was also the chief executive at Barnsley until January 2017[4] and in April of the same year was appointed as the head of commercial at Bolton Wanderers.[5]

From 2019 until 2022, he was employed by Blackpool as chief commercial officer. [6]

In May 2024, he was appointed as the Head of commercial operations at EFL League Two side Cheltenham Town.[7]

Honours

Swansea City

References

  1. ^ "Linton Brown". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Linton Brown". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Past Players". Swansea City A.F.C. Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Club Statement: Linton Brown". Barnsley F.C. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Wanderers appoint Head of Commercial". Bolton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Club Statement: New Management Structure". Blackpool F.C. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  7. ^ https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-barnsley-chief-executive-bolton-9287697, Former Barnsley chief executive, Bolton Wanderers head of commercial and Blackpool chief commercial officer joins Cheltenham Town, Gloucestershire Live, 16 May 2024
  8. ^ Fox, Norman (25 May 1997). "Football: Swansea run over by Frain". The Independent. Independent Digital News & Media. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.


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