Matty Brown

Matty Brown
	Brown with York City in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Anthony Brown
Date of birth	15 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Great Crosby, England
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Tranmere Rovers
	Manchester City
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2011	Northwich Victoria
2011–2013	Marine
2013–2014	Chesterfield
2013	→ Southport (loan)
2014	→ Chester (loan)
2014–2015	Chester
2015–2020	FC Halifax Town
2020–2022	York City
2022–2023	AFC Telford United
2023	Marine
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:33, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Matthew Anthony Brown (born 15 March 1990) is an English former footballer who played as a defender, most recently for Marine.

Career

Brown began his career in the youth teams at Tranmere Rovers and Manchester City before playing semi-professional football with Northwich Victoria and Marine. While he played for Marine he also worked a full-time job at telecoms company MJ Quinn as the coordinator of the Scotland patch. He went on trial at League side Chesterfield in the summer of 2013 which was a success and he joined the Spireites on a one-year contract.^[2]^[3] In October 2013 he joined Conference Premier side Southport on loan where he played five times scoring once against Cambridge United.^[4] He made his Football League debut on 14 December 2013 against Plymouth Argyle and scored in a 2–0 victory, however he was later sent-off.^[5] Chesterfield successfully appealed against his dismissal and his ban was rescinded.^[6]^[7]

On 7 February 2014, Brown linked up with Chester on an initial one-month loan deal,^[8] but remained there until the end of the season.^[9]

On 13 May 2014, Chesterfield announced that Brown had been released.^[10]

On 21 Sept 2020, York City announced that Brown had signed for them following his release from Halifax Town. When asked about Brown for the signing, manager Steve Watson described Brown as “Physically [he is] very dominant, dominant vocally as well but apart from that a very good footballer, I very rarely sign players who can't handle the ball. He's actually a very good passer of the ball as well which suits the way we always try and play.”.^[11]

Following promotion through the play-offs with York City, Brown returned to the National League North to join AFC Telford United.^[12]

In May 2023, Brown signed for Marine for the second time.^[13] However, due to injury issues he chose to retire in August 2023.^[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 November 2017

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Marine	2011–12^[15]	NPL Premier Division	24	2	0	0	1	0	5	1	30	3
	2012–13^[16]	NPL Premier Division	36	1	4	0	2	0	1	0	43	1
	Marine Total		60	3	4	0	3	0	6	1	73	4
Chesterfield	2013–14^[17]	League Two	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Southport (loan)	2013–14^[17]	Conference Premier	4	1	1	0	—		0	0	5	1
Chester (loan)	2013–14^[17]	Conference Premier	8	0	0	0	—		0	0	8	0
Chester	2014–15^[18]	Conference Premier	23	3	4	0	—		2^[a]	0	29	3
Chester	Chester Total		31	3	4	0	—	—	2	0	37	3
FC Halifax Town	2015–16^[18]	National League	29	0	2	0	—		7^[a]	0	38	0
	2016–17^[18]	National League North	11	0	0	0	—		0	0	11	0
	2017–18^[18]	National League	21	3	1	0	—		0	0	22	3
	Halifax Town Total		61	3	3	0	—	—	7	0	71	3
Career Total			159	11	12	0	3	0	15	1	189	12