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Douglas Alexander Brown (born 21 March 1958) is a former footballer who played as a forward for Sheffield United.

Duggie Brown

Personal information
Full name	Douglas Alexander Brown[1]
Date of birth	(1958-03-21) 21 March 1958 (age 64)[1]
Place of birth	Poole, Dorset, England[1]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Airdrie Academicals
	Chapel Hill BC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1978	Aberdeen	0	(0)
1978–1979	Clydebank	12	(1)
1979–1980	Sheffield United	25	(2)
1980–1981	Stranraer	7	(2)
1981–1983	Preston Makedonia	53	(18)
1983–1986	South Melbourne	86	(48)
1986–1987	Heidelberg United	13	(7)
1987–1988	Fawkner	46	(22)
National team
1984	Australia B	5	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Born in Poole in Dorset,[1] Brown started his career in Scotland where he was signed by Aberdeen on 16 July 1976[2] but failed to make the breakthrough into the first team.[1] On May 17, 1978[3] he moved to Clydebank for a short spell before being signed by English side Sheffield United on 2 March 1979, making his league debut the following day in a 1–1 draw against Oldham Athletic.[1]

Described by the press as an 'enthusiastic' player Brown was unable to establish himself as a first team player and eventually left United in October 1980 after playing 31 games in total and scoring five goals.[1]

Following his departure from United, Brown returned to his former trade as an engineering fitter. Brown worked for his father, George Brown, who was a building sub-contractor. George Brown had also been a Football League player, with Southport and Bradford Park Avenue.[1][4]

Honours

Club

Domestic with South Melbourne

• National Soccer League

Champions: 1984

Conference Winners: 1984, 1985

• Buffalo Gold Cup

Winners: 1984

• Hellenic Cup

Winners: 1984

Individual

National Soccer League Top Goalscorer

• 1983 – 16 goals
• 1984 – 22 goals

Preston Makedonia Top Goalscorer

• 1982 – 11 goals

Fawkner Top Goalscorer

• 1987 – 14 goals
• 1988 – 8 goals

Australia B Leading Goalscorer

• 1984 – 2 goals

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	Division	League[lower-alpha 1]		National Cup[lower-alpha 2]		Other[lower-alpha 3]		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdeen[2]	1976–77	Scottish Premier Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1977–78	Scottish Premier Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clydebank[3]	1978–79	Scottish First Division	12	1	3	1	2	0	17	2
Sheffield United[1]	1978–79	English Second Division	9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1
	1979–80	English Third Division	16	1	0	0	6	3	22	4
	Total		25	2	0	0	6	3	31	5
Stranraer[5]	1980–81	Scottish Second Division	7	2	2	1	0	0	9	3
Preston Makedonia	1981[6]	National Soccer League	25	7	2	1	0	0	27	8
	1982[7]	National Soccer League	28	11	2	0	3[8]	1	31	12
	1983[9]	National Soccer League	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1
	Total		53	18	4	1	6	2	63	21
South Melbourne	1983[10]	National Soccer League	28	16	3	3	0	0	31	19
	1984[11]	National Soccer League	32	22	0	0	5[12]	2	37	24
	1985[13]	National Soccer League	23	10	1	0	5[14]	1	29	11
	1986[15]	National Soccer League	3	0	1[16]	3	4[17]	0	8	3
	Total		86	48	5	6	14	3	105	57
Heidelberg United	1986[15]	National Soccer League	12	7	0	0	0	0	12	7
	1987[18]	National Soccer League	1	0	0	0	5[19]	2	6	2
	Total		13	7	0	0	5	2	18	9
Fawkner	1987[20]	Victorian State League	22	14	0	0	4[21][22]	5	26	19
	1988[23]	Victorian State League	24	8	0	0	2[24][25]	1	26	9
	Total		46	22	0	0	6	6	52	28
Career total			242	100	14	9	39	16	295	125

International

Australia B[26]
Year	Apps	Goals
1984	5	2
Total	5	2

International goals

Scores and results list Australia B's goal tally first.[26]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 June 1984	Adamstown Oval, Newcastle	Rangers	2–4	2–4	Friendly
2.	17 June 1984	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Iraklis	1–1	1–1	Friendly

References

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