Marcus Browning
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcus Trevor Browning | ||
Date of birth | 22 April 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1997 | Bristol Rovers | 174 | (13) |
1989 | → Gloucester City (loan) | ||
1990 | → Weymouth (loan) | ||
1991 | → Gloucester City (loan) | ||
1992 | → Hereford United (loan) | 7 | (5) |
1997–1999 | Huddersfield Town | 33 | (0) |
1998 | → Gillingham (loan) | 1 | (0) |
1999–2002 | Gillingham | 77 | (3) |
2002–2007 | AFC Bournemouth | 188 | (3) |
2007–2009 | Weymouth | 21 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Bath City | ||
2010 | Poole Town | ||
International career | |||
1996–1997 | Wales | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marcus Trevor Browning (born 22 April 1971) is a football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. Born in England, he made five appearances for the Wales national team.
Club career
Browning was born in
Browning then spent three years at Gillingham, whom he joined for £200,000 in March 1999 following a brief loan spell with the club after falling out of favour at Huddersfield Town under manager Peter Jackson.[3][4] During his time with the Kent side he featured in their most successful ever FA Cup run as they made the quarter-finals before losing to Chelsea 5–0,[5] as well as their promotion via the play-offs to the second tier of English football for the first time in their history.[6]
He then joined
International career
Browning made five appearances for the Wales national team, for whom he qualified via a Tredegar-born grandmother.[1] He made his debut as a 57th minute substitute in a 3–0 away friendly loss to Italy in January 1996[13] and would go on to feature in three games of Wales' ill-fated qualification campaign for the 1998 World Cup, including two victories over San Marino and a home defeat to the Netherlands.[14][15][16] His last appearance came in a 1–0 friendly victory over Scotland in Kilmarnock in May 1997.[17]
Coaching career
In July 2007, Browning joined up with former Bournemouth teammate
Over two seasons at Weymouth, he played 21 games.In June 2009, it was agreed in principle that Weymouth would come to a settlement over paying out the year Browning had left on his current contract as new Weymouth manager Matty Hale had brought in his own backroom staff. After leaving Weymouth, he signed for Bath City, making his debut in a 4–3 defeat to Chelmsford City.[19]
On 5 November 2009, it was confirmed that Browning had returned to
Honours
Gillingham
AFC Bournemouth
Bath City
- Conference South play-offs: 2010
References
- Roger Triggs (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
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- ^ "BBC News | FA CUP | Chelsea crush Gills". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "PLAY-OFF FINAL 2000: SIXTEEN YEARS ON". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Brentford edge out Cherries". BBC. 9 September 2002. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Bournemouth 0-0 Hull". BBC. 21 December 2002. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "AFC Bournemouth feature: No one else fancied it so I just put the gloves on and went in". bournemouthecho.co.uk. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Bournemouth win seals promotion". 24 May 2003. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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- ^ James, Stuart (14 February 2006). "Midfielder likes life in the black". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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- ^ "Coaching chance moved Marcus". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Chelmsford City 4-3 Bath City". Chelmsford Weekly News. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "Former Cherries star Browning joins Poole Town". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "FA Youth Cup: Poole Town fortunate to have Browning". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
External links
- Marcus Browning at Soccerbase
- football.co.uk profile