Mick Brown (footballer)

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Mick Brown
Personal information
Full name Michael John Brown[1]
Date of birth (1939-07-11) 11 July 1939 (age 84)
Place of birth Walsall, England
Position(s)
Full-back
Team information
Current team
Aston Villa (scout)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1967 Hull City 8 (0[2])
1967–1968 Lincoln City 39 (0[3])
1968–1969 Cambridge United 20 (1)
Managerial career
1975–1979 Oxford United
1979–1981 West Bromwich Albion (assistant)
1981–1986 Manchester United (assistant)
1987–1992 Bolton Wanderers (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael John Brown (born 11 July 1939) is an English retired football player and coach.

Career

Brown was born in

full-back, he began his career as a for Hull City, before moving on to Lincoln City. Soon after, Brown moved on to Cambridge United
.

Soon after, he was offered a full-time coaching position at

League Cup
in 1983. In addition, the team never finished below fourth in the league in Brown's time there.

However, in November 1986, Atkinson was dismissed by United. His replacement,

Pahang FA
.

Brown did not stay in Malaysia for very long, and soon returned to England as Coventry City's chief scout. He then took up a similar position at Blackburn Rovers in 1997, but only stayed for one season before moving back to Manchester United as Chief Scout. He stayed at United for eight years, before he was forcibly retired by the club, whose policy at the time required all staff over the age of 65 to retire. West Brom re-signed Brown in the summer of 2005, and he stayed there for almost two years before linking up with the former Manchester United captain, Roy Keane, at Sunderland, joining fellow United old-boys Neil Bailey, Raimond van der Gouw and Michael Clegg.

References

  1. ^ "Mick Brown". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. ^ HULL CITY : 1946/47 - 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
  3. ^ LINCOLN CITY : 1946/47 - 1986/87 & 1988/89 - 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Manchester United F.C. assistant manager
1981–1986
Succeeded by