| David Crown | |
| Fullname: | David Ian Crown |
| Birth Date: | 16 February 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Enfield, England |
| Position: | Forward, winger |
| Height: | [1] |
| Years1: | –1979 |
| Clubs1: | Grays Athletic |
| Years2: | 1979–1980 |
| Clubs2: | Walthamstow Avenue |
| Years3: | 1980–1981 |
| Clubs3: | Brentford |
| Caps3: | 46 |
| Goals3: | 8 |
| Years4: | 1981–1983 |
| Clubs4: | Portsmouth |
| Caps4: | 28 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 1983 |
| Clubs5: | → Exeter City (loan) |
| Caps5: | 7 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 1983–1985 |
| Clubs6: | Reading |
| Caps6: | 88 |
| Goals6: | 14 |
| Years7: | 1985–1987 |
| Clubs7: | Cambridge United |
| Caps7: | 116 |
| Goals7: | 45 |
| Years8: | 1987–1990 |
| Clubs8: | Southend United |
| Caps8: | 113 |
| Goals8: | 61 |
| Years9: | 1990–1993 |
| Clubs9: | Gillingham |
| Caps9: | 87 |
| Goals9: | 40 |
| Years10: | 1993–1994 |
| Clubs10: | Dagenham & Redbridge |
| Caps10: | 33 |
| Goals10: | 9 |
| Managerclubs1: | Purfleet (player-manager) |
| Years11: | 1994–1995 |
| Years12: | 1995–1996 |
| Years13: | 1996 |
| Years14: | 1996– |
| Years15: | –1997 |
| Years16: | 1997–2001 |
| Clubs11: | Purfleet |
| Clubs12: | Aylesbury United |
| Clubs13: | Sudbury Town |
| Clubs14: | Billericay Town |
| Clubs15: | Concord Rangers |
| Clubs16: | Purfleet |
David Ian Crown (born 16 February 1958) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League, most notably for Cambridge United and Southend United.[2] He also played for Reading, Gillingham, Brentford, Portsmouth and Exeter City.[3] Until March 2021, Crown's 24 goals in a Football League season stood as Cambridge United's club record.[4] He later player-managed Purfleet in non-League football and served as assistant manager at Concord Rangers and Southend United.[5]
As of October 2000, Crown was running an accountancy firm in Leigh-on-Sea.[6] As of February 2020, he was working as a matchday host at former club Southend United.[7]
| Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brentford | 1980–81[8] | Third Division | 38 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 43 | 8 | ||
| 1981–82 | 8 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 46 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 53 | 10 | ||||
| Portsmouth | 1981–82[9] | Third Division | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[10] | 1 | 30 | 3 | ||
| 1982–83 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 3 | |||
| Exeter City (loan) | 1982–83[11] | Third Division | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | ||||
| Reading | 1983–84[12] | Fourth Division | 45 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[13] | 0 | 51 | 7 | |
| 1984–85[14] | Third Division | 43 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 10 | ||
| Total | 88 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 101 | 17 | |||
| Southend United | Total | 113 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 132 | 69 | ||
| Gillingham | 1990–91[15] | Fourth Division | 30 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 14 | |
| 1991–92 | 37 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 25 | |||
| 1992–93 | Third Division | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | ||
| Total | 87 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 101 | 48 | |||
| Aylesbury United | 1995–96[16] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 11 | 4 | — | — | 1[17] | 0 | 12 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 380 | 132 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 437 | 154 | |||
Southend United
Individual
1989–90[18]