Ryan Brown (footballer) explained

Ryan Brown
Fullname:Ryan Anthony Brown
Birth Date:15 March 1985
Birth Place:Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height:[1]
Position:Left-back
Youthyears1:1994–2003
Youthclubs1:Port Vale
Years1:2003–2005
Clubs1:Port Vale
Caps1:38
Goals1:0
Years2:2005–2006
Clubs2:Leek Town
Caps2:39
Goals2:2
Years3:2006–2010
Years4:2010
Clubs4:Altrincham (loan)
Caps4:17
Goals4:0
Years5:2010–2012
Clubs5:Altrincham
Caps5:33
Goals5:0
Years6:2012–2013
Years7:2013–2014
Clubs7:Leek Town
Caps7:1
Goals7:0
Years8:2014–201?
Clubs8:Kidsgrove Athletic

Ryan Anthony Brown (born 15 March 1985) is an English former footballer who played as a left-back.

Starting his professional career with Port Vale in 2003, he played 44 first-team games before being released shortly after his 20th birthday. He spent a season with Leek Town before he switched to Northwich Victoria. He spent four years with Victoria before switching to Altrincham in 2010. He switched to Stafford Rangers in January 2012 before returning to Leek Town in November 2013. He signed with Kidsgrove Athletic in October 2014.

Career

Signed up to the Port Vale youth team since age nine, he made his senior debut for the club against Bristol City on 3 May 2003.[2] He turned professional at Vale Park under Brian Horton three months later. After a further 41 appearances in league and cup games, he was released by manager Martin Foyle in May 2005 after slipping below Craig James in the first-team pecking order.[3] Following a season in the Northern Premier League Premier Division with Leek Town, he was signed by Conference National newcomers Northwich Victoria in June 2006.[4] In April 2008 he signed a two-year extension to his contract.[5] However, he was soon transfer listed and told he had no future at the club, though in October 2008 the club's leadership changed their mind on this matter.[6] At the end of the season Victoria were relegated back into the Conference North.

With Northwich facing expulsion to the Northern Premier League, in February 2010, Brown joined Conference club Altrincham on loan, and the switch was made permanent in the summer.[7] He suffered relegation with the club at the end of the 2010–11 season, which left both he and the club in the Conference North for the 2011–12 campaign. Outside of football, he worked as an engineer in his native Stoke.[8] In January 2012, he left Altrincham to sign for Stafford Rangers of the Northern Premier League Premier Division.[9] Rangers finished 16th in 2011–12 and 15th in 2012–13. He re-signed with Leek Town, now in the Northern Premier League Division One South, in November 2013.[10] He helped the "Blues" to a third-place finish in 2013–14, securing a place in the play-offs, where they were knocked out by Belper Town at Harrison Park. He joined league rivals Kidsgrove Athletic in October 2014.[11] The "Grove" finished 20th in the Northern Premier League Division One South in the 2014–15 campaign, 15th in the 2015–16 season, 12th in the 2016–17 season and 18th in the 2017–18 season.

Career statistics

Source:

ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueFA CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale2002–03Second Division10000010
2003–04Second Division1700010180
2004–05League One2002030250
Total3802040440
Leek Town2005–06[12] Northern Premier League
Premier Division
3924060492
Northwich Victoria2006–07Conference National2301000240
2007–08Conference National3200000321
Altrincham2009–10Conference National1700000170
2010–11[13] Conference National3300061391
Total5000061561
Leek Town2013–14Northern Premier League
Division One South
10000010

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FootballSquads – Port Vale – 2004/05 . footballsquads.co.uk . 24 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Vale to unleash teenager. 1 August 2003. BBC Sport. 12 May 2009.
  3. Web site: Vale boss Foyle releases quintet. 9 May 2005. BBC Sport. 12 May 2009.
  4. Web site: Northwich recruit defender Brown . 22 June 2006. BBC Sport. 12 May 2009.
  5. Web site: Maamria hands Brown new contract . 29 April 2008. BBC Sport. 12 May 2009.
  6. Web site: Vics take five off transfer list . 3 October 2008. BBC Sport. 12 May 2009.
  7. Web site: Defender Ryan Brown makes move to Altrincham a permanent one. Simpson. Andrew. 27 May 2010. Northwich Guardian. 19 August 2010.
  8. Web site: First Team. altrinchamfc.co.uk. 28 November 2011.
  9. Web site: Stafford Rangers 0 Hednesford Town 1. staffordrangersfc.co.uk. 9 April 2012.
  10. News: Ex-Port Vale defender Ryan Brown joins Leek Town's promotion push. 10 November 2013. The Sentinel. 8 November 2013.
  11. News: Hannah. Jim. Peter Ward is back in town as manager of Kidsgrove Athletic. 15 January 2015. The Sentinel. 31 October 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141219135929/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Football-Peter-Ward-leaves-Leek-Town-Kidsgrove/story-23855170-detail/story.html. 19 December 2014.
  12. Web site: PlayerStats – LeekTownSE . leektown.net . 11 April 2022.
  13. Web site: Stats . altrinchamfc.co.uk . 27 December 2018.