Steve Brown (footballer born 1972)
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Steven Byron "Steve" Brown (born 13 May 1972) is a former English
footballer now Assistant Manager at Dover Athletic.
Born in Brighton
, Brown spent his career as a defender
for two different clubs. He started his career with in 1990 where he was to spend the bulk of his career. His twelve year spell at Charlton saw the club twice gain promotion and spent four seasons in the Premier League. An extremely popular player with supporters, he also acquired the reputation of a versatile player. Indeed, he played in goal four times for Charlton without conceding. He played in their dramatic win over Sunderland in the 1998 play off final, winning 7-6 on penalties after a 4-4 draw, with Brown scoring one of the penalties.
After over twelve years with Charlton, he was signed by former team-mate Alan Pardew
for in late 2002. After two-and-a-half years, scoring once against Crystal Palace, he retired from the game before undertaking a series of coaching roles. He initially became a youth coach at Charlton Athletic before moving to (by then managed by Pardew) to become reserve-team coach. He ended his role in July 2007 and he now works on commentating Charlton's matches for BBC Radio Kent
.
England
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footballer now Assistant Manager at Dover Athletic.
Born in Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
, Brown spent his career as a defender
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
for two different clubs. He started his career with in 1990 where he was to spend the bulk of his career. His twelve year spell at Charlton saw the club twice gain promotion and spent four seasons in the Premier League. An extremely popular player with supporters, he also acquired the reputation of a versatile player. Indeed, he played in goal four times for Charlton without conceding. He played in their dramatic win over Sunderland in the 1998 play off final, winning 7-6 on penalties after a 4-4 draw, with Brown scoring one of the penalties.
After over twelve years with Charlton, he was signed by former team-mate Alan Pardew
Alan Pardew
Alan Scott Pardew is an English football manager and former player, currently the manager of Newcastle United....
for in late 2002. After two-and-a-half years, scoring once against Crystal Palace, he retired from the game before undertaking a series of coaching roles. He initially became a youth coach at Charlton Athletic before moving to (by then managed by Pardew) to become reserve-team coach. He ended his role in July 2007 and he now works on commentating Charlton's matches for BBC Radio Kent
BBC Radio Kent
BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent.It broadcasts on FM on 96.7 , 97.6 and 104.2 also 774 and 1602 MW and DAB.- History :The radio station was launched in 1970 under the name of BBC Radio Medway, originally only serving the...
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