Marcus Browning

Marcus Trevor Browning (born 22 April 1971) is a footballer and coach who plays as a midfielder.

Marcus Browning
Browning playing for Bath City in 2010
Personal information
Full name Marcus Trevor Browning
Date of birth (1971-04-22) 22 April 1971
Place of birth Bristol, England
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bath City
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 Bournemouth 188 (3)
2007–2009 Weymouth 21 (0)
2009–2010 Bath City
2010– Poole Town
National team
1996–1997 Wales 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:10, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Club career

Browning, a defensive midfielder, was born in Bristol and began his career at Bristol Rovers. He made over 200 appearances in all competitions for the club before joining Huddersfield Town for £500,000 in 1997.

Browning then spent three years at Gillingham, whom he joined for £200,000 in 1999 following a brief loan spell with the club.[1] During his time with the Kent side time he featured in their most successful ever FA Cup run as they made the quarter-finals before losing to Chelsea 5–0,[2] as well as their promotion via the play-offs to the second tier of English football for the first time in their history.[3]

He then joined Bournemouth on a free transfer in 2002. Within a few months of his Bournemouth career he had to play in goal twice when on both occasions goalkeeper Chris Tardif had to go off injured. The first such occasion was a League Cup tie against Brentford which they went on to lose on penalties,[4] and the second was a league match against Hull City which finished 0–0.[5][6] Browning played the full 90 minutes as Bournemouth defeated Lincoln City 5–2 in the 2003 Football League Third Division play-off Final.[7] He was released by Bournemouth in May 2007.

In July 2007, Browning joined up with former Bournemouth teammate Jason Tindall as part of the backroom staff at then Conference National team Weymouth.[8] 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.[9]

On 5 November 2009 it was confirmed that Browning had returned to Dean Court as a youth coach. Browning, who made more than 200 appearances for the club between 2002 and 2007, works with the U18s on a part-time basis, his appointment funded with the help of Brockenhurst College, while continuing playing, initially with Bath City in the Conference South, and from December 2010 with Poole Town.[10] He later took on the role of U18s coach at Poole Town.[11]

International career

Browning made 5 appearances for the Wales national team. He made his debut as a substitute in a 3-0 away friendly loss to Italy in January 1996 and would go on to feature in three games of Wales' ill-fated qualification campaign for the 1998 World Cup.

Honours
Bath City
  • Conference South Play-off Winner: 1
2009–10
  • play off final winners 2003, Bournemouth
  • play off final winners 2000, Gillingham

References
  • Roger Triggs (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  1. "Marcus Browning | Football Stats | No Club | Age 49 | 1989-2010 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. "BBC News | FA CUP | Chelsea crush Gills". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. "PLAY-OFF FINAL 2000: SIXTEEN YEARS ON". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. "Brentford edge out Cherries". BBC. 9 September 2002. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  5. "Bournemouth 0-0 Hull". BBC. 21 December 2002. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  6. "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.
  7. "Bournemouth win seals promotion". 24 May 2003. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. "Coaching chance moved Marcus". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  9. "Chelmsford City 4-3 Bath City". Chelmsford Weekly News. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  10. "Former Cherries star Browning joins Poole Town". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  11. "FA Youth Cup: Poole Town fortunate to have Browning". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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