Craig Brown (born 23 September 1971), is a former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who has played in the

Scottish Football League First Division The Scottish Football League First Division was the second tier in the Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013. History The First Division was introduced in 1975–76 to replace the old Scottish Football League Division Two, as t ...

for

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greeno ...

Career

Brown began his career with

, under the management of

Allan McGraw Allan McGraw (29 July 1939 – 1 March 2023) was a Scottish football player and manager, most associated with Greenock Morton. Playing career McGraw started his playing career with Greenock Morton. Playing in Division Two he set a Scottish rec ...

. He made his debut at the age of seventeen in May 1998 against Raith Rovers, and made a total of twenty league and cup appearances for the club before being released in 1994. A subsequent spell at

Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of L ...

was plagued by injury which eventually forced Brown to retire from the professional game. Resuming his playing career at Junior level with Largs Thistle after around eighteen months out, Brown later moved on to

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. Injuries finally forced Brown to end playing after six seasons with the ''Undertakers'', but he rejoined the club as manager at the end of 2008. Work commitments led Brown to resign as Port Glasgow boss in July 2017, having led the club to promotion in his final season in charge.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Craig Living people 1971 births Scottish men's footballers Greenock Morton F.C. players Stranraer F.C. players Largs Thistle F.C. players Port Glasgow F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish football managers Men's association football midfielders