Douglas Alexander Brown (born 21 March 1958) is a former

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who played as a forward for

Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...

. Born in England, he played for the Australia B national team. Born in Poole in

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...

, Brown started his career in Scotland where he was signed by

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on 16 July 1976 but failed to make the breakthrough into the first team. On May 17, 1978 he moved to Clydebank for a short spell before being signed by English side

on 2 March 1979, making his league debut the following day in a 1–1 draw against

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. Described by the press as an 'enthusiastic' player Brown was unable to establish himself as a first team player and eventually left United in October 1980 after playing 31 games in total and scoring five goals. Following his departure from United, Brown returned to his former trade as an engineering fitter. Brown worked for his father,

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, who was a building sub-contractor. George Brown had also been a Football League player, with

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and Bradford Park Avenue.

Honours

Club

Domestic with

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* National Soccer League :Champions:

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:Conference Winners: 1984,

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*Buffalo Gold Cup :Winners: 1984 *

Hellenic Cup The Hellenic Cup ( el, Ελληνικό Κύπελλο, translit=Ellinikό Kypello) is an Australian football (soccer) tournament contested by Greek Australian clubs, mostly from Melbourne, Victoria . Starting in 1983, it was an attempt to formal ...

:Winners: 1984

Individual

National Soccer League Top Goalscorer *1983 – 16 goals *1984 – 22 goals Preston Makedonia Top Goalscorer *1982 – 11 goals

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Top Goalscorer *1987 – 14 goals *1988 – 8 goals Australia B Leading Goalscorer *1984 – 2 goals

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Australia B's goal tally first.''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Dougie 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Poole Footballers from Dorset Australian soccer players Australia men's B international soccer players English footballers English emigrants to Australia Australian people of Scottish descent English people of Scottish descent Anglo-Scots Men's association football forwards Scottish Football League players English expatriate footballers English Football League players Aberdeen F.C. players Clydebank F.C. (1965) players Sheffield United F.C. players National Soccer League (Australia) players Preston Lions FC players South Melbourne FC players Heidelberg United FC players Footballers from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire