Steven Ferold "Steve" Brown (born 6 July 1966) is an English former professional

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who made nearly 550 appearances as a

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for Northampton Town and

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

. He is Head of Academy Coaching at League One club Milton Keynes Dons.

Club career

Born in

Northampton Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; ...

, Brown started his career at Northampton Town, but left in December 1985 to join

Irthlingborough Diamonds Irthlingborough Diamonds was a football club from Irthlingborough, England. Founded in 1946, in 1992 the club merged with Rushden Town to form Rushden & Diamonds, which played at Irthlingborough's Nene Park until financial troubles caused it to e ...

. He rejoined Northampton in July 1989 and was signed for

in February 1994 by

Martin O'Neill Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, (born 1 March 1952) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Starting his career in Northern Ireland, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playi ...

. A fan favourite at the club, Brown featured in 443 games and scored 43 goals for the club in a ten-year career, and was part of the Wycombe Wanderers team that reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 2001.

Managerial career

Brown retired as a player in May 2004 but was appointed as assistant to Wycombe manager

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along with fellow Blues legend

Keith Ryan Keith Ryan (born 25 June 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder for Wycombe Wanderers. In July 2009 he was appointed reserve team manager at Queens Park Rangers. Career Born in No ...

in November 2004. After Gorman's switch to Northampton, there was speculation that Brown would follow as he had strong links to the club. However, Wycombe confirmed that Brown would be staying on to work with new manager

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. In June 2007, Brown and Ryan left the club for what the club described as "financial reasons". In July 2007, Brown was appointed by John Gregory, his former manager at Wycombe, as youth team manager at Queens Park Rangers, a post he held until 2009. After leaving Queens Park Rangers, Brown become involved in developing football in South-east Asia and worked as a coach on Vietnamese reality TV show

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aiming to find a future star, with a prize of a place at the Liverpool Academy. In October 2014, Brown joined the FA as Head of Regional Talent ID. On 8 January 2018, following redundancy from his previous role with the FA, Brown joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons as Head of Academy Coaching.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Steve 1966 births Living people Footballers from Northampton English footballers Men's association football midfielders Northampton Town F.C. players Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players English Football League players Irthlingborough Diamonds F.C. players Wycombe Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff Milton Keynes Dons F.C. non-playing staff