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

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who has played in the

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for

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the . The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greenock Morton in 1994 to celebr ...

Career

Brown began his career with

, under the management of Allan McGraw. He made his debut at the age of seventeen in May 1998 against

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, and made a total of twenty league and cup appearances for the club before being released in 1994. A subsequent spell at

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was plagued by injury which eventually forced Brown to retire from the professional game. Resuming his playing career at

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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