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Aaron Wesley Brown (born 14 March 1980 in Bristol) is an English professional footballer, playing mainly as a left-back for Lincoln City.

Career

He joined his local team, Bristol City, at an early age, becoming a trainee and turning professional in August 1998. He had a spell on loan at Exeter City in January 2000 before establishing himself at Ashton Gate and becoming a popular player amongst the Ashton Gate faithful. In 2001 Bristol City turned down an offer of £400,000 for Brown from West Bromwich Albion^[1]. In March 2002, Brown received whiplash when he, along with City teammate Kevin Amankwaah, was in a car driven by a former City trainee, Rohan King, that collided with another vehicle^[2].

After recovering from a serious leg injury, Brown felt that it was time to move on to progress his career and much to many City fans' disgust (fuelled by comments made by Brown) he joined Queens Park Rangers in July 2004. His QPR career was plagued with injuries^[3], and he had loan spells with Torquay United (March to May 2005)^[4] and Cheltenham Town (September to October 2005)^[5][6].

After an unsuccessful trial with Barnsley^[7], Brown joined Swindon Town on loan in November 2005. The deal became permanent in January 2006. Brown thanked the then Swindon boss Iffy Onuora and the club for saving his career.

On Brown's return to Ashton Gate, Swindon's relegation was confirmed. With Swindon needing a win, they only managed to produce a draw despite Brown's fine performance which was capped off by an impressive solo goal.

During the pre-season of 2006-07, Brown requested a transfer away from the County Ground, stating that he needed to pursue his career at a higher level^[8]. A trial at Doncaster Rovers^[8] was followed by an offer from Brentford which Brown turned down as he felt he could find a "better club" but he returned to the club after his unsuccessful trial period.

A pre-season friendly appearance at home to Crystal Palace after requesting to be taken off the transfer list saw Brown booed and jeered by the home fans. Despite this, he resolved to remain at the club and work hard to regain his place. In February 2007 he was forced to apologise after gesturing to the travelling Swindon fans in the 1-0 defeat away to Barnet^[9].

On 9 May 2007 it was announced that Brown was one of six players released by Swindon boss Paul Sturrock and on 20 June 2007 he signed for Gillingham.^[10] He scored his first goal for Gillingham against Bristol Rovers on 27 October 2007, but was transfer listed on 5 June 2008.^[11].

It was announced on June 30 that he had joined Lincoln City on one year deal after his contract at Gillingham was terminated^[12].

His younger brother Marvin also played professionally and both were with Bristol City at the same time.

References

External links

• Aaron Brown career stats at Soccerbase
• Unofficial Aaron Brown Profile at The Forgotten Imp