Seb Brown

Sebastian Alexander Brown (born 24 November 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sutton United.

Club career Early years Brown came through the youth system of Brentford, moving up from the under–18s squad to the first-team for the 2006–07 season. On 22 August 2006, Brown had his first involvement with the first-team squad at as an unused substitute, at the age of just 16, in the 4–3 penalty shoot-out victory over Swindon Town, after the game had ended 2–2 in normal time, in the First Round of the 2006–07 League Cup. At the end of the 2007–08 season he signed his first professional contract with the League Two club. Brown was loaned to Southern League First Division South & West club Windsor & Eton to gain first team experience, making 25 appearances for the club. Despite this, however, Brown was released by manager Andy Scott on 6 May 2009 along with eight other players having failed to break into the first team.

AFC Wimbledon Brown joined AFC Wimbledon in 2009. On 21 May 2011, he saved two penalties for the club in the 2010–11 Conference play-off final penalty shoot-out as they beat Luton Town to gain promotion to the Football League. He was named as the goalkeeper for the 2010–11 Conference Team of the Year. On 19 February 2013, it was announced that Brown had joined Conference club Woking on an initial one-month loan deal. Following his release, Brown signed for ambitious Conference South club Bromley. Following the club's signing of Alan Julian in January 2015, however, Brown joined Whitehawk on a month's loan. After making just one appearance for the Hawks, Brown returned to Bromley, and joined Hampton & Richmond Borough on loan.

International career Brown appeared twice for England C, playing in matches against Wales in 2010 and Belgium in 2011.

Coaching career In October 2016, Brown was announced as academy goalkeeping coach at AFC Wimbledon. He joined Sutton United as player-goalkeeping coach in 2017. In 2020 Brown announced that rather than returning to Plough Lane with the Dons, he would remain at Kingsmeadow and adopt a coaching role with the Chelsea Women's Academy teams.

Personal life Brown has a PFA Sports Science degree from Roehampton University.

Brown got married in 2014 to an American Costume Designer - Kristen Ernst-Brown.

Career statistics +Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

2006–07 League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2007–08

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2008–09 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 St Albans City (loan) 2007–08 Conference South 1 0

1 0 Windsor & Eton (loan) 2007–08 Southern League First Division South & West 25 0

25 0

2009–10

18 0 0 0

8 0 26 0 2010–11 0 54 0 2011–12

44 0 3 0 1 0 1 17 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19 0 2013–14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

125 0 10 0 2 0 14 0 151 0 Woking (loan) 2012–13 Conference South 23 0 2 0

2 0 27 0 Whitehawk (loan) 2014–15 Isthmian League Premier Division 8 0

8 0 Hampton & Richmond Borough 2015–16 Isthmian League Premier Division 16 0 1 0

0 0 17 0

2016–17 Isthmian League Premier Division 1 0

1 0 Metropolitan Police (loan) 2016–17 Isthmian League Premier Division 3 0

3 0

2016–17

Bromley

Conference South: 2014–15

Hampton & Richmond Borough

Isthmian League Premier Division: 2015–16

Individual

Conference Premier Team of the Year: 2010–11