Terry Brown

Terry Brown (born 5 August 1952) is an English football manager and former player. He is a former chairman of Basingstoke Town and has managed Margate, AFC Wimbledon, Aldershot Town, Hayes and Basingstoke Town. He is currently head of football operations of his former club Aldershot Town.

Playing career Born in Hillingdon, London, Brown joined Hayes from local football as a 19-year-old and made his debut against Enfield Town in April 1971. He became a regular during the next season and was part of the team which first defeated Football League opposition in Bristol Rovers. Brown played for Slough Town from 1973 to 1977, before rejoining Hayes, where he stayed until October 1979. In both spells with Hayes he made a total of 148 appearances and scored 45 goals. following the resignation of Dave Anderson after the Dons' second successive play-off semi-final defeat in the Isthmian League. He was joined at Wimbledon by Stuart Cash, who had been his assistant at Aldershot, and who joined the Dons directly from Lewes, where he was assistant to Steve King. In his first season, they were promoted to the Conference South after a 2–1 play-off final win against Staines Town.

In the summer of 2008, Brown released eight of the promotion-winning side. He said he wanted to build a more youthful side that could compete for promotion out of the Conference South. He led the team to the Conference South title, resulting in promotion to the Conference National.

During the close season of 2009 The Terry Brown Story was produced by Cherry Red Records TV, documenting both Brown's playing and managerial career in the form of a candid interview with the man himself.

In their first season in the Conference National, Wimbledon finished 8th. In the close season Brown rebuilt his squad with a younger fresher look to it, as the club had decided to go full-time for the first time in its eight-year history.

On 21 May 2011, Brown led AFC Wimbledon to the Football League for the first time in the club's history, beating Luton Town 4–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw in the Conference play-off final. Brown led them to safety in their first year in the Football League.

Brown was sacked as manager of AFC Wimbledon on 19 September 2012 following a home defeat to Torquay United.

Margate On 12 December 2013, Brown was appointed manager of Isthmian League club Margate. He was sacked on 7 December 2015.

Basingstoke On 22 March 2016, Brown was appointed manager of Basingstoke Town. At the end of the 2017–18 season he became Director of Football at the club. However, after his replacement as manager left in November 2018, he returned to the position of manager until Martin Kuhl was appointed in December.

On 21 November 2018, Brown was voted as chairman of the Basingstoke Town Community Football Club alongside Steve Williams, Colin Phillimore, Denise Williams, Martin French, Katy Oliver and Sarah Parsons.

Return to Aldershot Town On 20 September 2021, Brown returned to Aldershot Town in the role of first-team coach to newly appointed manager Mark Molesley whom Brown had previously managed for Aldershot. On 15 October 2022, following the sacking of Molesley, Brown was to assist interim manager Ross McNeilly.