PLAYERS WHO HAVE APPEARED FOR PNE & AFC BOURNEMOUTH
Aaron Brown;
Ray Evans;
John Frier;
Brian Greenhalgh;
Josh King;
Mike Lynne;
Jimmy Miller;
Steve Robinson;
Franck Songo’o;
Brian Stock;
Chris Sulley;
Shaun Teale;
Elliott Ward.
Player Profile – Aaron Brown
Aaron Anthony Brown was born on 23 June 1983 in Wolverhampton. The defender had previously played for Stafford Rangers and Tamworth, Brown joined Reading on 23 November 2005 on loan before signing permanently in January 2006, for a fee in the region of £100,000.
Brown joined League One side Bournemouth on 16 February 2006, to cover for Shaun Cooper, who suffered an injury. His Bournemouth and Football League debut was a 1-1 draw at home to Blackpool two days later. His only away Cherries match was a 3-1 defeat at Bristol City on 25 February. This was to be his only loss for the club. Brown played in the 1-1 draw at home to Barnsley on 28 February. After one month with Bournemouth, Brown made a return to Reading his final game for the Cherries was as a 89th minute substitute appearance in a 1-0 win over Yeovil on 18 March.
Ahead of a new season, with Reading promoted, Brown suffered an ankle injury, in a friendly match against Bromley on 15 July 2006, which they won and his injury ruled him out for two months. However, Brown suffered another set-back injury on his ankle taking, it to January before Brown made a recovery from injury.
On 5 June 2007, Reading took up the option to extend his contract by a year] which will keep him at the club for the duration of the 2007/08 season. He moved to Walsall on loan for the remainder of that contract on 27 March 2008 but didn’t make an appeararnce.
He was released by Reading on 16 May 2008, following their relegation from the Premier League without making a league appearance] He signed a week-by-week contract with Yeovil Town on 11 August 2008. Having yet featured in the club's starting line-up for the first eight games, Brown finally made his debut for the club, making his first start and playing 90 minutes, in a 2–1 loss against Southend on 4 October 2008. Five weeks after his debut, Brown scored his first goal for the club, in a 2–0 win over Oldham Athletic. Also a week after scoring his first goal, Brown received a red card for a professional foul, in the first round replay of the FA Cup, in a 5–0 loss against Stockport . A month later, on 24 January 2009, Brown scored his second goal, in a 1–0 win over against Southend United – the team that he made his Yeovil debut. A week later, on 14 February 2009, Brown scored his third goal, in a 3–1 win over Peterborough. However, his time at Yeovil Town was struggling despite scoring three goals he was battling to hold down a regular place in the Yeovil Town defence. He released by Yeovil Town at the end of the 2008/09 season after scoring the 3 league goals from 29 appearances.
Brown spent the summer of 2009 on trial at Gillingham, Wrexham and Burton Albion before signing non-contract forms at Conference North side Redditch United. At the end of September, Brown then joined Burton Albion on a one-month deal and played one League game against Accrington Stanley. In January, Brown was then released by the club.
On 19 January 2010, Brown joined Telford United on a short term contract, where he made one appearance. After leaving AFC Telford, Brown then moved on to Truro City. On 11 March 2010 Brown signed for League Two side Aldershot Town on non-contract terms until the end of the 2009/10 season. His debut was a 2-1 defeat at Bradford on 13 March. Ten days later on his third appearance Brown scored his only goals for the Shots with a 2-1 win at Darlington
On 26 May 2010 Brown Joined League One Leyton Orient on a one-year deal after 15 appearances for Aldershot. His debut was a 2-0 win at Brighton in the Football League Trophy on 1 September 2010. He made 4 league and 4 cup appearances and only suffered defeat in his last match for the O’s with a 5-0 defeat at Brighton on New Year’s Day 2011.
On 24 January 2011 he joined Stockport County on an initial one-month loan deal and made his club debut five days later and scored an own-goal in his new club's 4–0 defeat at Rotherham. Having made six appearance, Brown loan spell at Stockport County was extended for another month.
Again, his loan spell was extended until 26 April, having stayed at Stockport County, under the 93-day rule.] He returned to Orient on 26 April 2011 having made 17 appearances during his loan spell. Brown scored once for Count in a 2-1 defeat at Cheltenham on 1 March
In May 2011, he was released by Orient at the end of his contract and a week later rejoined Aldershot Town on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract. After seven months at the club, with only 11 appearances, his contract with Aldershot Town ended after having his contract terminated by mutual consent.
On 4 February 2012, Brown signed for Preston, having had his Aldershot contract settled, and allowing him to complete his formalities with the Lilywhites after the deadline. Brown’s Lilywhite debut was a 2-1 defeat at Sheffield United on 18 February. A week later he made his home debut against Walsall which finished 0-0, the only time he was not on the losing side. After a 3-0 defeat at Colchester on 3 March he featured as a striker in his last PNE match at Sheffield Wednesday which the home side won 2-0 on 31 March. In May 2012, Brown was released from the club after being told his contract would not be renewed.
After leaving Preston, Brown joined Maltese side Floriana on 23 August 2012, become his first club outside of England. One day after his move, Brown made his debut for the club, in a 1–1 draw against Ħamrun Spartan, making his first start and playing 90 minutes for the club. Aged 28 on his debut, Brown scored his first goal with a header, from a cross from Aman Verma, in a 3–0 win over Rabat Ajax. However, during the match, Brown received a red card following a second bookable offence after a confrontation with Patrick Borg, who also received a red card. In early November, Brown's contract with Floriana was terminated over a financial dispute, along with that of Akanni-Sunday Wasiu. The dispute led to Malta FA Control and Disciplinary Board threatening to give Floriana a points deduction, unless the club paid the wages owed to Brown. Eventually, the club avoided a points deduction after settling outstanding payments to Brown and Wasiu.
In March 2013, Brown joined newly promoted League of Ireland Premier Division club Limerick. Brown's registration was completed only hours ahead of Limerick's second match of the season, away to 2012 runners up Drogheda United. He made an immediate impact, getting on the end of a cross to head home Limerick's first top flight goal in 19 seasons, leaving both sides level at half time. Shortly after the restart, Brown received his marching orders as the referee adjudged him to have taken down an opponent in the box, both sides sharing the spoils at 2–2.
With little prior publicity, Brown appeared on the bench for the Harriers' FA Cup game against Sutton United on 9 November 2013.
Brown signed for Worcester City on 23 January 2015, before moving to Conference North side Corby Town on 7 August 2015. His debut was on 18 August with a 3-3 draw at Hednesford.