Appearances:
88 |
Starts:
84 |
Substitute:
4 |
Unused:
31 |
Goals:
1 |
Games per Goal:
87.00 |
Assists:
8 |
Goal Involvements:
9 |
Player #541
Source: Villa News & Record
Source: Villa News & Record
Born:
Citizenship:
Position:
From:
To:
Seasons:
Bookings:
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Midfielder
1969-70
1974-75
6
8 |
0 |
Jimmy Brown
Jimmy Brown
Seasons Quick-View
Season
1969-70 | 1970-71 | 1971-72 | 1972-73 | 1973-74 | 1974-75 |
Age
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
Division
D2 | D3 | D3 | D2 | D2 | D2 |
Squad #
# | # | # | # | # | # |
Appearances
7 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 13 |
Starts
7 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 11 |
Subs
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Unused
7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Goals
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Assists
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Bookings
0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Red Cards
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Games / Goals
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Goal
Involvements
0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Goalkeeping Statistics
Season
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969-70 | 1970-71 | 1971-72 | 1972-73 | 1973-74 | 1974-75 |
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⛔ %
🥅 : Goals Conceded; 🔢 : Goals Conceded per Game; ⛔ : Clean Sheets.
James Keith Brown
Birth Date
3 October 1953
Birth Place
Bothwell
Birth Country
Scotland
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Citizenship
Scotland
Villa Youth
1969-70 Aston Villa Youth
Previous Teams
1969-70 Aston Villa Youth & Reserves
Football League Third Division
Transfer in
Aged
15
From
Aston Villa Youth
For
Youth
On
1 May 1969
Under
Tommy Docherty 🏴
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
July 1969
Under
Tommy Docherty 🏴
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
Aged
22
Preston North End
To
For
Free
On
October 1975
Under
Ron Saunders 🏴
Subsequent Clubs
1975-78 Preston North End
Football League Third Division
🕒 64 | ⚽ 3 | (League)
1978-80 Ethnikos Piraeus 1923 FC
Panhellenic Championship
🕒 23 | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1980 Portsmouth
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1980-81 Hibernian
Scottish First Division
🕒 15 | ⚽ 1 | (League)
1981 Worcester City
Alliance Premier League
Retired
Villa Career
1969-75 Youth
Football League Third Division
🕒 88 | 84 (4) | ⚽ 1 | #541 |
Appearances
Unused
88
31
Goals
1
Played Under
Tommy Docherty 🏴 1969-70
Vic Crowe 🏴 1970-74
Ron Saunders 🏴 1974
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
(First Squad)
Manager
First Goal
1969-70
17 September 1969
Bolton Wanderers (a), Division Two
15
Tommy Docherty 🏴
17 September 1969
Tommy Docherty 🏴
20 January 1973
Appearances
Goals
88
1
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
1974-75
28 December 1974
Cardiff City (a), Division Two
Aged
Manager
(Final Squad)
Manager
Ron Saunders 🏴
21
15 February 1975
Ron Saunders 🏴
Honours
1971-72 Third Division
1974-75 League Cup
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
🏴
Scotland
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
Caps with Villa
🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 |
Jimmy Brown
Source: Villa News & Record
Source: Villa News & Record
Player #541 for Aston Villa, James Keith Brown known as Jimmy Brown played as a midfielder for the club between 1969-70 and 1974-75 making 87 appearances and scoring once.
Jimmy was born in Bothwell on 3 October 1953 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on Wednesday, 17 September 1969 aged 15. In doing so Jimmy became Villa’s youngest player (15 years, 349 days) to play for the first team.
In fact Jimmy has yet to sign professional forms with Villa - something he would finally do in October 1970 having signed for the club from Midlothian Boys a year previously.
Jimmy’s early debut promised much and the clamour for his first team opportunities grew when he became part of the side to win the FA Youth Cup 1972 with the club.
However despite 7 starts under Tommy Docherty, Jimmy got no game time under new boss Vic Crowe.
1970-71 and with Villa in the third tier Jimmy was given his first start by Vic Crowe after 4 unused substitute appearances on Saturday, 12 September 1970 and that led to a run of 8 starts in 15 games through to November 1970. Thereafter however he made a single appearance to the end of the campaign as Villa finished in their lowest ever position in League football.
Jimmy would not get another chance for over 12 months and would again have a run of 8 starts plus one substitute appearance in 12 games before again being out of the reckoning for the rest of the season as Villa clinched the Championship and promotion back to the second tier.
1972-73 and the second tier would give Jimmy and Villa a new lease of life and though he didn’t play for over 12 months again he embarked on his best run in the side - 17 consecutive starts to the end of the campaign.
The beginning of the 1973-74 season saw Brown still in the line up and as such he increased his consecutive starts to 38 before once again barely featuring for the rest of the campaign.
Following Vic Crowe’s departure and the arrival of Ron Saunders as Villa boss for 1974-75, Brown made just 9 appearances, 2 as substitute before making his final appearance for Villa on Saturday, 28 December 1974 still aged just 21 and he moved on to Preston North End in October 1975 aged 22 with the promise unfulfilled.