Brown Ferguson (born 4 June 1981 in

Falkirk Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...

) is a Scottish

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player and coach. He is currently the assistant manager of

Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir (; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in the west, where the nearest rail access is located ...

. He also previously had manager spells at

and Linlithgow Rose. As a player, he played for East Stirlingshire,

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Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland and currently plays in the . Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not ...

and then finally at

. His coaching career began with

, and he managed the club for over three years previously.

Playing career

Ferguson started his career with East Stirlingshire in 1998. In the summer of 2002, Ferguson moved to

(two spells), where he made a great start to his Alloa career only to break his leg and face a long time on the sidelines. The club stuck by Ferguson during his injury and he repaid them once fully fit with some commanding displays from centre midfield endearing himself to the fans. At the end of the 2004–05 season, Brown moved up to the

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where he spent one season before moving to

for the 2006–2007 season. Ferguson joined

in June 2007 and moved to

in 2011. In January 2014, after parting ways with Martyn Corrigan, Stenhousemuir appointed Brown as caretaker manager until Scott Booth took charge.

Coaching career

On 30 June 2014, Ferguson decided to retire from playing professional football. He was appointed caretaker manager of

after Scott Booth was sacked in February 2015. Later in 2015, Ferguson was appointed manager on a permanent basis. He led the club to

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safety after beating Queen's Park after winning a two-legged final in May 2015. Ferguson signed a new contract with Stenhousemuir in September 2016. Stenhousemuir were relegated to

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in May 2017. Ferguson led the club to immediate promotion back to

after a play-off win against Peterhead the following season. He was sacked by Stenhousemuir in November 2018, with the team sitting in ninth place in League One. After a spell working for the Rangers academy, Ferguson was appointed manager of Linlithgow Rose in October 2019.

Career statistics

Manager

Honours and achievements

Manager

;Stenhousemuir *

play-offs: 2014–15 ; 2017–18 *

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: 2014-15

Individual

** SPFL League One Manager of the Month (1): November 2015

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferguson, Brown Living people 1981 births Footballers from Falkirk Scottish men's footballers Partick Thistle F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players East Stirlingshire F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Scottish Football League players Stenhousemuir F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Scottish Professional Football League players Scottish football managers Scottish Professional Football League managers Stenhousemuir F.C. managers Rangers F.C. non-playing staff 21st-century Scottish sportsmen