Stuart Alan Brock (born 26 September 1976) is an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who made 135 appearances in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

playing as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...

. His last known club was

Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of the Red & Whites and Hill Top.

, from which he departed in 2010.

Career

A former

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...

trainee, Brock spent three years as a professional at Villa Park, but never made a first team appearance. He joined Northampton Town in March 1997, but once again failed to make the first team. At the end of the 1996–1997 season, he was released, where he joined Football Conference side

. He became Harriers number one soon after, going on to play over 150 times for the

Aggborough Aggborough Stadium is a association football, football stadium in Kidderminster, England. It is the home ground of Kidderminster Harriers F.C., Kidderminster Harriers, and has a capacity of 7,000, of which 3,140 can be Seating capacity, seated. ...

club. He won the Conference title with Harriers in 2000-2001 – despite having to battle for the number one jersey with the vastly experienced Tim Clarke – and made twenty six appearances as they romped to the title. After falling down the pecking order during the 2003–2004 season, Brock left Kidderminster in the summer of 2004, joining Halesowen Town. His stay was brief – a week – before he became one of AFC Telford United's first ever signings in July 2004. In his three years at the New Bucks Head, he played over 100 times, making him the reformed club's highest appearance maker, and won two promotions. Sandwiched in between were two more goes at professional football; firstly, in October 2004, Peter Taylor's Hull City came calling, with Brock spending a month on loan at the KC Stadium as cover for regular keeper (and another ex-Villa trainee)

Boaz Myhill Glyn Oliver "Boaz" Myhill (born 9 November 1982; ) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented the Wales national team from 2008 to 2013. Born in the United States to an American father and Welsh mother, Myh ...

. He also trialled for League Two side

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and th ...

in early 2005, playing in a reserve game for the Kassam Stadium side. After clinching promotion to Conference North via the

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play-offs in 2006–2007, Telford brought in Hednesford's Ryan Young, immediately relegating Brock to the stands. He was allowed to leave in November 2007, joining Southern League Premier Division strugglers

Bromsgrove Rovers Bromsgrove Rovers F.C. was a non-League football club from the town of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. The peak of the club's success was in 1993 when Rovers finished runner-up in the Football Conference. They went into administration during the ...

for a short spell, before dropping down a further level to link up with Dean Edwards at Willenhall Town, where he saw out the 2007–2008 season.

Notes

:A. : Kidderminster appearances from 1999–2000 season onwards only.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brock, Stuart 1976 births Living people Footballers from West Bromwich English footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Aston Villa F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Solihull Borough F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Halesowen Town F.C. players AFC Telford United players Hull City A.F.C. players Bromsgrove Rovers F.C. players Willenhall Town F.C. players Hednesford Town F.C. players Stourbridge F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players