Brown Ferguson

Brown Ferguson (born 4 June 1981 in Falkirk) is a Scottish football player and coach. He is currently the assistant manager of Stenhousemuir. He also previously had manager spells at Stenhousemuir and Linlithgow Rose.^[1]

Brown Ferguson

Personal information
Full name	Brown Ferguson
Date of birth	(1981-06-04) 4 June 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Stenhousemuir (Assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2002	East Stirlingshire	85	(3)
2002–2005	Alloa Athletic	64	(12)
2005–2006	Hamilton Academical	28	(7)
2006–2007	Partick Thistle	24	(1)
2007–2011	Alloa Athletic	98	(15)
2011–2014	Stenhousemuir	64	(9)
Total		365	(47)
Managerial career
2015–2018	Stenhousemuir
2019–2021	Linlithgow Rose
2023–	Stenhousemuir (Assistant Manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

As a player, he played for East Stirlingshire, Alloa Athletic, Hamilton Academical, Partick Thistle and then finally at Stenhousemuir.

His coaching career began with Stenhousemuir, 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 Alloa Athletic (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 Scottish Football League First Division to Hamilton Academical where he spent one season before moving to Partick Thistle for the 2006–2007 season.

Ferguson joined Alloa Athletic in June 2007 and moved to Stenhousemuir 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 Stenhousemuir after Scott Booth was sacked in February 2015.^[2] Later in 2015, Ferguson was appointed manager on a permanent basis.^[3] He led the club to Scottish League One 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.^[4] Stenhousemuir were relegated to Scottish League Two in May 2017.^[5] Ferguson led the club to immediate promotion back to Scottish League One 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.^[6]

After a spell working for the Rangers academy, Ferguson was appointed manager of Linlithgow Rose in October 2019.^[1]

Career statistics

Manager

As of 3 November 2018^[update]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Stenhousemuir	February 2015	November 2018	165	51	30	84	030.91

Honours and achievements

Manager

Stenhousemuir

• Scottish League One play-offs: 2014–15 ; 2017–18
• Stirlingshire Cup: 2014-15

Individual

• Stenhousemuir
  • SPFL League One Manager of the Month (1): November 2015^[7]