Jon Brady

Jon Edmund Alexander Brady (born 14 January 1975) is an Australian soccer coach and former player who was most recently the manager of English club Northampton Town.

Jon Brady

Personal information
Full name	Jon Edmund Alexander Brady[1]
Date of birth	(1975-01-14) 14 January 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1991	Adamstown Rosebud
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1993	Brentford	0	(0)
1993–1994	Swansea City	0	(0)
1994–1995	Wycombe Wanderers	0	(0)
1994	Mjølner	12	(6)
1994–1998	Hayes	186	(27)
1998–2002	Rushden & Diamonds	187	(26)
2002	Woking	12	(1)
2002–2003	Chester City	33	(2)
2003–2005	Stevenage Borough	54	(3)
2005–2006	Hereford United	19	(0)
2006–2007	Cambridge United	53	(4)
2007	→ Kidderminster Harriers (loan)	9	(0)
2007–2008	Kettering Town	41	(6)
2008–2013	Brackley Town
International career
1990	Australia U17
Managerial career
2009–2015	Brackley Town
2021–2024	Northampton Town
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

After failing to break into the first team at Wycombe Wanderers,^[2][3] Brady joined Hayes via a spell in Norway. He played 188 games for the Missioners in all competitions, scoring 20 goals, and part of the team which won the Isthmian League title in 1996, before transferring to Rushden & Diamonds in the summer of 1998.^[4]

Brady was a Football Conference champion with Rushden & Diamonds in 2000–01, scoring the winner at his future club Chester City on the final day of the season to make promotion mathematically certain.^[5] The following season saw him appear on the losing side for the Diamonds against Cheltenham Town in the Division Three play-off final at the Millennium Stadium.^[6]

After a brief spell at Woking, he joined Chester City and once again suffered play-off disappointment, losing the inaugural Football Conference play-offs at the semi-final stage to Doncaster Rovers.^[7] He was released from his Chester contract during their 2003–04 title winning campaign in order to join the coaching staff of Arsenal,^[8] but soon resumed his playing career with Stevenage Borough.^[9]

After losing the 2005 Conference play-off final to Carlisle United,^[10] Brady signed for Hereford United.^[11]

He subsequently joined Cambridge United, before a loan spell with Kidderminster Harriers in March 2007.^[12] He signed for Conference North side Kettering Town in June 2007.^[13]

Coaching career

Brady was appointed manager of Brackley Town in March 2009.^[14]

On 6 September 2015, Brady stepped down as manager of Brackley Town.^[15]

Northampton Town

He joined Northampton Town as U16 coach in 2016 and was promoted to U18 coach in 2017.^[16][17]

Following the sacking of Keith Curle on 10 February 2021, Brady was placed in temporary charge of the first team.^[18] On 4 March, it was confirmed that Brady would remain in charge of the first-team until the end of the season.^[19] In the penultimate match of the season, Northampton were beaten 3–0 by Blackpool, a result that saw Northampton immediately relegated back to League Two.^[20] Despite the relegation however Brady was appointed permanent manager in May 2021.^[21]

Brady and his side were in a good position for an immediate return to the third tier throughout the season with the automatic promotion race going down to the final day. Despite beating Barrow 3–1,^[22] Bristol Rovers beat already relegated Scunthorpe United 7–0 to move into third place on goals scored having needed to better Northampton's result by a five-goal margin prior to the day.^[23] They were subsequently defeated over two legs by Mansfield Town in the EFL League Two play-offs.^[24]

He was awarded the EFL League Two Manager of the Month award for March 2023 having led his side to thirteen points from five matches.^[25] At the end of the 2022–23 season, Northampton were promoted to League One automatically in third place.^[26] On 19 January 2024, Brady renewed his rolling contract with the club on improved terms with the side in ninth position in League One.^[27]

On 5 December 2024, the club announced that they had accepted Brady's resignation. In his time he finished fourth in League Two followed by a third place the year after, which sealed promotion to League One, where he then guided the team to a respectable 14th place finish.^[28]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rushden & Diamonds	1998–99[29]	Football Conference	37	2	4	2	—		6[a]	1	47	5
	1999–2000[29]	Football Conference	27	3	6	2	—		8[b]	0	41	5
	2000–01[29]	Football Conference	41	11	2	0	—		5[c]	0	48	11
	2001–02[29]	Division Three	22	1	2	0	2	0	4[d]	2	30	3
	Total		127	17	14	4	2	0	23	3	166	24
Woking	2002–03[30]	Football Conference	12	1	0	0	—		0	0	12	1
Chester City	2002–03[30]	Football Conference	18	1	2	0	—		3[e]	0	23	1
	2003–04[31]	Football Conference	15	1	1	0	—		1[f]	0	17	1
	Total		33	2	3	0	—		4	0	40	2
Stevenage Borough	2003–04[9]	Football Conference	20	0	0	0	—		2[g]	1	22	1
	2004–05[9]	Conference National	34	3	3	0	—		5[h]	1	42	4
	Total		54	3	3	0	—		7	2	64	5
Hereford United	2005–06[32]	Conference National	19	0	2	1	—		3[f]	0	24	1
Cambridge United	2005–06[32]	Conference National	19	1	0	0	—		0	0	19	1
	2006–07[33]	Conference National	34	3	0	0	—		0	0	34	3
	Total		53	4	0	0	—		0	0	53	4
Kidderminster Harriers (loan)	2006–07[33]	Conference National	9	0	0	0	—		0	0	9	0
Career total			307	27	22	5	2	0	37	5	368	37

1. Two appearances one goal in FA Trophy; four appearances in Northamptonshire Senior Cup
2. Seven appearances in FA Trophy; one appearance in Conference League Cup
3. Three appearances in FA Trophy; one appearance in Northamptonshire Senior Cup; one appearance in Conference League Cup
4. One appearance in JC Thompson Championship Shield; two appearances two goals in Northamptonshire Cup; one appearance in Division Three play-offs
5. One appearance in Football League Trophy; two appearances in Football Conference play-offs
6. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
7. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
8. Two appearances one goal in Conference League Cup; three appearances in Conference National play-offs

Managerial statistics

As of 3 December 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Brackley Town	1 March 2009	9 September 2015	306	132	76	98	043.1	[34]
Northampton Town	10 February 2021	5 December 2024	200	75	50	75	037.5	[34]
Total			506	207	126	173	040.9

Honours

As a manager

Brackley Town

• Southern Premier Division: 2011–12

Northampton Town

• EFL League Two third-place promotion: 2022–23^[26]

Individual

• EFL League Two Manager of the Month: March 2023^[25]