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 43)
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

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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

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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

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Manager

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As of 3 November 2018

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

Honours and achievements

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Manager

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Stenhousemuir

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ a b McPartlin, Patrick (13 October 2019). "Brown Ferguson named new Linlithgow Rose boss following departure of Mark Bradley". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. ^ "A Statement from the Board of Stenhousemuir Football Club - UPDATED". stenhousemuirfc.com. Stenhousemuir FC. 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  3. ^ McMenemy, Iain (2 April 2015). "Brown Ferguson to take the reins for next season". stenhousemuirfc.com. Stenhousemuir FC. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  4. ^ "New deal for Stenhousemuir manager". SPFL. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Stenhousemuir relegated as Airdrieonians and Brechin reach play-offs". BBC Sport. 6 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Stenhousemuir sacking shock as boss Brown Ferguson is axed". Falkirk Herald. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Stenhousemuir's Brown Ferguson scoops November manager award". BBC Sport. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
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