John Brownlie

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Template:Short description Template:For-multi Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography John Brownlie (born 11 March 1952) is a Scottish former football player and coach, currently assistant manager of East Stirlingshire.

Brownlie played as a right back for Pumpherston Juniors, Hibernian, Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool United, Berwick Rangers, Blyth Spartans and the Scotland national team. Brownlie later managed Cowdenbeath, Meadowbank Thistle, East Stirlingshire, Arbroath and Berwick Rangers.

Playing career

Brownlie joined Hibernian from Pumpherston Juniors in 1969 and remained at Easter Road for nine years. He was part of the 1972 League Cup winning team and also earned runners-up medals in 1972 (Scottish Cup) and 1974 (League Cup).

He later played for Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool United, Berwick Rangers and Blyth Spartans. Following his retirement in 1986, he ran a hotel in the English North-East.[1]

Coaching career

In 1988 Brownlie gained his first managerial appointment at Cowdenbeath and won promotion from the Scottish Second Division before his departure in 1992.

He subsequently joined Clyde, where he worked as assistant manager under Alex Smith. Just after Christmas in 1993, Brownlie was offered the chance to succeed Donald Park as Meadowbank Thistle manager.[2] He signed a two-year deal but resigned after managing only five matches, having achieved a promotion at work which involved working on Saturdays.[3][4]

Brownlie later managed East Stirlingshire from 1997 until 1998.

After a spell running the youth teams at Raith Rovers, Brownlie managed Arbroath between 2000 and 2003 where he led the club to promotion from the Scottish Second Division and kept them in the Scottish First Division for two seasons.

He later returned to East Stirlingshire as a coach, taking temporary charge of the first team in 2008 after the resignation of Gordon Wylde.

Brownlie was appointed manager of Berwick Rangers in May 2019 ahead of a relegation play-off,[5] which they lost to Cove Rangers. He was replaced by Ian Little as Berwick manager after they were relegated to the Lowland League.[6]

Brownlie rejoined East Stirlingshire as a coach in July 2020,[7] and later stepped up to become assistant manager of the club after Andy Rodgers left on 4 January 2021.[8]

Personal life

His son Paul was also a professional footballer.[9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year[10]
National team Year Apps Goals
Scotland 1971 1 0
1972 5 0
1973
1974
1975 1 0
Total 7 0

Managerial record

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Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Cowdenbeath 1988 1992

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Meadowbank Thistle 1993 1994

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East Stirlingshire 1997 1998

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Arbroath September 2000 October 2003

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Berwick Rangers May 2019 May 2019

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Total

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  • Arbroath statistics come from soccerbase website.
  • Cowdenbeath and East Stirlingshire statistics not currently available.

Honours

Player

Hibernian

Manager

Cowdenbeath

Arbroath

  • Scottish Second Division promotion: 2000–01

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