David Crown

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David Crown
Personal information
Full name David Ian Crown[1]
Date of birth (1958-02-16) 16 February 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Enfield, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward, winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1979 Grays Athletic
1979–1980 Walthamstow Avenue
1980–1981 Brentford 46 (8)
1981–1983 Portsmouth 28 (2)
1983 → Exeter City (loan) 7 (3)
1983–1985 Reading 88 (14)
1985–1987 Cambridge United 116 (45)
1987–1990 Southend United 113 (61)
1990–1993 Gillingham 87 (40)
1993–1994 Dagenham & Redbridge 33 (9)
1994–1995 Purfleet
1995–1996 Aylesbury United
1996 Sudbury Town
1996– Billericay Town
0000–1997 Concord Rangers
1997–2001 Purfleet
Managerial career
Purfleet (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Ian Crown (born 16 February 1958) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League, most notably for Cambridge United and Southend United.[1][3] He also played for Reading, Gillingham, Brentford, Portsmouth and Exeter City.[4] Until March 2021, Crown's 24 goals in a Football League season stood as Cambridge United's club record.[5] He later player-managed Purfleet in non-League football and served as assistant manager at Concord Rangers and Southend United.[6][7]

Personal life[edit]

As of October 2000, Crown was running an accountancy firm in Leigh-on-Sea.[8] As of February 2020, he was working as a matchday host at former club Southend United.[9]

Career statistics[edit]

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
Brentford 1980–81[10] Third Division 38 6 3 1 2 1 — 43 8
1981–82[10] 8 2 — 2 0 — 10 2
Total 46 8 3 1 4 1 — 53 10
Portsmouth 1981–82[11] Third Division 27 2 2 0 — 1[a] 1 30 3
1982–83[11] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 28 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 31 3
Exeter City (loan) 1982–83[6] Third Division 7 3 — — — 7 3
Reading 1983–84[12] Fourth Division 45 7 3 0 2 0 1[b] 0 51 7
1984–85[13] Third Division 43 7 3 1 2 2 2[b] 0 50 10
Total 88 14 6 1 4 2 3 0 101 17
Southend United Total 113 61 4 0 8 4 7 4 132 69
Gillingham 1990–91[14] Fourth Division 30 12 1 1 0 0 3[b] 1 34 14
1991–92[14] 37 23 2 0 2 1 2[b] 1 43 25
1992–93[14] Third Division 20 5 2 2 2 2 0 0 24 9
Total 87 40 5 3 4 3 5 2 101 48
Aylesbury United 1995–96[15] Isthmian League Premier Division 11 4 — — 1[c] 0 12 4
Career total 380 132 20 5 20 10 17 7 437 154
  1. ^ Appearance in Hampshire Professional Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Appearances in Football League Trophy
  3. ^ Appearance in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup

Honours[edit]

Southend United

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "David Crown". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ "Player Profile". SUFCdb. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 99–100. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  5. ^ Page, Stephen (27 March 2021). "Paul Mullin breaks Cambridge United goalscoring record in win at Carlisle United". CambridgeshireLive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Crown, David". The Grecian Archive. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. ^ "On This Day... – News". Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Soccer: Crown's backing for Webb". Gazette. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Shrimpers Through The Ages!". www.southendunited.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  10. ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 394–397. ISBN 0951526200.
  11. ^ a b "David Crown". PompeyRama. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Reading 1983–84". www.royalsrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Reading 1984–85". www.royalsrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  14. ^ a b c "David Crown". Gillingham FC Scrapbook. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  15. ^ "David Crown Profile". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  16. ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 148.
  17. ^ Miles, Peter (12 June 2015). 101 Interesting Facts on Southend United: Learn About the Boys From Roots Hall. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-0-9932417-6-5.

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