{"id":569916,"date":"2020-10-18T11:44:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T15:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=569916"},"modified":"2020-12-28T11:24:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:24:19","slug":"junior-brown-signs-for-scunthorpe-united-on-free-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/18\/junior-brown-signs-for-scunthorpe-united-on-free-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Brown Signs for Scunthorpe United on Free Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>League Two side Scunthorpe United have completed the signing of Junior Brown on a free transfer. Brown was without a club having left Coventry City earlier in the summer. The 31-year-old spent the second half of last season on loan at Scunthorpe from the eventual League One champions.<\/p>\n<h2>Scunthorpe United Sign Junior Brown<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f Scunthorpe United is delighted to confirm the signing of defender Junior Brown on a free transfer until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Link \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/upcNoBriWS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/upcNoBriWS<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UTI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#UTI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRON?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#IRON<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T2990naByu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/T2990naByu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scunthorpe United FC (@SUFCOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SUFCOfficial\/status\/1317793806515900422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the club website about his signing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk\/news\/2020\/october\/brown-i-want-to-make-a-big-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brown said<\/a>: &#8220;It&#8217;s developed quite quickly over the last few days and has been a quick process. It&#8217;s been a strange six or seven months with everything going on in the world. It&#8217;s been difficult times in football but I&#8217;m glad to get it done and get cracking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The games are going to come thick and fast, especially with everything that&#8217;s gone on. It&#8217;s going to be Saturday-Tuesday (the frequency of matches) now until around December, but I hope I can find myself playing rather quickly and I&#8217;m looking forward to it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I come here with experience, can pass some knowledge onto the younger lads and make a difference in and around the club &#8211; not just on the pitch, but off it as well. I want to make a big impact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Career So Far<\/h3>\n<p>Brown came through the youth academy at Crewe Alexandra, but made just one appearance for the first team and had a loan spell at Kidsgrove Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>The defender then dropped into non-league permanently with FC Halifax Town and Northwich Victoria before being part of the Fleetwood Town squad that was promoted to the EFL for the first time in their history.<\/p>\n<p>Brown then had a loan spell at Tranmere Rovers before signing for Oxford United and then for Mansfield Town following another loan spell.<\/p>\n<p>He then settled at Shrewsbury Town, making over 100 appearances in his three years at the club, and signed for Coventry in 2018 following their promotion back to League One.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"2Tg22H9dRolfs3BI0qKwhQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1190914813\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'2Tg22H9dRolfs3BI0qKwhQ',sig:'LS16zG5bu4i98regpZfHAQWk_a6-VmbxaTmAL5JKGWM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1190914813',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>League Two side Scunthorpe United have completed the signing of Junior Brown on a free transfer. Brown was without a club having left Coventry City earlier in the summer. The 31-year-old spent the second half of last season on loan at Scunthorpe from the eventual League One champions. 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