David Crown

David Crown
Personal information
Full name	David Ian Crown
Date of birth	16 February 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	Enfield, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Forward, winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1979	Grays Athletic
1979–1980	Walthamstow Avenue
1980–1981	Brentford
1981–1983	Portsmouth
1983	→ Exeter City (loan)
1983–1985	Reading
1985–1987	Cambridge United
1987–1990	Southend United
1990–1993	Gillingham
1993–1994	Dagenham & Redbridge
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

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	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]	Third Division	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]	Third Division	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]	Fourth Division	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

^ Appearance in Hampshire Professional Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Appearances in Football League Trophy
^ Appearance in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup

Honours

Southend United

Football League Fourth Division third-place promotion: 1989–90^[8]

Individual

PFA Football League Fourth Division Team of the Year: 1989–90^[16]
Southend United Player of the Year: 1988–89^[17]

References

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

External links

Official website

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