Drewe Broughton
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Drewe Broughton | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Drewe Broughton | |
Date of birth | October 25, 1978 | |
Place of birth | Hitchin, England | |
Playing position | Striker | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Unattached | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1996–1998 1997 1998 1998–2001 2000 2000 2000–2001 2001 2001–2003 2003–2005 2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008 |
Norwich City → Wigan Athletic (loan) Brentford Peterborough United → Nuneaton Borough (loan) → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) → Stevenage Borough (loan) → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) Kidderminster Harriers Southend United → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) Rushden & Diamonds Chester City → Boston United (loan) Milton Keynes Dons → Wrexham (loan) |
8 (0) 1 (0) 35 (8) 13 (2) 9 (5) 3 (3) 5 (3) 89 (16) 44 (2) 9 (4) 3 (0) 49 (12) 14 (2) 23 (7) 13 (0) 16 (2) |
9 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Drewe Broughton (born October 25, 1978 in Hitchin, England) is a footballer currently on loan at Wrexham from the Milton Keynes Dons. Having been released by Chester City at the end of the 2006-07 season he trialled for both the Dons and also Bury.
A former public schoolboy, Broughton started his career as a striker with Norwich City but failed to establish himself with the Canaries.
In October 1998 he joined Brentford for £100,000. Where he played just 45 minutes of a first half at Shrewsbury Town before being substituted. He was sold a week later for the same price to Peterborough United.
He stayed at Peterborough for 2½ years, making 35 appearances and scoring 8 goals. Whilst at London Road he had loan spells at non-league Nuneaton Borough, Dagenham & Redbridge and Stevenage Borough before joining Kidderminster Harriers after a loan spell in the summer of 2003.
After scoring 24 goals in 103 appearances he left them in June 2003 to join Southend United. Making 94 league appearances and scoring 19 goals in the whole of his spell at Aggborough. During this period he also had loan spells at Rushden & Diamonds and Wycombe Wanderers before joining Rushden & Diamonds permanently on 11th February 2005 and making 61 appearances in total in two seasons at Nene Park. Despite several red cards and many yellows, he speaks of his time at Rushden as "arguably the best spell of my career" [1]. Despite his scoring 10 goals in the 2005/06 season, Rushden were relegated to the Conference National following their defeat at Boston United. He refused to sign a new contact, telling the press immediately after the Boston match that he considered himself a league player - which Rushden fans considered an ill-timed and insulting statement.
Broughton joined Chester City on 16th June 2006. He did not have a happy time with Chester but scored the club's 4,000th Football League when they drew 2-2 at Torquay United on August 28th 2006. He linked up with Boston United on loan in October 2006. On 5th May 2007 Boston United were relegated to the Conference National. He was released by Chester upon his return, and was signed by MK Dons on 24 July. The following January, he joined Wrexham on loan. [2]. After his loan spell finished at the Racecourse Ground, he was a surprise inclusion on the bench for the MK Dons' 5-4 semi final penalty win over Swansea City and scored the final penalty which sent the Dons to Wembley for the final. He went back on loan to Wrexham the day after the Swansea game. Following Wrexham's relegation from Football League Two, Broughton was not offered a contract by the club at the end of the 2007–08 season.[3]
A traditional old-style bustling centre forward, Broughton's 'robust' commitment on the field has ensured a love/hate relationship with fans and made him a target for match officials 'enjoying' a total of 10 red cards in his career so far, including two in his first six appearances for Boston United.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.bufc.co.uk/article/612706/Striker-Broughton-raring-to-go
- ^ "Broughton added to Wrexham squad", BBC Sport, 2008-01-25. Retrieved on 2008-01-25.
- ^ "Axe falls on 14 Wrexham players", BBC Sport, 2008-04-25. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
[edit] External links
- Drewe Broughton career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database
- Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
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