David Crown
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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. He also played for Reading, Gillingham, Brentford, Portsmouth and Exeter City. Until March 2021, Crown's 24 goals in a Football League season stood as Cambridge United's club record. He later player-managed Purfleet in non-League football and served as assistant manager at Concord Rangers and Southend United.
Personal life
As of October 2000, Crown was running an accountancy firm in Leigh-on-Sea. As of February 2020, he was working as a matchday host at former club Southend United.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1980–81 | Third Division | 38 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 43 | 8 | |
| 1981–82 | 8 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 46 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 53 | 10 | |||
| Portsmouth | 1981–82 | Third Division | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 30 | 3 | |
| 1982–83 | 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 | Third Division | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | |||
| Reading | 1983–84 | Fourth Division | 45 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 7 |
| 1984–85 | Third Division | 43 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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 | Fourth Division | 30 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 14 |
| 1991–92 | 37 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 25 | ||
| 1992–93 | 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 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 11 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 380 | 132 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 437 | 154 |
Honours
Southend United
- Football League Fourth Division third-place promotion: 1989–90
Individual
- PFA Football League Fourth Division Team of the Year: 1989–90
- Southend United Player of the Year: 1988–89