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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 Crown

English footballer (born 1958)

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]

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[12] Appearance in Hampshire Professional Cup

[FLT-14] Appearances in Football League Trophy

[18] Appearance in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup

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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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	51	7
	1984–85^[13]	Third Division	43	7	3	1	2	2	2^{[lower-alpha 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^[14]	Fourth Division	30	12	1	1	0	0	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	34	14
	1991–92^[14]	Fourth Division	37	23	2	0	2	1	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	12	4
Career total			380	132	20	5	20	10	17	7	437	154

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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