In four seasons with the club Brown was never selected to play a first team match.
[2] In 1955 Brown was allowed to leave Rovers, and signed for Newport County of the Third Division South.
He soon became a favourite with the Somerton Park crowd, and was a regular in the team for four seasons, making over 140 appearances in total and scoring 15 goals.
[3] In 1959 he left Newport to join Fourth Division club Gillingham.
[2] There are no details known of Brown's life after his playing career ended, although it is known that he died in 1999.