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Jon Edmund Alexander Brady (born 14 January 1975) is an Australian soccer coach and former player who was most recently the manager of English club Northampton Town.
Brady was a Football Conference champion with Rushden & Diamonds in 2000–01, scoring the winner at his future club Chester City on the final day of the season to make promotion mathematically certain. The following season saw him appear on the losing side for the Diamonds against Cheltenham Town in the Division Three play-off final at the Millennium Stadium.
After a brief spell at Woking, he joined Chester City and once again suffered play-off disappointment, losing the inaugural Football Conference play-offs at the semi-final stage to Doncaster Rovers. He was released from his Chester contract during their 2003–04 title winning campaign in order to join the coaching staff of Arsenal, but soon resumed his playing career with Stevenage Borough.
After losing the 2005 Conference play-off final to Carlisle United, Brady signed for Hereford United.
He subsequently joined Cambridge United, before a loan spell with Kidderminster Harriers in March 2007. He signed for Conference North side Kettering Town in June 2007.
On 6 September 2015, Brady stepped down as manager of Brackley Town.
Following the sacking of Keith Curle on 10 February 2021, Brady was placed in temporary charge of the first team. On 4 March, it was confirmed that Brady would remain in charge of the first-team until the end of the season. In the penultimate match of the season, Northampton were beaten 3–0 by Blackpool, a result that saw Northampton immediately relegated back to League Two. Despite the relegation however Brady was appointed permanent manager in May 2021.
Brady and his side were in a good position for an immediate return to the third tier throughout the season with the automatic promotion race going down to the final day. Despite beating Barrow 3–1, Bristol Rovers beat already relegated Scunthorpe United 7–0 to move into third place on goals scored having needed to better Northampton's result by a five-goal margin prior to the day. They were subsequently defeated over two legs by Mansfield Town in the EFL League Two play-offs.
He was awarded the EFL League Two Manager of the Month award for March 2023 having led his side to thirteen points from five matches. At the end of the 2022–23 season, Northampton were promoted to League One automatically in third place. On 19 January 2024, Brady renewed his rolling contract with the club on improved terms with the side in ninth position in League One.
On 5 December 2024, the club announced that they had accepted Brady's resignation. In his time he finished fourth in League Two followed by a third place the year after, which sealed promotion to League One, where he then guided the team to a respectable 14th place finish.
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" | Club ! rowspan="2" | Season ! colspan="3" | League ! colspan="2" | FA Cup ! colspan="2" | EFL Cup ! colspan="2" | Other ! colspan="2" | Total | |||||
| Rushden & Diamonds | 1998–99 | Football Conference | 37 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | 47 | 5 | |
| 1999–2000 | Football Conference | 27 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | 8 | 0 | 41 | 5 | ||
| 2000–01 | Football Conference | 41 | 11 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 48 | 11 | ||
| 2001–02 | Division Three | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 3 | |
| Woking | 2002–03 | Football Conference | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| Chester City | 2002–03 | Football Conference | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 2003–04 | Football Conference | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Stevenage Borough | 2003–04 | Football Conference | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 22 | 1 | |
| 2004–05 | Conference National | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 42 | 4 | ||
| Hereford United | 2005–06 | Conference National | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
| Cambridge United | 2005–06 | Conference National | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| 2006–07 | Conference National | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | ||
| Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | 2006–07 | Conference National | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| + Managerial record by team and tenure | |||
| Brackley Town | 1 March 2009 | 9 September 2015 | |
| Northampton Town | 10 February 2021 | 5 December 2024 | |
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