Geoff Brown

Who is Geoff Brown?

Geoffrey "Geoff" Brown is a Scottish businessman. He was chairman of St. Johnstone from 1986 until November 2011.

In 1970, Brown founded G. S. Brown Construction, which specialises in homebuilding. Brown is still chairman of the company, which is a family business, with two of his sons also on the board of directors. In June 2011, it was revealed that the company was set to become the shirt sponsors of the club, to mark Brown's quarter-century as chairman.

Brown took control of St. Johnstone in 1986, when they were in deep financial trouble and near the bottom of the Scottish Football League. A rights issue raised £150,000, which solved the club's short-term financial problems.

Alex Totten was soon appointed as manager. Under his guidance, the club made a rise from second-bottom in the Scottish Second Division in 1986 to mid-table in the Scottish Premier Division in late 1990. During this period, Brown oversaw the sale of Muirton Park to Asda and the club's move to a newly built McDiarmid Park stadium in the Tulloch area of the city, which was opened in 1989.

In August 2006, to mark Brown's twentieth anniversary as chairman of St. Johnstone, the Perthshire Advertiser published his best-of-Saints XI from the past two decades: