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Gregg John Britton (previously Plumb) (born 10 September 1983 in Edmonton, London, England) is an English football coach and manager.

Playing Career

Britton began his playing career as a youth trainee at Arsenal followed by youth spells at Rushden & Diamonds, Bath City FC with trials at Bristol Rovers FC, Bristol City FC, Cardiff City FC and Swindon Town FC and South England. Britton moved to Almondsbury Town FC as a 17 year old playing as a midfielder and proving his worth with Gloucestershire County FC and South England call-ups. Following an unsuccessful England trial Britton move to Paulton Rovers FC, Keynsham Town FC, Team Bath FC. During his time at Team Bath FC Britton completed his BSc in Sport Coaching at University of Bath. Following the completion of his degree Britton moved to The Netherlands to play for vvBaronie which he subsequently picked up a serious back injury and decided to concentrate on coaching. Coaching Career

In January 2011, after completing the UEFA B Licence, Britton moved to Sunshine Coast FC (Australia) on a 1-year contract to coach the U19s. This successful spell led to a move to Brisbane to coach The Gap FC for season 2012. Britton was subsequently offered a rolling 1-year contract with Brisbane Strikers FC and Football Queensland as a Youth Coach which he accepted. During his time in Brisbane Britton worked with the likes of Rahmat Akbari, Aaron Reardon, Hassan Ramazani, Harry Talbot, Dauntae Mariner and Brandon McMorrow who are all, as of 2019, with Brisbane Roar FC and Eoin Ashton (WBA U23s). Due to family commitments Britton moved back to England in December 2013.

In July 2014 Britton moved to Birmingham City FC to work within the Youth set-up. In July 2015 Britton moved across town to work with West Bromwich Albion FC in the Youth set-up.

Britton became manager of Racing Club Warwick F.C. in October 2016 and led the team to a 6th place finish.

Britton decided to take a year out of football In July 2017 to concentrate on his thesis for the MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology at Staffordshire University. After completing the Masters in November 2017 Britton was offered a Lead Scout role for two Professional Football Academies in the U17s Euro Elite Round which was held in the Netherlands 2018. The teams included, Iceland, Netherlands, Turkey and Italy. This led to Britton in discussions with Thorlakur Arnason, currently Hong Kong FA Technical Director, to help assist in team and player scouting during the tournament for Iceland.

In July 2018 he was offered the role of First Team Coach at Sutton Coldfield Town FC which he accepted whilst completing the UEFA A Licence with the Malta Football Association. Britton helped guide Sutton Coldfield Town FC to the County Cup Final and League Play-Offs semi-final, where they were beat 3-2 in extra time by Bromsgrove Sporting F.C. Britton Completed the UEFA A Licence in April 2019 with Silvio Vella as an assessor.