Patrick Brough

Brough's current-season form is level with last season (Season 29→29), while his Rating held around 19. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 29).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Tranmere · 4th	2	0	0	6.55	19	29
2025/26	Tranmere · 21st	42	1	2	6.73	19	29
2024/25	Tranmere	1	0	0	—	—	—
2024/25	Northampton · 19th	6	0	0	6.38	24	0
2023/24	Northampton · 14th	37	2	3	6.74	39	27
2022/23	Tranmere	40	0	3	6.72	—	—
2022/23	Barrow · 9th	41	0	3	6.72	31	29

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 9 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

P. Brough is a 30-year-old central defender at Tranmere, enjoying a standout season — 1 goals and 2 assists in 42 appearances, a Season grade of 25. On long-term scout potential he's rated 19.4. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present (82.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.65 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Brough.

On the season, Brough graded 25 for current form (age-blind), on 7 clean sheets and 3.654 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 29 → 29). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 19. At 30 Brough is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Brough is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2023/24

19.4

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

24.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

82.7%

Minutes

near ever-present

3.65

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Tranmere finished 21st of 24 · a lower-table side

Apps

3.65

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.65 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 42 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (21st of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 82.7% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 3.65 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 19.4 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.65 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %82.7%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.026

Assists / 900.053

Goal contribution / 900.079

Defensive actions / 903.654

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.184

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~4), then tapers with age. At 30, Brough sits on 1.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Brough's projected Rating — 19.4 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles66

Interceptions51

Blocks22

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards7

Red cards0

About P. Brough

Patrick John Brough is a 30-year-old centre-back who plays for Tranmere, born on February 20, 1996 in Carlisle, standing 191 cm tall. He is from England. Tranmere currently sit 4th of 24 in the League Two.

This season

In the current season, P. Brough has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 149 minutes.

P. Brough's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Tranmere face Newport County away in the League Two.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates P. Brough at 19.4 with a Season form score of 24.9. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the National League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 14 recorded seasons, P. Brough has totalled 381 club appearances with 11 goals and 15 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 43 appearances for Barrow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.