Steve Brown has become one of the first performance analysts in the country to gain the official accreditation from the International Society for Performance Analysis in Sport.

Brown joined the Royals last season as part of the new ProZone system set-up ahead of our debut season in the Barclays Premier League. And he picked up his official accreditation ahead of our game at Bolton Wanderers at the end of April.

He was presented with his certificate by then-Bolton boss Sam Allardyce along with Dr Peter O'Donoghue, Chairman of ISPAS.

Brown will continue to work with the Royals during the coming season, offering analysis of all the club's games to the coaching staff.