Brian Etheridge

Northampton Town

Etheridge began his career at hometown Fourth Division club Northampton Town. Northampton's ascension to the First Division by the end of the 1964–65 season harmed Etheridge's first team chances, with his best appearance tally being 10 during that season. He departed the club in February 1966, after making just 22 appearances and scoring one goal during 4+1⁄2 seasons at the County Ground.

Brentford

Etheridge joined Third Division club Brentford in February 1966 for a £8,000 fee and quickly won a place in the team. A poor 1965–66 season culminated in relegation to the Fourth Division, with Etheridge having made 16 appearances. Etheridge found himself in the reserve team during the 1966–67 season and made just eight first team appearances. He experienced some joy with the reserves and won the 1966–67 London Challenge Cup with the team. Etheridge departed the Bees at the end of the 1966–67 season, after making 24 appearances and scoring two goals during 18 months at Griffin Park.

Daring Club de Bruxelles

During the 1967 off-season, Etheridge moved to Belgium to sign for First Division club Daring Club de Bruxelles, managed by Englishman Billy Elliott. He played in roughly half the club's matches and made 14 appearances and scored one goal during the 1967–68 season. He broke into the team in the following season and 28 appearances, scoring three goals and making appearances in Daring's 1968–69 Fairs Cup campaign. Despite European…

While at Corby Town, Wellingborough Town and Rushden Town, Etheridge combined his playing duties with that of managing each club.

Etheridge won eight caps and scored two goals for England Youth. He was joined in the team by fellow Cobblers graduates Tommy Robson and Graham Carr.

Etheridge was married to Pauline and had two children. Etheridge's grandson, Tom Collins, is a rugby union winger and full back and was capped by England at U20 level . After leaving professional football, Etheridge became a businessman and was a partner in a packaging firm, based in Wales. Etheridge hanged himself at his home in March 2011, having suffered from depression and made several attempts on his life previously.