Drewe Oliver Broughton (born 25 October 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He made over 540 senior appearances for 21 different clubs, scoring 116 goals, in a career spanning 17 years. Career Earlier years Broughton was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. began his career as a trainee with Norwich City in 1996, where he made nine appearances scoring once against Wolverhampton Wanderers, and had a one-month loan spell at Wigan Athletic, in two seasons. He joined Brentford in October 1998 for a transfer fee of £100,000 and was sold within a month for the same fee to Peterborough United. He stayed at Peterborough for just over two years, making 35 league appearances and scoring eight goals. Kidderminster After spells on loan at non-League Nuneaton Borough, Dagenham & Redbridge and Stevenage Borough during the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons, Broughton joined Kidderminster Harriers on a one-month loan in January 2001 and then joined Kidderminster on a permanent basis in February 2001. He made over 100 league appearances for Kidderminster, scoring 19 goals, before joining Southend United in June 2003 on a two-year contract after being released by Kidderminster on a free transfer. Southend, Rushden and Chester At Southend, he proved a success in their run in the 2003–04 Football League Trophy. With Broughton scoring once against Luton Town and twice against QPR in earlier rounds, Southend faced Essex rivals Colchester United in the Area Final. In the first leg, he scored but was later sent off as the Shrimpers won 3–2. In the second leg, Broughton scored the winning aggregate goal, his fifth of the competition that season, to put Southend United in to the first National Final of their then 98-year history. Broughton played the full 90 minutes as they lost the overall final to Blackpool. However overall he did not feature regularly in the first team at Southend and joined Rushden & Diamonds on loan in October 2004, where he scored five goals in ten appearances, and then Wycombe Wanderers, before joining Rushden & Diamonds permanently in February 2005, where he made 51 appearances in all competitions in two seasons. Despite Broughton scoring ten goals in the 2005–06 season, Rushden were relegated to the Conference National following their defeat at Boston United in April 2006. Broughton joined Chester City on a two-year contract in June 2006. He made only 14 league appearances for Chester, and