This is the field that many of Penang footballers had their first game of football. This is the field where Penangites of all races, Malays, Chinese and Indians played and fought....
But today sadly,the field had deteriorated....and had been invaded by foodstalls and hawkers.....
First, it was at the perak road and anson road corner in the early 1960's - which was very popular in in 60's and 70's.....one just have to say...lets go to the padang....and people would know what u mean...,....
Then, another hawker row was set up at the johor road & dato' kramat junction.....and finally in the 1990's another row of hawkers at the other end of johor road.....
Today, hardly anyone plays football in the field....there are no more matches at Padang Brown.
Hidden away at the hawker center, in the perak rd-anson rd corner of the field is a Memorial erected in honour of Mr. David Brown.....in whose honor the field was named after....he was one of the first settler and planter in Penang together with Francis Light.....until the early 1980's, his descendents still own much land in Penang.....estates such as Gelugor Estate and Brown Estate, Sungai Ara....he died in 1825 on a voyage along the Malacca Straits....
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