Brown and Allardice exit County after 'worst possible ending'
James Brown and Scott Allardice have left Ross County following the end of their contracts with the club relegated from the Scottish Premiership.
Both joined the Dingwall club in summer 2023, 26-year-old defender Brown after leaving Doncaster Rovers and 27-year-old midfielder Allardice from Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Irishman Brown made 33 appearances, 23 of them starts, this season while Allardice made only seven starts and 13 off the bench.
Both said thank you to County on the club website.
Brown said: "It is a shame how things finished with the relegation, but I have no doubt the club will bounce back."
Allardice described it as "the worst possible ending" and added: "Whilst it has not gone the way I would have wanted over the last two years, I have always tried to have a good impact on and off the park.
"I hope the club gets back up at the first time of asking."
Seven players who were on loan with County have also returned to their clubs - centre-backs Will Nightingale (Wimbledon), Elijah Campbell (Everton), Kacper Lopata (Barnsley) and Jonathan Tomkinson (Norwich City), left-back Zac Ashworth (Blackpool), midfielder Nohan Kenneh (Hibernian) and forward Jack Grieves (Watford).
Meanwhile, 20-year-old defender Connall Ewan has joined League 2 club Elgin City on a two-year contract having ended the season on loan to Caley Thistle.
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