Keith Bowen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Keith Bryn Bowen[1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 February 1958 | ||
Place of birth | Northampton, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
–1976 | Northampton Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1982 | Northampton Town | 65 | (24) |
1981–1983 | Brentford | 51 | (9) |
1983–1986 | Colchester United | 116 | (38) |
1987–1988 | Barnet | ||
Northampton Spencer | |||
International career | |||
Wales Schoolboys | |||
Managerial career | |||
–2002 | Northampton Spencer (caretaker) | ||
2001 | Northampton Spencer (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Keith Bryn Bowen (born 26 February 1958) is an English retired professional footballer who made over 230 appearances as a forward in the Football League in the 1980s.[1]
Club career
Bowen joined Northampton Town as a trainee in 1976 and made a total of 65 Football League appearances for the club, scoring 24 goals.[2] In September 1981,[1] he was transferred to Brentford where he made 58 appearances, scoring 12 goals, before moving to Colchester United in March 1983.[3] There he made 132 appearances, scoring 48 goals,[4] before his professional career was ended prematurely by a car crash in 1986.[5] He dropped into non-league football with Conference club Barnet during the 1987–88 season,[6] before returning to Northampton to join United Counties League Premier Division club Northampton Spencer.[7] As of February 1995, he was still playing for the club.[8]
Coaching career
Bowen was installed as player-assistant manager to manager Gary Sargent at Northampton Spencer in the late 1980s and remained in the role until December 2002.[7][9] He had a spell as caretaker manager of the club in late 2001, after the departure of Sargent.[10]
International career
Bowen played for Wales at schoolboy level.[4]
Personal life
Bowen's father Dave was a Wales international footballer.[11] His brother Barry played in the reserves at Brentford.[3] Prior to becoming a footballer, Bowen worked as an accountant and resumed his career after dropping out of professional football.[12]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 1981–82[13] | Third Division | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 41 | 10 | ||
1982–83[13] | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
Total | 51 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 12 | ||
Colchester United | 1982–83[14] | Fourth Division | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | 13 | 4 | |||
1983–84[15] | 46 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | 55 | 18 | ||
1984–85[16] | 42 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | 47 | 18 | ||
1985–86[17] | 15 | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 17 | 8 | ||||
Total | 116 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 132 | 48 | ||
Career Total | 167 | 47 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 190 | 60 |
- ^ Appearance in Football League Group Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in FA Trophy
References
- ^ a b c "Keith Bowen". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ Keith Bowen at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ a b Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ a b "Player profile – Keith Bowen". Archive database for Colchester United. coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ^ Matt Hudson. "The 1970s and 1980s". cu-fc.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "Barnet see promotion snatched away from them by Lincoln – Barnet FC – Black and Amber". www.barnet-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Committee Members | Northampton Spencer FC". www.clubwebsite.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ Griffin Gazette vs Huddersfield Town 21/02/95. Poole: Quay Design Limited. 1995. p. 2.
- ^ "Geary eager to lead Sports to Vase glory". www.northamptonchron.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Bowen's boys out to build on win". www.northamptonchron.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "OBITUARY: Dave Bowen". The Independent. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Keith Bowen, Northampton : Chartered Accountants Northampton – Phipps Henson McAllister". www.phm-accountants.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ a b Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 423–424. ISBN 978-1906796716.
- ^ "Player Match List – Colchester United". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Player Match List – Colchester United". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Player Match List – Colchester United". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Player Match List – Colchester United". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
External links
- Keith Bowen at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Welsh footballers
- English Football League players
- Northampton Town F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Colchester United F.C. players
- People from Northampton
- Living people
- 1958 births
- Association football forwards
- Barnet F.C. players
- National League (English football) players
- Welsh football managers
- English accountants
- Welsh football biography stubs