Bert Bowery
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bertram Nathanial Bowery | ||
Date of birth | 29 October 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Saint Kitts and Nevis | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1974 | Ilkeston Town | 37 | (9) |
1974–1975 | Worksop Town | ? | (?) |
1975–1976 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | (2) |
1976 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 4 | (1) |
1976 | Boston Minutemen | 24 | (11) |
1977 | Team Hawaii | 10 | (1) |
– | Long Eaton United | ? | (?) |
– | Arnold | ? | (?) |
Total | 77 | (24) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bertram Nathanial Bowery (born 29 October 1954) is an English former professional footballer who played in England and the United States as a striker.
Early and personal life
Bowery was born in Saint Kitts and Nevis, and grew up in England. His son Jordan is also a professional footballer.[1]
Career
Bowery began his career in non-league football with Ilkeston Town and Worksop Town, before starting a professional career with Nottingham Forest where he became the first signing of Brian Clough, agreeing a two-and-a-half-year contract for a fee of £2000.[2] He played for Forest between 1975 and 1976, and made two league appearances, scoring two goals.[3] While at Forest, he spent a loan spell with Lincoln City in 1976, where he made four league appearances and scored one goal.[4] Bowery later played in the NASL for the Boston Minutemen and Team Hawaii,[5] before returning to England to play non-league football with Long Eaton United and Arnold.
References
- ^ "Jordan Bowery". Chesterfield Football Club. Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Clough's first signing made a dream come true". Nottingham Post. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "NOTTINGHAM FOREST : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
- ^ "LINCOLN CITY : 1946/47 - 1986/87 & 1988/89 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
- ^ "NASL career stats". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- 1954 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players
- Worksop Town F.C. players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Lincoln City F.C. players
- Boston Minutemen players
- Team Hawaii players
- Long Eaton United F.C. players
- Arnold F.C. players
- English Football League players
- North American Soccer League (1968–84) players
- English expatriate footballers
- English expatriates in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Association football forwards
- Saint Kitts and Nevis emigrants to the United Kingdom
- English football forward, 1950s birth stubs