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Sam Cowler
Personal information
Full name Samuel Paul Cowler
Date of birth (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Colchester, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
–2009 Frinton & Walton YFC
2009–2012 West Ham United
2009Wycombe Wanderers (loan)
2011Queens Park Rangers (loan)
2011Yeovil Town (loan)
2012Barnet (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Barnet 2 (0)
2013–2014 Bishop's Stortford 6 (0)
2013Needham Market (loan) 1 (0)
2014–2015 Barnet 0 (0)
2015 Heybridge Swifts 15 (0)
2016 Brightlingsea Regent 18 (0)
2016 Braintree Town 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:36, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Samuel Paul "Sam" Cowler (born 26 October 1992) is an English footballer who most recently played as a goalkeeper for Braintree Town.

Cowler played for Frinton & Walton YFC before signing a youth scholarship with West Ham United in 2009. He then spent time on loan with the youth teams of Wycombe Wanderers,[1] Queens Park Rangers, Yeovil Town[2] and Barnet before being released in May 2012,[3] his only appearance in a first team squad coming when he was on the bench for a Football League Cup game against Aldershot Town on 24 August 2011.[4] Having previously spent time on loan in their youth team, in June 2012 he signed for Barnet.[5] Cowler made his debut for Barnet on 29 September 2012 in a 2–1 away defeat to Fleetwood Town, coming on as a 24th minute replacement for Ahmed Abdulla as a result of first choice goalkeeper Graham Stack being sent off.[6]

In July 2013, Cowler announced his departure from Barnet on Twitter, as he wanted first-team football and was unable to displace the reliable Graham Stack as first choice.[7] The following month, he signed for Bishop's Stortford on a one-year deal.[8]

Cowler re-joined Barnet on a one-year deal on 4 August 2014,[9] once again as backup to Stack. Cowler's only appearances in the 2014-15 season came in an FA Trophy tie against Concord Rangers and the subsequent replay defeat, but he was still awarded a league winner's medal following a successful season for the Bees.[citation needed] At the end of the season he left the Bees, again to seek first-team football.[10]

Cowler then signed for Isthmian League side Heybridge Swifts in August 2015,[11][12] before joining Brightlingsea Regent in January 2016.[13]

Cowler joined Braintree Town for the 2016-17 season but left shortly afterwards to study in China.[14]

Honours

Barnet

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ "Six players depart". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  4. ^ West Ham 1–2 Aldershot
  5. ^ "Barnet sign goalkeeper Sam Cowler from West Ham United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Fleetwood 2-1 Barnet". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  7. ^ Cowler leaves Bees in search of first-team football
  8. ^ Vassell bags winner for Blues against Leiston
  9. ^ Cowler returns to the Bees
  10. ^ MacDonald and Cowler released
  11. ^ [3]
  12. ^ [4]
  13. ^ New keeper for Regent
  14. ^ "Braintree Town - the club who have had eight goalkeepers this season". BBC Sport. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.