Sam Cowler
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Paul Cowler | ||
Date of birth | 26 October 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Colchester, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
–2009 | Frinton & Walton YFC | ||
2009–2012 | West Ham United | ||
2009 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | ||
2011 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | ||
2011 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | ||
2012 | → Barnet (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | Barnet | 2 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Bishop's Stortford | 6 | (0) |
2013 | → Needham 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
- Conference Premier
- Champions: 2014–15
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Six players depart". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ West Ham 1–2 Aldershot
- ^ "Barnet sign goalkeeper Sam Cowler from West Ham United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "Fleetwood 2-1 Barnet". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ^ Cowler leaves Bees in search of first-team football
- ^ Vassell bags winner for Blues against Leiston
- ^ Cowler returns to the Bees
- ^ MacDonald and Cowler released
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4]
- ^ New keeper for Regent
- ^ "Braintree Town - the club who have had eight goalkeepers this season". BBC Sport. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
External links
- Sam Cowler at Soccerbase
- Sam Cowler at Soccerway
- 1992 births
- Living people
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Yeovil Town F.C. players
- Barnet F.C. players
- Bishop's Stortford F.C. players
- Needham Market F.C. players
- Heybridge Swifts F.C. players
- Brightlingsea Regent F.C. players
- Association football goalkeepers
- English Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- Isthmian League players
- Braintree Town F.C. players
- British expatriates in China