Stuart Cowden

Stuart Cowden
Personal information
Full name	Stuart Cowden
Date of birth	February 1925
Place of birth	Alsager, England
Date of death	January 2016 (aged 90)
Position(s)	Half back
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Stoke Boy's Club
1942–1946	Stoke City
1947–1954	Witton Albion
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stuart Cowden (February 1925 – January 2016) was an English footballer who played for Stoke City.^[1]

Career

Cowden joined Stoke City during World War II and went on to become a regular in the War League playing 50 matches.^[1] His only senior match came in the FA Cup during the 1945–46 season where he played in a 3–1 win against Burnley.^[1] He left the club at the end of the season after he decided to work at Rolls-Royce Limited in Crewe where he stayed for 50 years.^[1] He continued to play football for non-league Witton Albion.^[1] He died in January 2016, a few weeks short of his 91st birthday.^[2]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City^[1]	1945–46	0	0	1	0	1	0
Career Total		0	0	1	0	1	0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
^ "Oldest surviving player Stuart Cowden passes away". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

External links

Vintage Potter shares his memories of a special time Stuart Cowden at thisisstaffordshire.co.uk

[The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

[2] "Oldest surviving player Stuart Cowden passes away". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

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