Keith Bowen

Keith Bowen
Personal information
Full name Keith Bryn Bowen[1]
Date of birth (1958-02-26) 26 February 1958
Place of birth Northampton, England
Playing position Forward
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
National team
Wales Schoolboys
Teams managed
2001 Northampton Spencer (caretaker)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Keith Bryn Bowen (born 26 February 1958 in Northampton) is a retired Welsh 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 76 Football League appearances for them, scoring 24 goals.[2] In 1981 he was transferred to Brentford where he made 58 appearances, scoring 12 goals, before moving to Colchester United in March 1983.[3] Here 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 side Barnet during the 1987–88 season,[6] before returning to Northampton to join United Counties League Premier Division side 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Barry Hugman's Footballers - Keith Bowen". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ "Keith Bowen Career Stats at Neil Brown's". newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Yore Publications. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  4. 1 2 "Player profile - Keith Bowen". Archive database for Colchester United. coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Matt Hudson. "The 1970s and 1980s". cu-fc.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Barnet see promotion snatched away from them by Lincoln - Barnet FC - Black and Amber". www.barnet-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  7. 1 2 "Committee Members | Northampton Spencer FC". www.clubwebsite.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  8. ↑ Griffin Gazette vs Huddersfield Town 21/02/95. Poole: Quay Design Limited. 1995. p. 2.
  9. ↑ "Geary eager to lead Sports to Vase glory". www.northamptonchron.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  10. ↑ "Bowen's boys out to build on win". www.northamptonchron.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  11. ↑ "OBITUARY: Dave Bowen". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-12-01.

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