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Keith Bowen
Footballer (born 1958)
Keith Bryn Bowen (born 26 February 1958) is a retired professional footballer who made over 230 appearances as a forward in the Football League for Colchester United, Northampton Town and Brentford. Born in England, he represented the Wales Schoolboys at international level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keith Bryn Bowen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1958-02-26) 26 February 1958 (age 66) | ||
| Place of birth | Northampton, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–1976 | Northampton Town | ||
| 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 | 4 | (0) |
| Northampton Spencer | |||
| International career | |||
| Wales Schoolboys | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 0000–2002 | Northampton Spencer (assistant) | ||
| 2001 | Northampton Spencer (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bowen joined Northampton Town as a trainee in 1976 and made 65 Football League appearances for the club, scoring 24 goals.[3] In September 1981,[1] he was transferred to Brentford where he made 58 appearances, scoring 12 goals, before moving to Colchester United in March 1983.[4] There he made 132 appearances, scoring 48 goals,[5] before his professional career was ended prematurely by a car crash in 1986.[6] He dropped into non-League football with Conference club Barnet during the 1987–88 season,[7] before returning to Northampton to join United Counties League Premier Division club Northampton Spencer.[8] As of February 1995, he was still playing for the club.[9]
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.[8][10] He had a spell as caretaker manager of the club in late 2001, after the departure of Sargent.[11]
Bowen's father Dave was a Wales international footballer and his brother Barry played for Brentford Reserves.[4][12] Prior to becoming a footballer, Bowen worked as an accountant and resumed his career after leaving professional football.[13]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1981–82[14] | Third Division | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 41 | 10 | ||
| 1982–83[14] | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| Total | 51 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 12 | ||
| Colchester United | 1982–83[15] | Fourth Division | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | 13 | 4 | |||
| 1983–84[16] | 46 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 55 | 18 | ||
| 1984–85[17] | 42 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 47 | 18 | ||
| 1985–86[18] | 15 | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 17 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 116 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 132 | 48 | ||
| Barnet | 1987–88[19] | Conference | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Career Total | 171 | 47 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 196 | 62 | ||
- Appearance in Football League Group Cup
- Appearances in FA Trophy
- "Keith Bowen". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- Keith Bowen at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- "Player profile – Keith Bowen". Archive database for Colchester United. coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- Hudson, Matt. "The 1970s and 1980s". cu-fc.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- "Barnet see promotion snatched away from them by Lincoln". www.barnet-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- "Committee Members". Northampton Spencer FC. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- "Geary eager to lead Sports to Vase glory". www.northamptonchron.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- "Bowen's boys out to build on win". www.northamptonchron.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- "Obituary: Dave Bowen". The Independent. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- "Keith Bowen". Chartered Accountants Northampton – Phipps Henson McAllister. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 423–424. ISBN 978-1906796716.
- "Player Match List – Colchester United". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- "Player Match List – Colchester United". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- "Player Match List – Colchester United". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- "Player Match List – Colchester United". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- "Keith Bowen". Downhill Second Half – A Barnet FC Archive. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Keith Bowen at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
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