Ian Bowyer
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 June 1951 | ||
Place of birth | Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1971 | Manchester City | 50 | (13) |
1971–1973 | Leyton Orient | 78 | (20) |
1973–1981 | Nottingham Forest | 239 | (49) |
1981–1982 | Sunderland | 15 | (1) |
1982–1987 | Nottingham Forest | 206 | (19) |
1987–1990 | Hereford United | 40 | (1) |
1990–1991 | Grantham Town | ||
Total | 628 | (103) | |
Managerial career | |||
1987–1990 | Hereford United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ian Bowyer (born 6 June 1951)
He started his professional career at
Playing career
Manchester City
He started his career at Manchester City,[2] debuting for the first team at Newcastle United on 16 November 1968. City won the 1969 FA Cup final but Bowyer did not feature in the final.
The following season, as an 18-year-old, Bowyer made 33 full league appearances and one as substitute for City as they finished 11th in the First Division. He was also a regular in Manchester City's League Cup run and scored twice in their two-legged semi final against local rivals United. In March he came on as a substitute for Mike Summerbee in the 1970 Football League Cup final beating West Bromwich Albion 2–1. Manchester City also won the Cup Winners Cup that season and Bowyer played his part in that European success too. City overcame Athletic Bilbao in the first round, 6–3 on aggregate with Bowyer playing in both and scoring in the second leg 3–0 home win. He also played in both second-round games against Belgian club Lierse S.K. but missed out on the next two rounds. He replaced Mike Doyle after 23 minutes in the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup final against Górnik Zabrze in Vienna. City won 2–1.
The following season he made 13 appearances for City, including six as substitute and one in the cup. His last game for the club was on 1 May 1971, against Tottenham Hotspur. In total he scored 13 goals in his 57 City first team appearances.[3] After Peter Swales' takeover of the Manchester City and the exclusive appointment of Malcolm Allison, Bowyer was out of favour and was sold to Orient under the management of George Petchey for £25,000.
Leyton Orient
Ian Bowyer, playing at no 11, was an ever present, and top scorer with 14 goals, for Orient in 1971–72. Bowyer scored a hat trick in his first game at
Nottingham Forest
In 1973 Bowyer was signed by
In their first season back in the top flight Forest were Football League champions finishing seven points above Liverpool (at a time when two points were awarded for a win). Forest beat Liverpool in a replay in that season's 1978 Football League Cup final.
Forest retained the League Cup the season after beating Southampton 3–2 with Bowyer an unused substitute in the final. They were drawn against Liverpool in the first round of the
Sunderland
He left Forest in January 1981 to join Sunderland, debuting for them on 28 January 1981 against Manchester United.
Return to Forest
The following year he re-joined Forest and went on to make another 200 league appearances for them,[2] finishing with a total of 564 Forest senior games, scoring 96 goals.[5]
Coaching and management
He joined
In 1994, he became assistant manager to Peter Shilton at Plymouth Argyle, and he later moved to Rotherham United until September 1996. He later became a coach at Birmingham City.[6]
He returned to Forest as coach in 2002, and stayed for three years. In 2006, he was appointed assistant manager to
Managerial statistics
All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches (including friendlies) are included.
- As of 11 April 2015
Team | Nat | Year | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Hereford United | 1987–1990 | 142 | 46 | 37 | 59 | 32.39 | |
Career Total | 142 | 46 | 37 | 59 | 32.39 |
Honours
Manchester City
Nottingham Forest
- 1977–78
- League Cup: 1977–78, 1978–79
- FA Charity Shield: 1978
- Anglo-Scottish Cup: 1976–77
- 1976–77
- European Cup: 1978–79, 1979–80
- 1979
References
- ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ a b c d Ian Bowyer at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ Ian Bowyer, Blue Moon
- ISBN 978-0-9954783-4-3.
- ^ a b "22 Ian Bowyer". Top 50 Nottingham Forest Players. The Times. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ Andy Pringle and Neil Fissler (1996). "Where are they now?". Bob's 70–71 footballers. Two Heads. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ "Where Are They Now – From A to I". Nottingham Forest Official Site. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
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