Ray Bowden
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edwin Raymond Bowden[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Looe, England | ||
| Date of death | 23 September 1998 (aged 89) | ||
| Place of death | Plymouth, England | ||
| Position(s) |
Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Looe | |||
| 1926–1933 | Plymouth Argyle | 145 | (82) |
| 1933–1937 | Arsenal | 123 | (42) |
| 1937–1939 | Newcastle United | 48 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 1934–1936 | England | 6 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Edwin Raymond Bowden (13 September 1909 – 23 September 1998) was an English
Life and career
Bowden was born in
Bowden signed for
Bowden and Arsenal won the FA Cup in 1935–36,[10] but by then his ankle was causing him problems, limiting his appearances for the club that season and the next.[14] By the start of the 1937–38 season he had seemingly bounced back, playing ten matches in the first two months of the campaign,[12] but in a reshuffle of the side he was sold to Second Division Newcastle United in November 1937 for £5,000 as Arsenal went on to win the First Division title without him.[3] In all he played 138 matches for the Gunners, scoring 48 goals.[10]
Bowden was a regular for Newcastle United for the next two years;[15] the club narrowly escaped relegation in his first season.[16] When first-class football was suspended on the outbreak of the Second World War, the 30-year-old Bowden decided to retire.[3] After the war, he returned to Plymouth where he ran a sports shop with his brother.[4] He died in 1998, aged 89, by which time he was the last surviving player of the great interwar Arsenal side.[3]
Honours
Plymouth Argyle
Arsenal
Notes
- ^ Bowden played three matches and scored three goals – a hat-trick in an 8–1 defeat of Swansea Town – in the 1939–40 Football League season abandoned at the outbreak of the Second World War.[2] Most statistical sources do not count matches from this season as part of a player's league record, although Joyce's Football League Players' Records does.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ^ "Season Details: 1939–40 – League Division 2 – Abandoned". Toon1892. Kenneth H Scott. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ponting, Ivan (28 September 1998). "Obituary: Ray Bowden". The Independent. London. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Ray Bowden". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Ray Bowden". England Football Online. Chris Goodwin & Glen Isherwood. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Season 1928–1929". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Season 1929–1930". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ Morrison, Neil (4 January 2018). "British "FA XI" tours: 1931". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "Season 1931–1932". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Ray Bowden". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ Attwood, Tony (28 October 2014). "Ray Bowden: the final member of the brilliant forward line of the 1930s". The History of Arsenal. AISA Arsenal History Society. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ a b Kelly, Andy. "Arsenal first team line-ups". The Arsenal History. Retrieved 3 November 2017. Select season required.
- ^ "From the Vault: England and Italy do battle at Highbury in 1934". The Guardian. London. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-899429-03-5.
- ^ "Player Details: Edwin Raymond "Ray" Bowden". Toon1892. Kenneth H Scott. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Newcastle United". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 28 January 2018.