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Sam Bowen
Personal information
Date of birth April 1976 (age 48)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Westfields
Moor Green
Westfields
1996–1997 Merthyr Tydfil
1997–2000 Worcester City
2000 Evesham Town
2000 Halesowen Town
Westfields
2003 → Forest Green Rovers (loan)
2003–2004 Bromsgrove Rovers
2004 Newport County
2004 Westfields
2004 Newtown
2010 Leominster Town
2011 Westfields
2017–2018 Kington Town
Managerial career
2010 Leominster Town
2017–2018 Kington Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sam Bowen (born April 1976)[1] is an English former football player and coach.[2]

Career

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Bowen, a striker, spent his early career with Westfields, Moor Green and Merthyr Tydfil.[3] At Merthyr Tydfil he scored 5 goals on his debut, and had a trial at Premier League club West Ham United.[3][4]

He next played for Worcester City, scoring a hat-trick on his debut, and scoring a total of 53 goals in 97 matches for the club.[5] After leaving Worcester,[6] he played for Evesham Town,[7] and Halesowen Town, scoring on his debut for Halesowen.[8]

In January 2003 he left football to begin a rugby player.[9] He returned to football with Westfields, moving on loan to Forest Green Rovers in December 2003, scoring a hat-trick on his debut for the club.[10][11]

He also played for Bromsgrove Rovers,[12] before signing for Newport County in January 2004,[13] scoring 5 goals in 13 appearances before being released in the summer of 2004.[14]

After returning to Westfields, he signed for Welsh club Newtown in September 2004.[15] By December 2011, he was again playing for Westfields.[16]

He also spent time as player-manager at both Leominster Town,[17] and Kington Town.[3][18][19][20]

Personal life

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Bowen worked as a farmer.[21] He is the father of fellow footballer Jarrod Bowen.[3][4][22]

References

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  1. ^ "St Martins beat Leominster Town away from home". Hereford Times. 25 March 2011.
  2. ^ Sam Bowen at Soccerbase
  3. ^ a b c d "They`ve Played For Your Club…..Evesham United - The Southern League". southern-football-league.co.uk.
  4. ^ a b "Harry Redknapp wanted to sign my Dad for West Ham! - Jarrod Bowen | West Ham United F.C." www.whufc.com.
  5. ^ "4/3/00 - Bowen record hits the target". Worcester News. 17 July 2003.
  6. ^ "12/07/00 - Bowen's Town link". Worcester News. 27 July 2004.
  7. ^ "25/8/00 - Bowen in line for Evesham baptism". Worcester News. 25 August 2000.
  8. ^ "23/12/00 - Bowen threat to City festive bid". Worcester News. 21 January 2005.
  9. ^ "08/01/03 - Rugby star Bowen". Worcester News. 27 July 2004.
  10. ^ "Sam turns up trumps again". Hereford Times. 18 December 2003.
  11. ^ "Northwich 0-4 Forest Green". 13 December 2003 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  12. ^ "Bowen's booster for Bromsgrove". Worcester News. 31 December 2003.
  13. ^ "County signu up debut goal king". South Wales Argus. 20 January 2004.
  14. ^ "'Big mistake'". South Wales Argus. 26 August 2004.
  15. ^ "Bowen on the move". Hereford Times. 30 September 2004.
  16. ^ "Sam Bowen in form for Westfields". Hereford Times. 22 December 2011.
  17. ^ "Player-manager Sam Bowen is aiming Leominster Town for top flight of West Midlands League". Hereford Times. 29 October 2010.
  18. ^ "FOOTBALL: Sam Bowen is new Kington Town manager". Hereford Times. 1 November 2017.
  19. ^ "FOOTBALL: New Kington boss on trying to keep team up". Hereford Times. 7 November 2017.
  20. ^ "FOOTBALL: Kington boss looking to climb table after fine away win". Hereford Times. 8 January 2018.
  21. ^ "Jarrod Bowen's England selection an inspiration to Leominster club". BBC News. 10 June 2024.
  22. ^ Buckingham, Philip. "'Skillage in the village', wheelbarrows and England – watching Jarrod Bowen with his dad" – via NYTimes.com.
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