Bert Bowery

Last updated

Bert Bowery
Personal information
Full name Bertram Nathanial Bowery
Date of birth (1954-10-29) 29 October 1954 (age 68)
Place of birth Saint Kitts and Nevis
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973–1974 Ilkeston Town 37 (9)
1974–1975 Worksop Town
1975–1976 Nottingham Forest 2 (2)
1976Lincoln City (loan) 4 (1)
1976 Boston Minutemen 24 (11)
1977 Team Hawaii 10 (1)
Long Eaton United
Arnold
Total77(24)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bertram Nathanial Bowery (born 29 October 1954) is an English former professional footballer who played in England and the United States as a striker.

Contents

Early and personal life

Bowery was born in Saint Kitts and Nevis, and grew up in England. His son Jordan is also a professional footballer. [1]

Career

Bowery began his career in non-league football with Ilkeston Town and Worksop Town, before starting a professional career with Nottingham Forest where he became the first signing of Brian Clough, agreeing a two-and-a-half-year contract for a fee of £2000. [2] He played for Forest between 1975 and 1976, and made two league appearances, scoring two goals. [3] While at Forest, he spent a loan spell with Lincoln City in 1976, where he made four league appearances and scored one goal. [4] Bowery later played in the NASL for the Boston Minutemen and Team Hawaii, [5] before returning to England to play non-league football with Long Eaton United and Arnold.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trevor Francis</span> English footballer and manager (born 1954)

Trevor John Francis is an English former footballer who played as a forward for a number of clubs in England, the United States, Italy, Scotland and Australia. In 1979 he became Britain's first £1 million player following his transfer from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest. He scored the winning goal for Forest in the 1979 European Cup final against Malmö. He won the European Cup again with the club the following year. At international level, he played for England 52 times between 1976 and 1986, scoring 12 goals, and played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Robertson (footballer, born 1953)</span> Scottish former professional footballer

John Neilson Robertson is a Scottish former professional footballer. He provided the assisting cross for Trevor Francis to score the only goal when Nottingham Forest won the 1979 European Cup Final. A year later he scored when Forest retained the trophy 1-0 this time against Hamburger SV. At Forest he also won promotion from the 1976–77 Football League Second Division, the 1977–78 Football League First Division, the UEFA Super Cup, two Football League Cups, the 1978 FA Charity Shield and the Anglo-Scottish Cup.

Peter Ward is an English retired footballer, whose most successful times were with Brighton & Hove Albion, mostly as a forward. He now lives in the United States.

Les "Buzz" Parsons is a Canadian former soccer player who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder. During his career in North America with the Vancouver Whitecaps, Parsons was affectionately known as "White Shoes", owing to the white boots he wore. After retiring as a player, Parsons later became a professional soccer coach.

Kevin Dawson is an English professional footballer who plays for Stocksbridge Park Steels, as a defender.

Geoffrey Peter Davies is an English former professional footballer who played in the United Kingdom and the United States as a midfielder.

Paddy Greenwood is an English retired professional footballer who played in England and the United States as a left back.

Peter Thomas Wall is an English retired professional footballer who played in England and the United States as a full back. He subsequently became a coach in the United States.

Steve Seargeant is an English retired professional footballer who played in England and the United States as a left back.

Edward Cliff is an English former professional footballer who played as a full back. Active in both England and the United States, Cliff made over 120 career appearances.

John Webb is an English former professional footballer who played as a full back. Webb, who was active in England and North America, made over 150 career league appearances.

John Trevor Thompson was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back. Active in England and the United States, Thompson made over 150 career league appearances.

Ken Bracewell is an English former professional football player and coach. Bracewell, who played as a full-back, made over 200 league appearances in England, Canada, and the United States.

John McLaughlin is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Active in England and the United States between 1970 and 1976, McLaughlin made 72 career League appearances, scoring 9 goals.

Graham Day was an English professional footballer who played as a central defender. Active in both England and the United States, Day made 262 career league appearances. He died in 2021.

Harold Sharratt was an English footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Sharratt, who played as a goalkeeper, remained an amateur player throughout his career, working as a school teacher during the week. Sharratt played for non-league clubs including Wigan Athletic and Bishop Auckland, and also played as an amateur in the Football League for Blackpool, Oldham Athletic, Charlton Athletic and Nottingham Forest.

Robert Matthewson was an English footballer and FIFA referee. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Matthewson had a spell playing for the Byker Youth Club's football team before he was signed by Bolton Wanderers. After six appearances for Bolton in six seasons, including three appearances in the Football League, Matthewson was allowed to leave the club on a free transfer by manager Bill Ridding. He then joined Lincoln City but never played a league game for them. He then entered National Service. Upon his return an engineering colleague persuaded him to take up refereeing back in Bolton in 1958–1959, progressing through local leagues to the Lancashire Combination and Northern Premier League.

Dean John Neal is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Active in both England and the United States, Neal scored 68 goals in 213 league appearances over a nine-year professional career.

Frank Shufflebottom was an English professional footballer who played as a right back.

John Middleton was an English under-21 internationalist football goalkeeper. He won honours playing 137 first team games with Nottingham Forest. After 80 competitive first team games for Derby County he retired due to injury aged 23 in 1980.

References

  1. "Jordan Bowery". Chesterfield Football Club. Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  2. "Clough's first signing made a dream come true". Nottingham Post. 6 January 2011. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  3. "NOTTINGHAM FOREST : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  4. "LINCOLN CITY : 1946/47 - 1986/87 & 1988/89 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  5. "NASL career stats". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 7 May 2014.