Darran Rowbotham

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Darran Rowbotham
Personal information
Full name Darran Rowbotham
Date of birth (1966-10-22) 22 October 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1983–1984 Plymouth Argyle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1987 Plymouth Argyle 46 (2)
1987–1991 Exeter City 118 (46)
1991–1992 Torquay United 14 (3)
1992–1993 Birmingham City 36 (6)
1992 → Mansfield Town (loan) 4 (2)
1993 → Hereford United (loan) 8 (2)
1993–1995 Crewe Alexandra 61 (21)
1995–1996 Shrewsbury Town 40 (9)
1996 → Exeter City (loan) 2 (1)
1996–2000 Exeter City 118 (37)
1999 → Leyton Orient (loan) 6 (0)
2000–2002 Weymouth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Darran Rowbotham (born 22 October 1966) is a Welsh former footballer who made more than 450 appearances in the Football League playing as a striker.

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Career

Rowbotham was born in Cardiff, Wales. He began his career as a junior with Plymouth Argyle, and turned professional with the club in November 1984. Three years later he joined local rivals Exeter City. [1] A key player in Exeter winning the Fourth Division title in the 1989–90 season, his goalscoring had linked him with possible moves to top-flight football. However, he sustained a serious knee injury which kept him out of football for a year, after which his career was restricted to the lower divisions of the Football League. [2]

After four years at Exeter, where he scored 58 goals in 142 games in all competitions, he joined Torquay United for a fee of £25,000. Only four months later he moved on again, following his former Exeter manager Terry Cooper to Birmingham City for a fee of £20,000. [1]

Lack of goals for Birmingham resulted in loan spells at Mansfield Town and Hereford United before he left on a free transfer, signing for Crewe Alexandra before the 1993–94 season. [1] He spent two years there, followed by an 18-month spell at Shrewsbury Town, before returning to Exeter in 1996. He remained at Exeter for four years, including a month on loan to Leyton Orient, [3] before being released at the end of the 1999–2000 season. [2] He ended his career playing alongside brother Jason for Weymouth in the Southern League. [4]

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Individual

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References

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Specific
  1. 1 2 3 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 121. ISBN   978-1-85983-010-9.
  2. 1 2 "A game of two halves". BBC Sport. 29 July 2000. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Darren Rowbotham". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 30 March 2005. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jason set to join the Terras". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 25 January 2001. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 148.
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