David Cowling

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Dave Cowling
Personal information
Full name David Roy Cowling [1]
Date of birth (1958-11-27) 27 November 1958 (age 66) [1]
Place of birth Doncaster, [1] England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [2]
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
Mansfield Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1976–1977 Mansfield Town 0 (0)
1978–1988 Huddersfield Town 340 (43)
1988 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 1 (0)
1988 Reading 10 (1)
1988–1991 Scunthorpe United 89 (5)
Managerial career
1997 Doncaster Rovers
1998–1999 Goole A.F.C
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Roy Cowling (born 27 November 1958) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a left winger for Huddersfield Town, where he played 340 league games during the 1970s and 1980s. He also played for Scunthorpe United and Reading. [3]

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Playing career

Born in Doncaster, Cowling started his career at Mansfield Town, but never appeared for their first team before moving to Huddersfield Town in 1977. [3] He is particularly remembered for two goals he scored during the 1982–83 season: the winner against Leeds United in the Football League Cup, and the only goal of the game against Newport County which secured Huddersfield's promotion to the Second Division. [4] [5]

During his time at Huddersfield, Cowling was linked with moves to Manchester United and Leeds United on more than one occasion.

He later signed for Reading in 1988, before returning to Glanford Park. [3]

Managerial career

After his playing days, Cowling joined the coaching staff at Scunthorpe United. [3] He then moved to Doncaster Rovers, where he coached the youth teams before taking over as first team manager in October 1997, a post which he resigned after ten days because of interference from the chairman, Ken Richardson, regarding team selection. [6] He remained on the staff under Danny Bergara's management, but was laid off a few months later. [7]

After a short stint at Goole AFC, and turning down management positions abroad in the United States and Sweden, Cowling went on to become director of youth at Bury, [8] and youth development officer for Darlington F.C. [9] a position he held whilst also working as director of football development at Darlington College. [10] Here he established a soccer school in partnership with his son Lee, also a former professional footballer with Nottingham Forest. [11] As of 2011, Cowling set up and runs a footballing academy based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, England with his son Lee. The academy is the only one of its kind in the United Kingdom, providing formal education and footballing education to teenagers and young adults. [12] [ better source needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "David Cowling". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  194. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Dave Cowling". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  4. ↑ Booth, Mel (10 April 2008). "'I want attacking football and promotion'". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  5. ↑ "The week that was 1983" (reprint). Huddersfield Daily Examiner. FindArticles. 8 May 2004. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  6. ↑ "Managers". DoncasterRovers.co.uk. Forward Productions. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  7. ↑ "Football: Doncaster lay off coaches". The Independent. 14 March 1998. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  8. ↑ "Gigg Youth Pair Lose Jobs". Bury Times. 5 November 1999. Retrieved 22 December 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Quakers in Link". The Northern Echo. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  10. ↑ "Door Is Opened To Career in Football". The Northern Echo. 22 March 2003. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  11. ↑ "Dave Cowling". Soccer Planet. Retrieved 22 December 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  12. ↑ "Esprit Football Academy". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
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