Nathan Lowndes

Nathan Lowndes

Personal information
Full name	Nathan Peter Lowndes [1]
Date of birth	(1977-06-02) 2 June 1977 (age 47) [2]
Place of birth	Salford, England [3]
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [4]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Leeds United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Leeds United	0	(0)
1995–1998	Watford	7	(0)
1998–2001	St Johnstone	64	(14)
2001–2002	Livingston	21	(3)
2002	→ Rotherham United (loan)	2	(0)
2002–2004	Plymouth Argyle	53	(10)
2004–2007	Port Vale	59	(6)
2007–2008	Chester City	12	(0)
2012–2013	Scone Thistle
Total		218	(33)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nathan Peter Lowndes (born 2 June 1977) is an English former footballer who played as a forward.

He began his career with Leeds United but failed to break into the first before his move to Watford in 1995. After making little impact at Watford, he moved to Scotland to play for St Johnstone in 1998. Three years later, he transferred to Livingston. In 2002, he was loaned out to Rotherham United, before he moved back to England permanently with Plymouth Argyle later in the year. In 2004, he joined Port Vale, where he would stay for three years. He finished his professional career with Chester City at the end of the 2007–08 campaign, though he came out of retirement to join Scone Thistle in May 2012.

Career

Lowndes began his career with Leeds United in April 1995 but did not make any first-team appearances in his time at Elland Road. ^[3] On 3 October 1995, he was signed by Watford for a fee of £40,000. Despite being seen as a promising player in three years with Watford, he only made three starts and was unable to score a goal. ^[5] He played only a cameo role in the club's 1997–98 Second Division winning season.

On 21 August 1998, he joined Scottish club St Johnstone, who were in their second season back in the Premier League. In his first season in Perth, he helped "Saints" to a third-place finish (which qualified them for the following season's UEFA Cup), an appearance in the League Cup final, and the last four of the Scottish Cup. In the final of the League Cup at Celtic Park, he was a late substitute for George O'Boyle, as Rangers celebrated a 2–1 win. He was the club's top scorer in 1999–2000 with eleven goals, which included a goal in the preliminary rounds of the UEFA Cup that helped the club reach a first round tie with AS Monaco. After the first leg, the striker told of how opponent Marco Simone came into the away dressing room and asked Lowndes for a signed shirt. ^[6] Despite the striker's fortunes the club could not replicate the success of the previous campaign. He made just twelve appearances in the 2000–01 season as the club flirted with relegation. In his three years at McDiarmid Park, Lowndes made 63 appearances and scored fourteen goals. In May 2001, Lowndes signed for Livingston, ^[7] for whom he made 21 appearances and scored three goals. Livingston enjoyed a highly successful season, finishing the league campaign in third place.

In March 2002, he returned to England with Plymouth Argyle, then managed by Paul Sturrock, who had signed him to St Johnstone four years earlier. ^[8] He helped the club to the Second Division title in 2003–04, scoring ten goals in 33 games. Over his two years with Plymouth, Lowndes made 57 appearances and scored twelve goals, playing mostly as a substitute or out of position at wide midfield. ^[2] He joined Martin Foyle's Port Vale in November 2004, ^[9] but was released in May 2007 after failing to make an impact at the club. ^[10] He was though a first-team regular in the 2005–06 campaign, in which he made 41 of his 67 Port Vale appearances, and scored six of his seven Vale goals. He subsequently joined League Two side Chester, who were managed by Bobby Williamson, Lowndes's manager at Plymouth for a short time. ^[11] In January 2008 he was the subject of interest from Conference side Torquay United. ^[12] The move did not go through but Lowndes did not play again for Chester due to injury. On 23 April 2008 his contract was cancelled by mutual consent. ^[13] In May 2012, Lowndes came out of retirement when he signed for Scottish Junior side Scone Thistle; he balanced his playing duties with his job serving Tayside Police. ^[14]

Personal life

His sister, Emma Lowndes, is an actress. ^[15]

Career statistics

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Leeds United	1994–95 [16]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Watford	1995–96 [17]	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1996–97 [18]	Second Division	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	1997–98 [19]	Second Division	4	0	2	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	7	0
	Total		7	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	11	0
St Johnstone	1998–99 [20]	SPL	28	2	3	0	3	2	0	0	34	4
	1999–2000 [21]	SPL	26	10	1	0	1	0	4 [lower-alpha 2]	1 [lower-alpha 2]	32	11
	2000–01 [22]	SPL	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	3
	Total		64	14	6	1	4	2	4	1	78	18
Livingston	2001–02 [22]	SPL	21	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	25	3
Rotherham United (loan)	2001–02 [22]	First Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Plymouth Argyle	2002–03 [23]	Second Division	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	2
	2003–04 [24]	Second Division	33	8	1	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	2 [lower-alpha 1]	36	10
	2004–05 [25]	Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		53	10	1	0	1	0	2	2	57	12
Port Vale	2004–05 [25]	League One	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
	2005–06 [26]	League One	35	5	4	1	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	41	6
	2006–07 [27]	League One	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	Total		59	6	6	1	1	0	1	0	67	7
Chester City	2007–08 [28]	League Two	12	0	1	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	15	0
Career total			218	33	18	2	10	2	9	3	255	40

1. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.
2. Appearance(s) and goal(s) in the UEFA Cup.

Honours

Watford

• Football League Second Division: 1997–98

St Johnstone

• Scottish League Cup runner-up: 1998

Plymouth Argyle

• Football League Second Division: 2003–04

References

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14. "Nathan Lowndes signs for Scone Thistle". Perthshire Advertiser. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
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