Sam Cowler

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Sam Cowler
Personal information
Full name Samuel Paul Cowler
Date of birth (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Colchester, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Brightlingsea Town
Youth career
0000–2009 Frinton & Walton YFC
2009–2012 West Ham United
2009 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan)
2011 → Queens Park Rangers (loan)
2011 → Yeovil Town (loan)
2012 → Barnet (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Barnet 2 (0)
2013–2014 Bishop's Stortford 6 (0)
2013 → Needham Market (loan) 1 (0)
2014–2015 Barnet 0 (0)
2015 Heybridge Swifts 15 (0)
2016 Brightlingsea Regent 18 (0)
2016 Braintree Town 0 (0)
2016–2017 Brightlingsea Regent 38 (0)
2018–2019 Aveley
2022– Brightlingsea Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:45, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Samuel Paul Cowler (born 26 October 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Brightlingsea Town.

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Career

Cowler played for Frinton & Walton YFC before signing a youth scholarship with West Ham United in 2009. He then spent time on loan with the youth teams of Wycombe Wanderers, [1] Queens Park Rangers, Yeovil Town [2] and Barnet before being released in May 2012, [3] his only appearance in a first team squad coming when he was on the bench for a Football League Cup game against Aldershot Town on 24 August 2011. [4] Having previously spent time on loan in their youth team, in June 2012 he signed for Barnet. [5] Cowler made his debut for Barnet on 29 September 2012 in a 2–1 away defeat to Fleetwood Town, coming on as a 24th minute replacement for Ahmed Abdulla as a result of first choice goalkeeper Graham Stack being sent off. [6]

In July 2013, Cowler announced his departure from Barnet on Twitter, as he wanted first-team football and was unable to displace the reliable Graham Stack as first choice. [7] The following month, he signed for Bishop's Stortford on a one-year deal. [8]

Cowler re-joined Barnet on a one-year deal on 4 August 2014, [9] once again as backup to Stack. Cowler's only appearances in the 2014–15 season came in an FA Trophy tie against Concord Rangers and the subsequent replay defeat, but he was still awarded a league winner's medal following a successful season for the Bees.[ citation needed ] At the end of the season he left the Bees, again to seek first-team football. [10]

Cowler then signed for Isthmian League side Heybridge Swifts in August 2015, [11] [12] before joining Brightlingsea Regent in January 2016. [13]

Cowler joined Braintree Town for the 2016–17 season but left shortly afterwards to coach in China. [14] He then re-joined Brightlingsea Regent. Cowler joined Aveley in August 2018. [15]

On 31 January 2022, Essex and Suffolk Border League club Brightlingsea Town announced the signing of Cowler. [16]

Honours

Barnet

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Cowler injury doesn't dampen spirit for new season - 2mb News". Archived from the original on 16 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Six players depart". www.whufc.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  4. ↑ West Ham 1–2 Aldershot
  5. ↑ "Barnet sign goalkeeper Sam Cowler from West Ham United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Fleetwood 2–1 Barnet". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  7. ↑ Cowler leaves Bees in search of first-team football
  8. ↑ "Vassell bags winner for Blues against Leiston". Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  9. ↑ Cowler returns to the Bees
  10. ↑ "MacDonald and Cowler released". Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "New Keeper for Swifts". 7 August 2015.
  12. ↑ @whufcyouth (7 August 2015). "Former academy goalkeeper @samcowler has joined @HeybridgeSwifts whilst @Frazer_Shaw signs for Leyton Orient" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ↑ New keeper for Regent
  14. ↑ "Braintree Town – the club who have had eight goalkeepers this season". BBC Sport. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  15. ↑ Appearances | Sam Cowler
  16. ↑ Brightlingsea Town F.C. [@FcBrightlingsea] (31 January 2022). "Previously played for Brightlingsea Regent. We are delighted to announce goalkeeper @samcowler" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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