Steve Lowndes

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Steve Lowndes
Personal information
Full name Stephen Robert Lowndes [1]
Date of birth (1960-06-17) 17 June 1960 (age 62) [1]
Place of birth Newport, Wales
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Right / Left midfield
Youth career
1974–1976 Monmouth Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1983 Newport County 208 (39)
1983–1986 Millwall 96 (10)
1986–1990 Barnsley 116 (20)
1990–1992 Hereford United 49 (4)
1992–1996 Newport County 150 (12)
Total617(85)
International career
1983–1988 Wales 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Robert Lowndes (born 17 June 1960) is a former Wales international footballer. Lowndes started his career at Newport County during the most successful period in the club's long history. Lowndes was part of the team that won promotion from the old Division 4 and the Welsh Cup and in the subsequent season reached the quarter-final of the 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup. [3]

Millwall signed him from Newport County for £55,000 in August 1983 and he was sold to Barnsley in 1986 for £40,000.

Coaching

After retiring from playing he became physio to the Wales international team for five years. After gaining BA Hons Degree (1999) & P.G.C.E. in physical education (2000) in June 2000 was appointed Academy Director at Cirencester Football Academy and helped develop professional players such as James Constable, Matt Green, Chris Zebroski and Stuart Nelson. He has also led the academy to a number of honor's over the years. ESFA Under 18's Colleges' Trophy winners 2000, 2002, 2005, and 2012. The academy has consistently competed in the F.A. Youth Cup defeating a number of professional youth teams. He is a UEFA 'A' Licence Coach, a qualified Sports Therapist as well as holding a B.A. (Hons) Degree and P.G.C.E. Physical Education (qualified teacher status).

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References

  1. 1 2 "Steve Lowndes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  54. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. Newport County A-Z of transfers