Keith Bowen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keith Bryn Bowen | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Northampton, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1982 | Northampton Town | 65 | (24) |
| 1981–1983 | Brentford | 51 | (9) |
| 1983–1986 | Colchester United | 116 | (38) |
| 1987–1988 | Barnet | ||
| Northampton Spencer | |||
| National team | |||
| Wales Schoolboys | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001 | Northampton Spencer (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Keith Bryn Bowen (born 26 February 1958 in Northampton) is a retired Welsh professional footballer who made over 230 appearances as a forward in The Football League in the 1980s.
Bowen joined Northampton Town as a trainee in 1976 and made a total of 76 Football League appearances for them, scoring 24 goals. In 1981, he was transferred to Brentford where he made 58 appearances, scoring 12 goals, before moving to Colchester United in March 1983. Here he made 132 appearances, scoring 48 goals, before his professional career was ended prematurely by a car crash in 1986. He dropped into non-league football with Conference side Barnet during the 1987–88 season, before returning to Northampton to join United Counties League Premier Division side Northampton Spencer. As of February 1995, he was still playing for the club.
Bowen was installed as player/assistant manager to manager Gary Sargent at Northampton Spencer in the late 1980s and remained in the role until December 2002. He had a spell as caretaker manager of the club in late 2001, after the departure of Sargent.
Bowen played for Wales at schoolboy level.
Bowen's father Dave was a Wales international footballer. His brother Barry played in the reserves at Brentford.
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