Kenny Lowe

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Kenny Lowe
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Lowe
Date of birth (1961-11-06) 6 November 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth Billingham, England
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Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1984 Hartlepool United 54 (3)
1984–1985 Billingham Town
1985–1987 Gateshead
1987–1990 Barrow
1987–1988 → Scarborough (loan) 4 (0)
1990–1993 Barnet 72 (5)
1993 Stoke City 9 (0)
1993–1996 Birmingham City 21 (3)
1994–1995 → Carlisle United (loan) 2 (0)
1995–1996 → Hartlepool United (loan) 13 (3)
1996 Darlington 14 (0)
1996–1998 Gateshead 91 (6)
International career
England semi-professional 2 (0)
Managerial career
1997–1998 Gateshead
1999–2003 Barrow
2007–2011 Perth Glory (asst. coach)
2013– Perth Glory
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenny Lowe (born 6 November 1961) is a former professional footballer and current head coach of Perth Glory FC in the A-league. Kenny played for ten clubs in England, as well as a stint in Australia. He also later managed Gateshead and Barrow before returning to Perth to work in football.

Playing career

Lowe played for ten clubs during his career, which started on a part-time basis in 1981 with Hartlepool United, while he served an apprenticeship as a pipe-fitter and welder with ICI.[1] He moved to Australia during the 1980s to play for Spearwood in the Western Australia Premier League before returning to England.[2] He was twice signed by manager Barry Fry, first for £40,000 for Barnet in 1991 and secondly at Birmingham City for £75,000, when at the age of 31 he turned professional.[1] He finally ended his career at the age of 39. He also won two caps with the England semi-professional team.[1]

Managerial career

Lowe started his managerial career with Gateshead as joint manager with Matty Pearson.[3] He returned to Barrow in 1999 when the club had just four players.[1] He stayed at Barrow for four seasons during which time they remained in administration.[4]

He left Barrow to move to Australia where he is an assistant manager at Perth Glory.[2] He also coaches at the Football West national training centre, taking charge of the team in inter-state matches.

Following the sacking of Alistair Edwards as Perth Glory's head coach, Lowe was appointed as the caretaker coach.[5]

On the 22nd of April Kenny Lowe was appointed as full-time coach of Perth Glory, after winning just 4 of 17 games as caretaker coach.[6] In his first full season in charge of the Glory he led them to the final of the 2014 FFA Cup.

Managerial statistics

As of 15 February 2015
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Barrow England August 1999 May 2003 176 78 46 52 44.32
Perth Glory Australia 20 December 2013 Present 40 18 8 14 45.00
Total 216 96 54 66 44.44

Outside football

He was born in Sedgefield, County Durham, and now lives in Perth, Australia.[3] His sister is Kendra Slawinski, an international netball player.[1]

References

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