Dave Bowman (footballer, born 1964)

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Dave Bowman
Personal information
Full name David Bowman
Date of birth (1964-03-10) 10 March 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Tunbridge Wells, England
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Position(s) Midfielder, Right back
Team information
Current team
 Dundee United
(Development squad assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1984 Hearts 116 (8)
1984–1986 Coventry City 40 (2)
1986–1998 Dundee United 336 (9)
1998–1999 Raith Rovers 23 (0)
1999–2000 Orient & Yee Hope Union ? (1)
2000–2002 Forfar Athletic 36 (2)
Total 551 (21)
International career
1992–1993 Scotland 6 (0)
Managerial career
2007 Livingston (caretaker)
2015 Dundee United (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David "Dave" Bowman (born 10 March 1964 in Tunbridge Wells, England) is a former Scottish professional footballer, who played for clubs including Heart of Midlothian and Dundee United. He represented Scotland six times and was selected for their squad at the 1992 European Championships. Since 2007 he has worked as a community coach at Dundee United.

Early life

Dave Bowman was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England on 10 March 1964.[1] He is the son of Scottish footballer Andy Bowman, formerly of Chelsea and Heart of Midlothian (Hearts), who was playing for Tonbridge at the time of his son's birth.[2] The family subsequently moved to Edinburgh, where Dave grew up. He played youth football for Salvesen Boys Club before signing for his father's former club, Hearts, in June 1980.

Playing career

Club

After starting his football career with Hearts,[3] Bowman moved to Coventry City in 1984, where he first played alongside Jim McInally and with whom he transferred to Dundee United in the summer of 1986. Bowman was part of the United squad that reached the 1987 UEFA Cup Final. He also played in United's 1994 Scottish Cup Final success. Bowman is ranked number 10 on United's all-time appearance list.[4]

Bowman spent the latter part of his playing career at Raith Rovers, Hong Kong club Yee Hope and finally Forfar Athletic, where he achieved the dubious honour of a Scottish record seven game suspension, imposed for swearing at the match officials.[5]

International

Bowman made six full international appearances for Scotland and was part of the squad that played at the UEFA Euro 1992 finals.

Coaching career

As Forfar were a part-time club, Bowman was able to join the coaching staff at Dundee United, where he continued to serve the club until he left following Craig Brewster's appointment as manager in 2006. After a brief spell as a pundit for BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound programme, he returned to coaching when old friend John Robertson invited him to be his assistant at Livingston. Following his spell in Livingston, Bowman moved to Dens Park to work alongside Gordon Wallace as youth coach. In October 2007, Bowman returned to Tannadice for a third time, accepting an invitation as community coach.[6]

On 28th September 2015 it was reported that Bowman would take temporary charge of Dundee United's first-team squad in the wake of manager Jackie McNamara's departure from the club.[7]

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1980–81 Heart of Midlothian[8] Scottish Premier Division 18 1 - 4 1 - 22 2
1981–82 16 1 2 0 5 0 - 23 1
1982–83 39 5 4 0 9 2 - 52 7
1983–84 33 0 1 0 7 0 - 41 0
1984–85 11 1 - 4 0 2 0 17 1
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1984–85 Coventry City First Division 40 2 N/A N/A - 40 2
1985–86
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1986–87 Dundee United Scottish Premier Division 28 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 37 0
1987–88 39 1 8 0 2 0 3 0 52 1
1988–89 28 1 3 1 4 0 4 0 39 2
1989–90 24 1 5 0 1 0 4 1 34 1
1990–91 20 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 27 2
1991–92 40 3 2 0 3 0 - 45 3
1992–93 24 0 1 0 - - 25 0
1993–94 35 2 6 0 4 0 2 0 47 2
1994–95 31 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 38 1
1995–96 Scottish First Division 17 0 1 0 1 0 - 19 0
1996–97 Scottish Premier Division 28 0 1 0 2 0 - 31 0
1997–98 19 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 28 0
1998–99 Raith Rovers Scottish First Division 23 0 1 0 2 0 - 26 0
Hong Kong League FA Cup & Shield League Cup Asia Total
1999-00 Orient and Yee Hope Union Hong Kong First Division League - - - - -
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
2000–01 Forfar Athletic Scottish Second Division 23 2 1 0 1 0 - 25 2
2001–02 12 0 - 1 0 - 13 0
Total Scotland 511 19 47 3 58 3 28 1 644 26
Total England 40 2 N/A N/A 0 0 40 2
Total Hong Kong N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Career total 551 21 47 3 29 3 58 1 685 28

Honours

Dundee United

1993–94

References

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