 Bowyer in 2003 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 June 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1971 | Manchester City | 50 | (13) |
| 1971–1973 | Leyton Orient | 78 | (20) |
| 1973–1981 | Nottingham Forest | 239 | (49) |
| 1981–1982 | Sunderland | 15 | (1) |
| 1982–1987 | Nottingham Forest | 206 | (19) |
| 1987–1990 | Hereford United | 40 | (1) |
| 1990–1991 | Grantham Town | ||
| Total | 628 | (103) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987–1990 | Hereford United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ian Bowyer (born 6 June 1951)[2] is an English former footballer who played mostly as a midfielder, best known for many honours in his career at Nottingham Forest. At Nottingham Forest he won the 1977–78 Football League and 1977–78 Football League Cup. The following season he won the 1979 European Cup final and 1978–79 Football League Cup. He was part of Forest's successful retaining of the European Cup the season after. Other honours at Forest included the 1976–77 Anglo-Scottish Cup, 1976 promotion from the English second tier to the top flight, the 1978 FA Charity Shield and the 1979 UEFA Super Cup. At all clubs, in the league alone he played 599 first team games scoring 102 goals in a playing career spanning four decades.
He started his professional career at Manchester City winning Football League Cup and European Cup Winner's Cup Finals both in 1970. He then played two seasons at Orient before his lengthy career at Forest. His playing days at Forest were interrupted with a season at Sunderland. After Forest he went to Hereford United who he player managed winning the 1989-90 Welsh Cup. He has also been involved after playing at Plymouth Argyle, Rotherham United, Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest and Rushden and Diamonds.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ Ian Bowyer at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database