Ian Bowyer was born on 6 June 1951 and is an English former footballer who played mostly as a midfielder, best known for many honours in his career at Nottingham Forest.
16 Facts About Ian Bowyer
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Ian Bowyer was part of Forest's successful retaining of the European Cup the season after.
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Ian Bowyer started his professional career at Manchester City winning Football League Cup and European Cup Winner's Cup Finals both in 1970.
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Ian Bowyer then played two seasons at Orient before his lengthy career at Forest.
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Ian Bowyer's playing days at Forest were interrupted with a season at Sunderland.
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Ian Bowyer has been involved after playing at Plymouth Argyle, Rotherham United, Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest and Rushden and Diamonds.
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Ian Bowyer started his career at Manchester City, debuting for the first team at Newcastle United on 16 November 1968.
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City won the 1969 FA Cup Final but Bowyer did not feature in the final.
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Ian Bowyer was a regular in Manchester City's League Cup run and scored twice in their two-legged semi final against local rivals United.
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Manchester City won the Cup Winners Cup that season and Ian Bowyer played his part in that European success too.
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Ian Bowyer replaced Mike Doyle after 23 minutes in the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final against Gornik Zabrze in Vienna.
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The next season, as Orient struggled against relegation from the second division, Ian Bowyer made 33 appearances and three as substitute.
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Ian Bowyer left Forest in January 1981 to join Sunderland, debuting for them on 28 January 1981 against Manchester United.
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Ian Bowyer joined Hereford United as a player-manager in July 1987, succeeding John Newman as manager three months later.
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Ian Bowyer led Hereford to Welsh Cup glory in 1990 before leaving the club.
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Ian Bowyer returned to Forest as coach in 2002, and stayed for three years.