10 Facts About Jonathan Rowan

Jonathan Robert Rowan was born on 29 November 1981 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward from 2000 to 2010.

Jonathan Rowan started his professional career with Grimsby Town in the Football League, playing three years inside the second tier of English football and a further year in the third, the latter years of his Grimsby career were hit by a number of injuries which led to his departure in 2004.

Jonathan Rowan briefly moved to Kidderminster Harriers before going on to join Kettering Town and Gainsborough Trinity.

Jonathan Rowan was added to the Mariners squad in the summer of 2000 by manager Alan Buckley, however following Buckley's dismissal it would be his replacement Lennie Lawrence that handed Jonathan Rowan his debut.

However following injury problems, Jonathan Rowan found himself mainly side lined for the next couple of seasons, and played a considerable amount less.

Whilst with Grimsby Jonathan Rowan was considered capable of playing at the highest level, but ongoing injury problems at a relatively young age meant his time with the Mariners represented the peak of his footballing career.

Jonathan Rowan joined Conference North side Kettering Town along with fellow former Grimsby teammate Steve Croudson.

Jonathan Rowan briefly left Gainsborough for a month, but returned and won his place back in the team and create a brief striking partnership with Dave Reeves and Clint Marcelle.

Jonathan Rowan was initially relieved of his duties in the summer of 2010 with the club only retaining former manager Graham Rodger as a Community coach, but this was short lived and he returned soon after on a part-time basis.

In October 2010 Jonathan Rowan launched his own sports business called JR Sports who work with schools to improve sport for their pupils.