Stanley Bowles was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.
19 Facts About Stan Bowles
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Stan Bowles played over 250 league games for Queens Park Rangers, and earned five England caps.
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Stan Bowles was then left out of the side for the next game and reinstated for the following two games without scoring.
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Stan Bowles had off-field problems and was considered to have a lax attitude to training, Bowles then had a disagreement with coach Malcolm Allison in a Manchester nightclub.
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Stan Bowles replaced Rodney Marsh, who had been transferred to Bowles' first club Manchester City six months before.
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Stan Bowles took over Marsh's number 10 shirt, which other players had been reluctant to wear in fear of being compared unfavourably to the mercurial Marsh.
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Stan Bowles had no such qualms about taking the shirt, and joked that, coming from the North, he had never really heard of Marsh.
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Stan Bowles was often regarded as something of a character both on and off the pitch.
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Stan Bowles had been known to cite a notable incident in his playing days involving the FA Cup trophy.
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The trophy had been placed on a table at the side of the pitch when Stan Bowles tore straight across the park and claims to have kicked the ball at it full speed, sending the Cup flying through the air.
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In 1979, Stan Bowles fell out with QPR's new manager, Tommy Docherty.
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Part of the side which won the two-legged, 1979 European Super Cup against Barcelona in February 1980, Stan Bowles failed to settle at Nottingham Forest under the management of Brian Clough, and he ruled himself out of the 1980 European Cup final, after Clough refused to allow Stan Bowles to play in John Robertson's testimonial.
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Stan Bowles made his international debut against Portugal in Lisbon in April 1974 in Alf Ramsey's last match in charge.
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Stan Bowles made his final England appearance in February 1977, in a friendly against the Netherlands at Wembley.
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Stan Bowles was a prolific gambler and ended his career with significant gambling debts.
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Stan Bowles was the life chairman of the Queens Park Rangers LSA.
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Stan Bowles written betting columns in the national press and a column in lads' mag Loaded, and appeared on the after-dinner-speaker circuit.
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On 20 June 2015, Stan Bowles was reported to be suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
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Stan Bowles was survived by his second wife, Diane Bushell, and by children Andria, Carl and Tracy, from his first marriage, to Ann.