Ian Bowyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ian Bowyer

English footballer and manager

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1951

Place of Birth: Little Sutton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Ian Bowyer (born 6 June 1951 in Little Sutton, Cheshire) 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 for 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, Forest and Rushden and Diamonds.