Colin Cowperthwaite, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetColin Cowperthwaite
English footballer
Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1959
Place of Birth: Flookburgh, England, United Kingdom
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Colin Cowperthwaite
- Colin Cowperthwaite (born 16 April 1959) is an English former semi-professional footballer.
- He is best known as the overall top scorer and record appearance holder for Barrow, a club he played for from December 1977 till December 1992, where he scored 282 goals in 704 league and cup games.
- He has been voted Barrow's all-time greatest player.Cowperthwaite made his debut for Barrow in 1977 when the team were in the Northern Premier League, five years after they had been relegated from the football league.
- During his period at the club, he won two Northern Premier League titles, playing eight seasons in that league and nine in the Alliance Premier League.
- The biggest success in that period came in 1990 when Barrow beat Leek Town 3–0 in the FA Trophy final at Wembley, in which Cowperthwaite scored.
- When Cowperthwaite retired in 1992, his testimonial match was held against Manchester City.
- After retiring, he continued to be active in the local amateur football scene.
- He played for Cartmel in the North Lancashire and District Football League, later managing the team in two different spells.
- With Cartmel he played alongside a young Jason Walker, who grew up in the same village of Flookburgh as Cowperthwaite; like Cowperthwaite, Walker would go on to score for Barrow in an FA Trophy final at Wembley.His 1979-goal after just 3.5 seconds in a game against Kettering Town was at the time the fastest recorded in the English game, and is still the fastest in a national competition, though a faster goal has since been scored by Marc Burrows in a reserve match.He is the father of Niall Cowperthwaite, who played in the Football League with Morecambe, and who also went on to play for Barrow.
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