Jimmy Bowie
James Duncan Bowie (9 August 1924 – 4 August 2000) was a Scottish professional football inside forward who played in the Football League for Watford, Chelsea, Fulham and Brentford. After his retirement from football, he managed Trowbridge Town. As a player, Bowie was described as "a gifted, quicksilver inside forward".[3]
| Bowie while with Chelsea in November 1947. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Duncan Bowie[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Kintore, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 4 August 2000 (aged 75)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Southend, England | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1942–1944 | Aberdeen Parkvale | ||
| → Middlesbrough (guest) | |||
| → Hounslow Town (guest) | |||
| 1944–1951 | Chelsea | 76 | (18) |
| 1951–1952 | Fulham | 34 | (7) |
| 1952 | Brentford | 9 | (0) |
| 1952–1956 | Watford | 125 | (39) |
| 1956–1957 | Bedford Town | 42 | (14) |
| 1957 | Headington United | 12 | (1) |
| 1957–1958 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
| 1958–1959 | March Town United | ||
| 1959–19xx | Wisbech Town | ||
| Total | 256 | (65) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| Trowbridge Town | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Born in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Bowie began his career with local club Parkvale and turned professional in October 1943.[2] He guested for English clubs Middlesbrough and Hounslow Town and moved to Chelsea for a £25 fee in February 1944.[2] Bowie had to wait until 1947–48, the second season of First Division football after the war, to make his debut and went on to make 84 appearances and score 22 goals before departing in January 1951.[2] After short spells with West London rivals Fulham and Brentford, Bowie dropped down to the Third Division South to join Watford in July 1952.[2] He made 130 appearances and scored 40 goals during three-and-a-half years at Vicarage Road and dropped into non-league football in January 1956.[2] Aside from a return to Fulham in May 1957, for whom he failed to make any further appearances, Bowie spent the remainder of his career in non-league football.[2][4]
Managerial career
After his retirement from football, Bowie managed Western League First Division club Trowbridge Town.[2]
Personal life
Bowie served as a private on home service in the British Army during the Second World War.[5] Later in life, he ran pubs in Northwood, Trowbridge and Great Wakering.[2]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chelsea | 1947–48[6] | First Division | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 26 | 6 | |
| 1948–49[6] | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 25 | 8 | |||
| 1949–50[6] | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | 20 | 6 | |||
| 1950–51[6] | 16 | 2 | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 76 | 18 | 8 | 4 | — | 84 | 22 | |||
| Fulham | 1950–51[7] | First Division | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 17 | 3 | |
| 1951–52[7] | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 4 | |||
| Total | 34 | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | 38 | 7 | |||
| Brentford | 1951–52[8] | Second Division | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Watford | 1952–53[9] | Third Division South | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 11 | |
| 1953–54[9] | 43 | 20 | 1 | 0 | — | 44 | 20 | |||
| 1954–55[9] | 40 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 43 | 8 | |||
| 1955–56[9] | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Total | 125 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 40 | ||
| Headington United | 1956–57[10] | Southern League | 12 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 256 | 65 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 273 | 70 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Southern Floodlight Cup
References
- ^ "Jimmy Bowie". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017 » Players – Bond to Bunce" (PDF). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Players old and new stake claim to legendary status". Watford Observer. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Best Years Players A-B – bedfordoldeagles". sites.google.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "WW2". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Jimmy Bowie". 11v11.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ a b "James Bowie". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 381. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ a b c d "Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017 » Seasons – 1950–51 to 1959–60" (PDF). pp. 3–6. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Rage Online » AdHoc". www.rageonline.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
Further reading
- Oliver Phillips (1991). The Official Centenary History of Watford FC 1881–1991. Watford Football Club. pp. 115–123. ISBN 0-9509601-6-0.
- Oliver Phillips (2001). The Golden Boys: A Study of Watford's Cult Heroes. Alpine Press Limited. pp. 84–85. ISBN 0-9528631-6-2.
External links
- Jimmy Bowie at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database