Rowan Vine
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| Rowan Vine | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rowan Vine | |
| Date of birth | September 21, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Basingstoke, England | |
| Nickname | Viney | |
| Position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Luton | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 2000-2002 2002-3 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005- |
Portsmouth Brentford (loan) Colchester (loan) Luton (loan) Luton |
13 (0) 47 (13) 43 (10) 49 (9) 31 (10) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Rowan Vine (born September 21, 1982 in Basingstoke) is an English football player. He currently plays for Luton Town F.C.
Vine is a promising young striker who made his way up through the Portsmouth F.C. youth scheme and broke into the Portsmouth first team in December 2000, making his debut in a goalless draw with Sheffield United F.C. aged 19. However, he struggled to breakthrough into the side on a regular basis, and was loaned out to Second Division side Brentford F.C. for the 2002/03 season.
Vine enjoyed a good campaign at Griffin Park, netting his first ever goal on his debut in a 2-0 win at Huddersfield Town, and going on to score 13 goals in 41 starts for the Bees. Despite his impressive season, he was again loaned out, this time to Colchester United F.C. for the 2003/04 campaign. This time he scored 10 league goals in 36 starts.
For the third season running, Vine spent the entire 2004/05 season away from Portsmouth on loan, this time at Luton Town.
Vine's nine goals helped Luton clinch the League One title.
Despite his lack of goals during the season, a section in the Luton News newspaper showed the Vine was the "King of Assists" - the main reason for the Hatters' success.
Vine signed for Luton for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £250,000, on July 21st 2005.
He is squad number 9 and is in competition for places with Warren Feeney, Adam Boyd and Sam Parkin.
In his first season after his move to the club full time he scored 10 goals in 30 games for the club (21 starts, 10 sub appearances) , missing the start of the season with a back injury. Again, he was near the top of the assist charts, proving his worth further to Luton Town.
| Luton Town F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Beresford | 2 Foley | 3 Davis | 4 Coyne | 5 Perrett | 6 Underwood | 7 Edwards | 8 Robinson | 9 Vine | 10 Feeney | 11 Morgan | 14 Leary | 15 O'Leary | 16 Emanuel | 17 Langley | 18 Brkovic | 19 Parkin | 20 Boyd | 21 Keane | 22 Stevens | 23 Kiely | 25 Barnett | 26 Heikkinen | 27 Holmes | 28 Bell | 29 Andrew | 33 Brill | 34 Barrett | 35 Pendleton | Manager: Newell |
