Gary Owers
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| Gary Owers | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary Owers | |
| Date of birth | October 3, 1968 | |
| Place of birth | Gateshead, England | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Minehead | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| -1986 | Sunderland | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1986-1994 1994-1998 1998-2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007- |
Sunderland Bristol City Notts County Forest Green Rovers Bath City Forest Green Rovers Weston-super-Mare Minehead |
268 (25) 130 (9) 154 (12) 50 (1) 0 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2003-2005 2005-2006 2007 |
Bath City Forest Green Rovers Weston-super-Mare |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Gary Owers (born 3 October 1968 in Gateshead) is an English former professional footballer and was previously manager of Forest Green Rovers of the Nationwide Conference. He currently plays for Minehead.
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[edit] Career
Owers began his career with Sunderland, making his debut in 1986 and playing in the 1992 FA Cup final, in which Sunderland lost to Liverpool. In December 1994 Owers moved to Bristol City for a free of £250,000, and he spent four years there, before moving to Sam Allardyce's Notts County in the summer of 1998. He was released by Notts County at the of the 2001-02 season and was signed by Nigel Spink, the manager of Forest Green Rovers in August 2002.[1]
Owers became player-coach at Bath City in October 2003[2]. He was appointed as Bath's new manager the following month,[3] and led them to sixth place in the Southern League Premier Division in 2005-2006, missing out on the play-offs on goal difference.
Owers replaced Alan Lewer as manager of Forest Green Rovers in May 2005 after they had been relegated from the Conference.[4] However, they got a surprise reprieve as Northwich's ground failed to meet Conference rules, meaning they were relegated with Forest Green taking their place.
In his first season in charge of Forest Green, he led the team to 19th place in the Conference avoiding relegation on the last day of the season with a 2-0 victory over Stevenage Borough.[5] However, the 2006-2007 started off disastrously and Owers was sacked in August 2006 after losing the first four fixtures.[6] He was in charge for just 15 months.
He joined Weston-super-Mare as a player and in February 2007 took over as caretaker-manager.[7] The following month Owers was appointed as Weston's new manager and confirmed that he was still willing to play.[8]
On leaving Weston in the 2007 close season he joined Minehead as a player.
[edit] Other Information
Owers is also known for his hard work in the community with sport for the disabled.
