Eddie Howe

Eddie Howe
Personal information
Full nameEdward John Frank Howe
Date of birth29 November 1977
Place of birthAmersham, Buckinghamshire, England
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Bournemouth (manager)
Youth career
1991-1994Bournemouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1994–2002Bournemouth201(10)
2002–2004Portsmouth2(0)
2004→ Swindon Town (loan)0(0)
2004→ Bournemouth (loan)17(1)
2004–2007Bournemouth53(1)
Total273(12)
National team
1998England U212(0)
Teams managed
2008–2011Bournemouth
2011–2012Burnley
2012–Bournemouth
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Edward John Frank "Eddie" Howe (born 29 November 1977) is an English former footballer and manager. A defender before retirement who spent much of his career at Bournemouth after joining the club at the age of 13, he was the youngest manager in the Football League when appointed Bournemouth manager in January 2009.[1] Howe rescued Bournemouth from relegation out of the Football League in his first season in charge, after the club started the season on -17 points, then led them to promotion the next. After a brief spell as manager at Burnley Howe returned to Bournemouth and led them to two further promotions in three seasons resulting in the club playing in the top flight of English football for the first time in their history. Howe's successes with Bournemouth resulted in him being given the inaugural Football League Manager of the Decade Award in 2015.[2][3]

Playing career

Howe began his footballing career with local side Rossgarth before joining the youth team set-up at Bournemouth.[4] professional career at AFC Bournemouth.[5] He made his first-team debut in December 1995 against Hull City.[4] Howe established himself as an important player in Bournemouth's defence and in 1998 he was selected for the England Under-21 team in the Toulon Tournament in 1998.[4]

In March 2002, Portsmouth signed Howe for £400,000, making him new manager Harry Redknapp's first signing. He had played 237 games for Bournemouth. Howe began well at Portsmouth but shortly after signing, a knee injury on his debut against Preston North End[6] ended his season.

He returned for the opening game of the 2002–03 season against Nottingham Forest, but he injured his knee again after only nine minutes[7] and was ruled out for the entire campaign. He did not return to full fitness until January 2004 after 18 months out. He was loaned to Swindon Town on transfer deadline day in March, although he did not feature for the club.

Portsmouth loaned Howe back to Bournemouth for the first three months of the 2004–05. He proved to be successful on his return to his first club after two injury-ravaged seasons with Portsmouth. With the club in a very poor financial state, supporters joined together to create "Eddieshare" to fund a transfer fee. Within days of creation, £21,000 was raised funding the required permanent transfer fee.[4] After a further three seasons and over 50 appearances, in 2007 injuries forced his retirement as a player and he moved into coaching with the reserve squad.[4]

Managerial career

In December 2006, at the age of 29, Howe was promoted to the position of player-coach by manager Kevin Bond, and handed the task of coaching Bournemouth's reserve team, though he continued to play in the first team. He retired from football in summer 2007, after he was unable to recover from a knee injury.[8] In September 2008, Howe lost his job when Bond was sacked as manager.[4]

AFC Bournemouth

Howe returned to Bournemouth as a youth coach under Jimmy Quinn and took over as caretaker manager when Quinn was sacked on 31 December 2008.[9] Even though his two games in charge as caretaker manager were away defeats, he was hired as the permanent manager of the club on 19 January 2009 and brought the club out of the relegation zone despite a 17-point deficit.

In the start of the 2009–10 season, Howe won eight out of the nine games, a club record. In November 2009, Championship club Peterborough United approached Howe to replace Darren Ferguson as their manager but Howe rejected their approach.[10]

Despite the club's transfer embargo remaining in place for the rest of the season, Bournemouth secured promotion to League One after two years in the fourth tier of English football thanks to a 2–0 away win at Burton Albion on 24 April 2010.[11]

In early 2011, Howe was approached by several other clubs but on 11 January announced that he was staying at Bournemouth.[12] However, on 14 January 2011, Howe became the new Burnley manager after the club agreed a compensation deal with Bournemouth.[13][14][15] He took charge of his 100th and final Bournemouth match later that day in a 2–1 defeat away to Colchester United.[16]

Burnley

On 16 January 2011, Howe was announced as the new manager of Burnley after signing a three-and-a-half-year contract at the Championship club.[17] His first game in charge of Burnley was away to Scunthorpe on 22 January 2011, which ended in a 0–0 draw.[18] Burnley finished 8th in the Championship in season 2010-11 and 13th in season 2011-12 under Howe.[19][20] He left Burnley in October 2012 citing "personal reasons" for his departure.[21]

Return to Bournemouth

In October 2012, he rejoined his former club Bournemouth as manager.[4] He won the League One Manager of the Month for November after guiding the club to three league wins and two draws, as well as an FA Cup victory. On 20 April 2013, he secured promotion to the Championship with AFC Bournemouth finishing runner-up and one point behind champions, Doncaster Rovers.[22][23] In season 2013-14, Howe's Bournemouth finished 10th in the Championship, six points outside of the play-off positions.[24]

On 19 April 2015, Howe was selected as the Manager of the Decade at the Football League Awards.[25]

On 27 April 2015, he secured AFC Bournemouth's promotion to the Premier League.[26] Bournemouth beat Bolton Wanderers 3-0 at the Goldsands Stadium, a win which whilst not guaranteeing Premier League football for the 2015-16 season, required third placed side Middlesbrough to overcome a 19 goal goal difference with one game left in the season. Howe said of the promotion and of Bournemouth supporters, ""It shouldn't be them thanking me, it should be me thanking them. It is a family club and deserves its moment in the sun.".[27]

Managerial statistics

As of 27 April 2015[28]
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin
Bournemouth England 31 December 2008 16 January 2011 102 51 18 33 50.00
Burnley England 16 January 2011 12 October 2012 87 34 19 34 39.08
Bournemouth England 12 October 2012 Present 141 75 31 35 53.19
Total 330 160 68 102 48.48

List of seasons

As of 3 May 2014[29][30][31][32]
Champions Runners-up Third / SF Promoted Unfinished
Season Club Nat Division Domestic Trophies
League Cup LC FLT
2008–09 Bournemouth England League Two4 21st &
—
 &
—
 &
—
 0
2009–10 League Two 2nd 2R 1R 2R 0
2010–11 League One3 3rd 2R 1R 1R 0
2010–11 Burnley Championship2 8th 5R &
—
 &
—
 0
2011–12 Championship 13th 3R 4R &
—
 0
2012–13 Championship 16th 3R 3R &
—
 0
2012–13 Bournemouth League One 2nd 3R &
—
 &
—
 0
2013–14 Championship 10th 4R 2R &
—
 0
2014–15 Championship 2nd 4R 5R &
—
 0

2 Second tier

3 Third tier

4 Fourth tier

Honours

Bournemouth
Individual

Personal life

Howe is married and has two children. He has the letter R tattooed on his wrist, in memory of a black labrador called Rodney he owned while an apprentice at Bournemouth.[36]

References

  1. ↑ "Howe handed permanent role". Sky Sports. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  2. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/28/eddie-howe-bournemouth-chapter-legacy
  3. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32491830
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "The return of Eddie Howe". www.afcb.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Eddie Howe". www.afcb.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Preston 2–0 Portsmouth". BBC. 30 March 2002. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "Portsmouth 2–0 N Forest". BBC. 10 August 2002. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  8. ↑ "Bournemouth defender Howe retires". BBC News. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  9. ↑ "Quinn parts company with Cherries". BBC Sport. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  10. ↑ "My heart is at Bournemouth — Howe". BBC News. 12 November 2009.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "League Two Focus: Bournemouth promoted". London: The Sunday Times. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  12. ↑ "Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe to stay at Dean Court". BBC. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  13. ↑ "Cherries: Howe agrees terms with Burnley (Updated)". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Howe confirmed as Burnley manager". BBC News. 16 January 2011.
  15. ↑ "Howe confirmed as Burnley manager". BBC News. 16 January 2011.
  16. ↑ "Colchester 2–1 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  17. ↑ "Eddie Howe appointed Burnley manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Scunthorpe 0-0 Burnley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  19. ↑ "Burnley 2010-11". www.statto.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "Burnley 2011-12". www.statto.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "Eddie Howe: I had to leave Burnley for Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  22. ↑ "Cherries: Howe named manager of the month". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Bournemouth 2012-13". www.statto.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  24. ↑ "Bournemouth 2013-14". www.statto.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  25. ↑ "Winners announced for The Football League Awards 2015". The Football League. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  26. ↑ Andy Martin. "Never been a day like it! Cherries achieve the impossible dream of Premier League football". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  27. ↑ "Bournemouth 3-0 Bolton Wanderers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  28. ↑ "Managers - Eddie Howe". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  29. ↑ Bournemouth League History, Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  30. ↑ Bournemouth Cup History, Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  31. ↑ Burnley League History, Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  32. ↑ Burnley Cup History, Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  33. ↑ The Football League. "The Football League announces its Team of the Decade". Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  34. ↑ "Bournemouth's Howe and Wilson secure October awards". skysports.com. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  35. ↑ "Eddie Howe takes Championship manager award". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  36. ↑ "A day in the life of Bournemouth’s manager Eddie Howe". The Guardian. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

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