Jonathan Rowan

Football player infobox
playername = Jonny Rowan


fullname = Jonathan Rowan
height = height|ft=5|in=10
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|11|29
cityofbirth = Grimsby
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Boston United
position = Striker
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years = 2000–2004 2004-2005 2005 2005–2006 2005–2007 2007-
clubs = Grimsby Town Kidderminster Harriers Kettering Town Gainsborough Trinity Boston Town Boston United
caps(goals) = 52 0(6) 0 (0) N/A N/A 70 (31) 07 0(3)
pcupdate = December 12, 2007
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Jonathan "Jonny" or "Jon" Rowan (born 29 November, 1981 in Grimsby) is an English footballer. Rowan, who is a striker played in the higher breaches of the football league for Grimsby Town between 2000 and 2004. Rowan could have been capable of playing in the higher divisions, but peaked at an early age due to on going injury troubles.

Rowan was added to the Mariners squad in the summer of 2000 but barely featured until the following season. The club made a pre-season tour of Scandanavia and in this Rowan's performances earned him the opportunity to start the new season as the clubs first choice striker. He straight away formed a forward partnership with Phil Jevons that saw the club rise briefly to the top of the league, he also played in the clubs 2-1 cup victory over Liverpool that season.

However following injury problems, he found himself mainly sidelined for the next few years, and when he was fit, he found himself only playing a cameo part in the first team affairs. This would lead up to him getting released in 2004 where he made a move too Kidderminster Harriers for a brief spell where he signed on a non contract basis. After making not one single appearance for the club, he was released in January 2005 and moved into Non-League football.

He joined Kettering Town along with fellow former Grimsby team mate Steve Croudson and then later that year he signed for Gainsborough Trinity. Rowan struggled too break into the first team at Trinity and found himself playing second fiddle to other strikers at the club. He briefly left Gainsborough for a month, but returned and won his place back in the team. Despite this he made a move to lowly amateur side Boston Town where he nothced up an impressive scoring rate, this would enable him then to move back up the footballing pyramid and he transferred to neighbours Boston United in the summer of 2007.

Honours

Grimsby Town

*Supporters Young Player of the Year: 2001

External links

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* [http://grimsbytown.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=909&stid=8384041&p=2 electronicfishcake.com] Player Profile