Steve Rowland (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen John Rowland | ||
| Date of birth | 2 November 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Wrexham, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Port Vale | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2006 | Port Vale | 121 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Southport | 34 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Colwyn Bay | ? | (?) |
| 2009–2010 | Gresford Athletic | ? | (?) |
| 2010–201? | Caersws | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 170+ | (1+) | |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Stephen John "Steve" Rowland (born 2 November 1981) is a Welsh former football defender.
Playing for English side Port Vale between 2001 and 2006, he made 136 appearances. He then spent a season with Southport before heading into Welsh football with Colwyn Bay and then Gresford Athletic. In 2010 he signed for Welsh Premier League side Caersws.
Playing career
Rowland started with career rising through the Port Vale junior ranks[1] to sign professionally with the club for the start of the 2001–02 season. He scored his first – and only – senior goal on 29 December, in a 3–1 win over Colchester United at Vale Park, and finished the campaign with 29 appearances to his name. He made 25 Second Division appearances in 2002–03, as manager Brian Horton signed more competition in the form of Sam Collins and Ian Brightwell. He featured 30 times in 2003–04, as new signings George Pilkington and Andreas Lipa went ahead of Rowland in the pecking order. He played 26 times for new manager Martin Foyle in 2004–05; the "Valiants" had an extremely unsettled defence, with 13 defenders making appearances throughout the League One campaign. He played 24 times in 2005–06, and was released at the end of the campaign.[2]
In August 2006 he signed with Conference National side Southport, making 34 league appearances in the 2006–07 season, before departing in April 2007.[3][4] The club were relegated into the Conference North. He signed with Northern Premier League side Colwyn Bay in January 2008.[5] In January 2010, Rowland joined Welsh Premier League side Caersws from Cymru Alliance club Gresford Athletic.[6] He made fifteen appearances for the club, but could do little to prevent the club finishing a full 28 points short of safety.
Statistics
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Port Vale | 2001–02[7] | Second Division | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 2002–03[8] | Second Division | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 2003–04[9] | Second Division | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2004–05[10] | League One | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2005–06[11] | League One | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Total | 121 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 136 | 1 | ||
| Southport | 2006–07[12] | Conference National | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Caersws | 2009–10 | Welsh Premier League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Career total[lower-alpha 2] | 170 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 185 | 1 | ||
- 1 2 3 4 Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.
- ↑ Statistics for Gresford Athletic & Colwyn Bay not recorded.
References
- ↑ "Pair pen new deals at Vale Park". BBC Sport. 23 May 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ↑ "Keeper Goodlad pens new Vale deal". BBC Sport. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ↑ "Player list" (PDF). southportfcstats.co.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ↑ "2006/07 APPEARANCES & SCORERS & CARD COUNT". southportfcstats.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ↑ White, Andy. "Rowland Joins Colwyn". thenonleaguefootballpaper.com. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ↑ "Caersws swoop for ex-Port Vale defender". welsh-premier.com. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ↑ "Games played by Steve Rowland in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ "Games played by Steve Rowland in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ "Games played by Steve Rowland in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ "Games played by Steve Rowland in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ "Games played by Steve Rowland in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ "Games played by Steve Rowland in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
