Rowan Vine

Rowan Lewis Vine (born 21 September 1982) is an English footballer who was most recently a player-coach at Hemel Hempstead Town.

Rowan Vine
Vine while on loan at Milton Keynes Dons in 2011
Personal information
Full name Rowan Lewis Vine
Date of birth (1982-09-21) 21 September 1982
Place of birth Basingstoke, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Hemel Hempstead Town
(player-coach)
Youth career
Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Portsmouth 13 (0)
2002–2003 → Brentford (loan) 42 (10)
2003–2004 → Colchester United (loan) 35 (6)
2004–2005 → Luton Town (loan) 45 (9)
2005–2007 Luton Town 57 (22)
2007–2008 Birmingham City 17 (1)
2007–2008 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 18 (4)
2008–2012 Queens Park Rangers 51 (5)
2010 → Hull City (loan) 5 (0)
2010 → Brentford (loan) 0 (0)
2011 → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 17 (1)
2011 → Exeter City (loan) 5 (0)
2012 → Gillingham (loan) 9 (1)
2012–2013 St Johnstone 35 (7)
2013–2014 Hibernian 10 (0)
2014 Greenock Morton 12 (4)
2015 Welling United 2 (1)
2015 Havant & Waterlooville 0 (0)
2015 Gosport Borough 7 (3)
2015–2016 Basingstoke Town 6 (1)
2017 Gosport Borough 3 (0)
2017 Southall 10 (4)
2017 Hayes & Yeading United 5 (1)
2017–2018 Hartley Wintney 15 (9)
2018 Gosport Borough 11 (3)
2018 Alresford Town
2018 Hartley Wintney 6 (2)
2018–2019 Southall 8 (3)
2019 Moneyfields
2019 Tadley Calleva
2020– Hemel Hempstead Town 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A striker, Vine previously played League football for Portsmouth, Brentford, Colchester United, Luton Town, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers (QPR), Hull City, Milton Keynes Dons, Exeter City, Gillingham, St Johnstone, Hibernian and Greenock Morton, and non-league football for Welling United, Havant & Waterlooville, Gosport Borough (three spells), Basingstoke Town, Southall (two spells), Hayes & Yeading United, Hartley Wintney (two spells), Alresford Town, Moneyfields, Tadley Calleva and Hemel Hempstead Town.

Career

Vine was born in Basingstoke, and began his career at Portsmouth, making his way through the club's youth scheme. He made his first-team debut at the age of 18, in a goalless draw with Sheffield United in December 2000.[2] However, he struggled to break into the side on a regular basis and was loaned out to Division Two side Brentford for the 2002–03 season.

Vine enjoyed a successful 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 further goals in 44 starts for the Bees.[3] Despite his impressive season, he was again loaned out, this time to Colchester United for the 2003–04 campaign;[4] he scored 10 league goals in 30 starts.[5]

For the third year running, Vine spent an entire season away from Portsmouth on loan, this time at Luton Town for the 2004–05 season.[6][7] Vine's nine goals helped the Hatters clinch the League One title.[8] Despite this relative lack of goals for a striker during a season, a section in the Luton News newspaper showed that Vine was the "King of Assists" – one of the main reasons for the Hatters' success.

Vine signed for Luton for an undisclosed fee, reported as £250,000, on 4 July 2005.[8][9] In his first season after his permanent move to the club, he scored 10 goals in 30 games[10] after missing the start of the season with a back injury.[11] Again, he was near the top of the assist charts.

A £2.5 million deal took Vine to Football League Championship club Birmingham City on 11 January 2007; the fee was to rise to £3m if Birmingham gained promotion to the Premier League.[12] Vine's only goal in his short stay at Birmingham came in a 1–0 win over Derby County in March 2007,[13][14] but he played 17 times as the club were promoted as runners-up.[15]

On 2 October 2007, he joined Queens Park Rangers on loan, initially for a month,[16] but later extended into the new year.[17] Vine signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the club on 8 January 2008 for a fee of £1 million.[18]

Vine suffered a serious fracture of his left tibia and fibula on 3 April 2008 during a training session.[19] He did not make another first-team appearance until April 2009, and thereafter was used mainly as a substitute. Manager Neil Warnock told him in July 2010 that he had no future with the club,[20] and was not given a squad number for the new season. He joined Hull City on a month's loan on 1 October,[21] and made his debut the following day at the KC Stadium in a goalless draw with Coventry City.[22]

On 25 November 2010 he started a loan period at Brentford until 4 January 2011,[23] but never played.[22] He joined Milton Keynes Dons on an initial one-month loan on 15 January,[24] and scored his only goal for the club in a 4–1 win at Rochdale.[22]

A trial with Doncaster Rovers in July 2011 came to nothing,[25][26] and at the start of the 2011–12 season, Vine spent time on loan at Exeter City.[27] In March 2012, he had a trial with Southend United, but manager Paul Sturrock expressed concerns over his fitness.[28] He then signed for Gillingham on loan until the end of the season.[29] He scored his only goal for Gillingham in a 2–1 defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge.[27]

Queens Park Rangers released Vine at the end of the 2011–12 season, and after a trial, he signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premier League club St Johnstone.[30] He made his debut in the opening game of the season, and was sent off for a second bookable offence in the next, a 1–1 draw with Motherwell. Citing the poor example he set to his young son, he vowed to pull out of tackles in future rather than risk another sending-off.[31] When scoring for St Johnstone, Vine celebrated by making a 'T' gesture.[32]

On 15 September, Vine scored his first goal for the club, a curling effort ten minutes from time against reigning SPL champions Celtic that gave St Johnstone their first win of the season. After the match, he described the goal as "right up there" in his career highlights.[33][34] He finished the season as joint top scorer in the league, with seven goals,[35] but was not offered a contract extension. New manager Tommy Wright suggested it was down to budgetary constraints,[36] but Vine was critical of the manner in which the club had handled his departure, accusing them of a lack of respect.[37]

Vine moved on to Hibernian on a one-year deal, joining up with St Johnstone teammate Liam Craig.[38] After a match against Celtic in October, opposing manager Neil Lennon was critical of Vine's tackling. Vine's retaliation on social media brought him a charge of "making offensive comments on Twitter suggesting the use of violence",[39] but the Scottish Football Association let him off with a warning.[40] After failing to score in 14 appearances,[41] he was told by manager Terry Butcher that he would "struggle to break into the Hibs team",[42] and in January 2014, his contract with Hibernian was cancelled by mutual consent.[43]

As the January 2014 transfer window closed, Vine signed for Greenock Morton.[44] He left Morton in the summer of 2014 after the club were relegated.

Vine returned to England where he signed for Conference Premier club Welling United in January 2015.[45] He played only twice,[46] and after a brief spell with Havant & Waterlooville,[47][48] he joined National League South club Gosport Borough in October 2015.[49] After a brief period with Basingstoke Town between 2015 and 2016,[50] he rejoined Gosport in January 2017.[51]

In February 2017, having made only three appearances since his return to Gosport, Vine joined Southall of the Spartan South Midlands League.[52] At the beginning of the 2017–18 season, he moved to Hayes & Yeading United.[50][53] Following a four-month spell with Hartley Wintney, Vine rejoined Gosport in March 2018.[54]

In 2018-19, Vine played for Wessex League club Alresford Town[55] before joining Hartley Wintney again in October[56] and then re-joining Southall in December.[57] He joined Moneyfields in February 2019[58] before joining Tadley Calleva in August 2019.[59] Vine joined Hemel Hempstead Town as a player-coach for the 2020-21 season.[60]

Career statistics
As of match played 3 October 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Portsmouth 2000–01[2] First Division2000000020
2001–02[61] First Division110000000110
2002–03[3] First Division000 0000000
2003–04[5] Premier League0000000000
2004–05[6] Premier League0000000000
Total 130000000130
Brentford (loan) 2002–03[3] Second Division421032213[lower-alpha 2]05013
Colchester United (loan) 2003–04[5] Second Division35674106[lower-alpha 2]24912
Luton Town (loan) 2004–05[6] League One459301000499
Luton Town 2005–06[10] Championship31101000003210
2006–07[62] Championship26121131003014
Total 1023151410011133
Birmingham City 2006–07[62] Championship171000000171
2007–08[13] Premier League0000200020
Total 171002000191
Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2007–08[13] Championship184000000184
Queens Park Rangers 2007–08[13] Championship153000000153
2008–09[63] Championship5100000051
2009–10[64] Championship311003000341
2010–11[22] Championship0000000000
2011–12[27] Premier League0000000000
Total 699003000729
Hull City (loan) 2010–11[22] Championship5000000050
Brentford (loan) 2010–11[22] League One0000000000
Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 2010–11[22] League One171000000171
Exeter City (loan) 2011–12[27] League One5000001[lower-alpha 2]060
Gillingham (loan) 2011–12[27] League Two9100000091
St Johnstone 2012–13[65] Scottish Premier League357101000377
Hibernian 2013–14[41] Scottish Premiership10000202[lower-alpha 3]0140
Greenock Morton 2013–14[41] Scottish Championship124000000124
Welling United 2014–15[46] Conference Premier2100000021
Havant & Waterlooville 2015–16[66] National League South0000000000
Gosport Borough 2015–16[67] National League South7300001[lower-alpha 4]083
Basingstoke Town 2015–16[66] National League South6100000061
Gosport Borough 2016–17[68] National League South3000000030
Southall 2016–17[69][52] Spartan South Midlands League First Division10400001[lower-alpha 5]1115
Hayes & Yeading United 2017–18[50] Southern League First Division East51610000112
Hartley Wintney 2017–18[70] Southern League First Division East15900105[lower-alpha 6]12110
Gosport Borough 2017–18[71] Southern League Premier Division113000000113
Alresford Town 2018–19 Wessex League Premier Division No data currently available
Hartley Wintney 2018–19[72] Southern League Premier Division South 6200103[lower-alpha 7]0102
Southall 2018–19[73] Combined Counties League Premier Division 8300000083
Moneyfields 2018–19 Southern League Division One South No data currently available
Tadley Calleva 2019–20 Wessex League Premier Division No data currently available
Hemel Hempstead Town 2020–21[74] National League South 0010000010
Career total 44496238172224506110
  1. Includes Football League Cup, Scottish League Cup and Southern League Cup
  2. Appearances in Football League Trophy
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  5. Appearance in FA Vase
  6. Four appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, one appearance in Hampshire Senior Cup
  7. Two appearances in FA Trophy, one in Hampshire Senior Cup

Honours

Luton Town

Birmingham City

Individual

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