Steve Rowland (footballer)

Stephen John Rowland (born 2 November 1981) is a Welsh former football defender.

Steve Rowland
Personal information
Full name Stephen John Rowland[1]
Date of birth (1981-11-02) 2 November 1981
Place of birth Wrexham, Wales
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) 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

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[3] 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.[4]

In August 2006 he signed with Conference National side Southport, making 34 league appearances in the 2006–07 season, before departing in April 2007.[5][6] The club were relegated into the Conference North. He signed with Northern Premier League side Colwyn Bay in January 2008.[7] In January 2010, Rowland joined Welsh Premier League side Caersws from Cymru Alliance club Gresford Athletic.[8] 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
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale2001–02[9]Second Division25120002[lower-alpha 1]0291
2002–03[10]Second Division25000002[lower-alpha 1]0270
2003–04[11]Second Division29000001[lower-alpha 1]0300
2004–05[12]League One240200000260
2005–06[13]League One18040101[lower-alpha 1]0240
Total 12116010601361
Southport2006–07[14]Conference National340000000340
Caersws2009–10Welsh Premier League150000000150
Career total[lower-alpha 2] 17018010601851
  1. Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.
  2. Statistics for Gresford Athletic & Colwyn Bay not recorded.

References
  1. "Steve Rowland". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2001/02". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. "Pair pen new deals at Vale Park". BBC Sport. 23 May 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  4. "Keeper Goodlad pens new Vale deal". BBC Sport. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  5. "Player list" (PDF). southportfcstats.co.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  6. "2006/07 APPEARANCES & SCORERS & CARD COUNT". southportfcstats.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  7. White, Andy. "Rowland Joins Colwyn". thenonleaguefootballpaper.com. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  8. "Caersws swoop for ex-Port Vale defender". welsh-premier.com. 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  9. "Games played by Steve Rowland in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  10. "Games played by Steve Rowland in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  11. "Games played by Steve Rowland in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  12. "Games played by Steve Rowland in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  13. "Games played by Steve Rowland in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  14. "Games played by Steve Rowland in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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