James Rowe (footballer, born 1983)

James Colvin Rowe (born 23 July 1983) is an English football manager and former player.

For other people named James Rowe, see James Rowe (disambiguation).

James Rowe
Rowe in 2018
Personal information
Full name James Colvin Rowe
Date of birth (1983-07-23) 23 July 1983[1]
Place of birth Ipswich, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1992–1995 Luton Town
1996–1999 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Ilkeston Town 6 (1)
2002–2004 Histon 58 (34)
2004 Heybridge Swifts
2004 Stamford
2005 Grantham Town
2005 Rugby Town 3 (0)
2005 Histon
2005–2006 Needham Market
2006–2008 AFC Sudbury 105 (60)
2009 Leiston 22 (21)
2009–2010 Canvey Island 44 (28)
2010–2011 Leamington 28 (13)
2013 Canvey Island 4 (1)
Managerial career
2016–2019 Aldershot Town (assistant)
2019–2020 Gloucester City
2020–2022 Chesterfield
2022 AFC Fylde
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Rowe, the son of former football manager Colwyn Rowe, was born and grew up in Ipswich, Suffolk,[2] where he attended St Joseph's College.[3] In his youth he played for Luton Town and Charlton Athletic.[4]

Playing career

After being released by Charlton at age 18, Rowe joined Southern Football League Premier Division club Ilkeston Town.[5] He subsequently joined Histon, where he scored 30 goals as an 18 year old, however, a serious knee injury interrupted Rowe's progress.[6] In 2004, he joined Heybridge Swifts.[7] Afterwards, he joined Stamford and Grantham Town for short spells, before signing with Rugby Town in July 2005.[8] However, he left Rugby Town after three games by mutual consent, following being fined by the club for dissent.[6] He subsequently returned to Histon, before joining Needham Market for the remainder of 2005–06.[9] He signed with AFC Sudbury in 2006, where his father Colwyn and uncles Gary and Paul Barker previously played, remaining with them until the end of 2008.[9][10]

In January 2009, he joined Leiston, where he scored 20 goals in his first 12 games.[11] In July 2009, he joined Canvey Island.[12] In 2010, he began working for Birmingham City in a part-time academy coaching role, which allowed him to continue to play, where he joined Leamington in 2010.[13] He departed at the end of the season to work full-time with Birmingham.[14] In 2013, following a gap in his playing career due to his coaching commitments, he rejoined former club Canvey Island, scoring once in four appearances.[15][16]

Managerial career

Youth coaching

Rowe retired from playing at age 27, moving into coaching. He joined Birmingham City, as the academy's head of education and coach for the U16 and U17 teams.[17] He stayed at Birmingham for three years,[5] before joining the Premier League as a coaching advisor, where he was responsible for providing technical reports on Academy teams across England and Europe.[18] Afterwards, he joined West Ham United as assistant academy manager.[19][20]

In 2015, Rowe left West Ham after having been disciplined for "poor practice" regarding young players. Following an internal investigation caused by complaints, he was ordered to undertake awareness training. He went to Holland[21][22] to attend the Johan Cruyff Institute in Amsterdam, where he earned a master's degree in coaching.[23][24]

Aldershot Town (assistant)

In June 2016, Rowe was appointed assistant manager with National League club Aldershot Town under manager Gary Waddock.,[18] extending his contract a year later.[25] Despite interest from League Two clubs, Waddock and Rowe remained at Aldershot,[26][27] guiding the Shots to two successive play-off positions in 2016–17 and 2017–18.[28] Rowe left Aldershot in January 2019, by mutual consent.[29]

Gloucester City

In November 2019, Rowe was appointed manager of sixth-tier National League North side Gloucester City,[30][31] having been approached while at Aldershot 12 months earlier.[32][33] After arriving at Gloucester, the team initially struggled before the season was shortly cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[34] After making sweeping roster changes in the offseason and bringing in players whom he has previously worked with such as Akwasi Asante,[35] they began the following season with an upset loss to ninth-tier Christchurch in the FA Cup on penalties,[36] however, they were able to rebound quickly and began the 2020–21 National League North season with four consecutive league wins, equaling their best league start in 78 years, as well as eight wins through nine matches.[37]

Chesterfield

In November 2020, he left Gloucester to become manager of fifth-tier National League club Chesterfield,[38][39] signing a contract through the end of the 2022–23 season.[40] In early 2021, his contract was extended through the summer of 2024, despite some interest from League Two clubs.[41] On 12 April 2021, Rowe was awarded with the league's Manager of the Month award for the previous month as his side won six out of seven games, conceding zero goals in these wins.[42] After joining the club while they were in 22nd place in the 23-team league through nine matches, Rowe ultimately guided Chesterfield to a sixth-place finish in his inaugural season, advancing to the promotion playoffs,[43] but were defeated by Notts County.[44] In October 2021, it was reported that Southend United made an official approach to recruit Rowe to become their new manager.[45] Through his first 50 matches with Chesterfield, he led the club to a record of 30 wins, ten losses, and ten draws.[46] In his first full year as manager, the club got 101 points from 50 league games.[47] On 8 January 2022, Chesterfield played UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea in the third round of the FA Cup, with Chesterfield losing 5–1.[48][49][50]

On 24 January 2022, Rowe was suspended by Chesterfield pending an investigation into allegations of misconduct,[51][52] later disclosed as an allegation of sexual assault in November 2021.[53] On 4 February 2022, Rowe left Chesterfield by mutual consent.[54]

AFC Fylde

On 7 March 2022, Rowe was appointed manager of National League North side AFC Fylde, signing a three-year contract.[55] On 29 September, the club stated that Rowe had resigned.[56] The previous day, he had been formally charged with one count of sexual assault in November 2021. Fylde stated that due diligence had been done before his appointment.[57][58][59]

Personal life

In November 2022, Rowe pleaded not guilty to the November 2021 allegation,[60][61] and is scheduled for trial on 4 December 2023.[62][53]

Managerial statistics
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Gloucester City 19 November 2019 26 November 2020 25 10 5 10 040.00 [63]
Chesterfield 26 November 2020 4 February 2022 64 38 14 12 059.38 [64]
AFC Fylde 7 March 2022 29 September 2022 27 16 6 5 059.26 [65]
Total 115 61 27 27 053.04 —

Honours

Manager

Individual

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