Gary Owers

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English footballer and manager (born 1968)

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::summary English footballer and manager (born 1968) ::

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Field	Value
name	Gary Owers
fullname	Gary Owers
birth_date
birth_place	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
height	5 ft 10 in
position	Midfielder
youthclubs1	Sunderland
years1	1986–1994
clubs1	Sunderland
caps1	320
goals1	25
years2	1994–1998
clubs2	Bristol City
caps2	130
goals2	9
years3	1998–2002
clubs3	Notts County
caps3	154
goals3	12
years4	2002–2003
clubs4	Forest Green Rovers
caps4	50
goals4	1
years5	2003–2005
clubs5	Bath City
caps5	67
goals5	6
years6	2005–2006
clubs6	Forest Green Rovers
caps6	0
goals6	0
years7	2006–2007
clubs7	Weston-super-Mare
years8	2007
clubs8	Minehead
years9	2020
clubs9	AFC Sodbury
totalcaps	697
totalgoals	53
manageryears1	2003–2005
managerclubs1	Bath City
manageryears2	2005–2006
managerclubs2	Forest Green Rovers
manageryears3	2007
managerclubs3	Weston-super-Mare
manageryears4	2009–2011
managerclubs4	Aldershot Town (assistant manager)
manageryears5	2012–2014
managerclubs5	Plymouth Argyle (assistant manager)
manageryears7	2015
managerclubs7	Gateshead (assistant manager)
manageryears8	2016–2017
managerclubs8	Bath City
manageryears9	2017–2018
managerclubs9	Torquay United
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Career

Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, He was released by Notts County at the end of the 2001–02 season and was signed by Nigel Spink, the manager of Forest Green Rovers in August 2002.

Owers became player-coach at Bath City in October 2003. He was appointed as Bath's new manager the following month, and led them to sixth place in the Southern League Premier Division in 2005–06, missing out on the play-offs on goal difference.

Owers replaced Alan Lewer as manager of Forest Green Rovers on 25 May 2005 after they had been relegated from the Conference National. However, they got a surprise reprieve as Northwich Victoria's ground failed to meet division rules, meaning they were relegated with Forest Green taking their place.

In his first season in charge of Forest Green, where he managed the club's first ever full-time professional squad, he led the team to 19th place in the Conference avoiding relegation on the last day of the season with a 2–0 victory over Stevenage Borough. However, after a disappointing start to the 2006–07 season, he left the club alongside assistant manager Shaun Taylor on 27 August 2006.

On 11 November 2009 Aldershot Town Manager Kevin Dillon, confirmed that Owers was to be his new Assistant Manager at Aldershot Town.Under Dillon and Owers Shots finished in their highest ever league position ( 6th ) before losing to Rotherham in the play-off semi-final.

In June 2011 Owers was appointed as a scout at former club Bristol City under manager Keith Millen. He was promoted to first team coach after the arrival of Derek McInnes.

In June 2012 Owers joined the coaching staff at Plymouth Argyle primarily to work with the youth team players under newly appointed Academy Manager Kevin Hodges. In January 2013 Owers was promoted from Argyle's youth set-up to begin working with the first team by newly appointed manager John Sheridan.

In April 2014 he left Plymouth Argyle, with his role being taken up by Sean McCarthy and player Paul Wotton. In March 2015, he was confirmed Head of Recruitment at SPFL Premiership side Motherwell. However, only three months later in June 2015 he was named as assistant manager to Malcolm Crosby at National League club Gateshead but left the club in November 2015 following the sacking of Crosby.

On 4 February 2016, he returned to Twerton Park for a second spell as manager of Bath City.

On 13 September 2017, Owers left his position at Bath City to accept the role of head coach at National League club Torquay United.

On 25 October 2017, after Torquay achieved a 1–0 away win at Ebbsfleet United, courtesy of a Jamie Reid special, Gary Owers claimed of Torquay United "we're not rubbish anymore". However a number of poor performances and results ensued. Under Owers Torquay were relegated from the National League with 2 games to spare, finishing the season 7 points from safety. A poor start to Torquay's following season saw Owers step down from his role one day shy of a year in charge.

Managerial statistics

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Team	From	To	Record	Ref.	P	W	D
Forest Green Rovers	25 May 2005	27 August 2006	title=Forest Green: Results/matches: 2005/06	url=http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1048&teamTabs=results&season_id=135	website=Soccerbase	publisher=Centurycomm	access-date=11 October 2017}}
Bath City	4 February 2016	13 September 2017	title=Bath City FC: Results	url=https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/england/bath-city-fc/2862/matches/	website=Soccerway	publisher=Perform Group	access-date=12 May 2018}}
Torquay United	13 September 2017	12 September 2018	title=Managers: Gary Owers	url=http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=3892	website=Soccerbase	publisher=Centurycomm	access-date=12 May 2018}}
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References

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(1987). "Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88". Queen Anne Press.
(12 October 2000). "New deal for Owers". BBC Sport.
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(25 May 2005). "Owers is new Forest Green manager". BBC Sport.
(29 April 2006). "Forest Green 2–0 Stevenage". BBC Sport.
(27 August 2006). "Manager Owers leaves Forest Green". BBC Sport.
"Argyle boss promotes coach Owers". BBC Sport.
(28 April 2014). "Gary Owers leaves role as Plymouth Argyle first-team coach". BBC Sport.
(9 March 2015). "Gary Owers is Head of Recruitment". Motherwell F.C..
(16 June 2015). "Former Forest Green boss Gary Owers set to swap Motherwell for Gateshead". Stroud News & Journal.
(22 November 2015). "Gateshead: Tynesiders sack manager Malcolm Crosby". BBC Sport.
(4 February 2016). "Bath City: Gary Owers makes a return as Romans boss". Bath Chronicle.
(13 September 2017). "Gary Owers: Torquay United appoint Bath City manager as head coach". BBC Sport.
"Torquay are 'not rubbish anymore'". BBC Sport.
(8 September 2018). "Angry Torquay United fans turns on Gary Owers again after defeat".
(12 September 2018). "Head Coach Gary Owers Steps Down At Torquay United". Torquay United Official Website.
"Forest Green: Results/matches: 2005/06". Centurycomm.
"Bath City FC: Results". Perform Group.
"Managers: Gary Owers". Centurycomm.

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