Brian Ernest Owen (born 1 November 1944) is an English former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He played as a winger. After a playing career that saw him play in the First Division and an

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semi-final, Owen spent time as a coach, physiotherapist, assistant manager and scout for various professional clubs.

Career

Born in Harefield,

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, Owen joined

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...

as an apprentice when he was 17. He spent most of his playing career at

, playing for them in an

semi final and helping them to a

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championship. After making 170 appearances and scoring 20 goals for the club in all competitions, he was released on a free transfer in 1970. He later played for Colchester United, and ended his career with four games in the First Division for

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. Owen's playing career ended in 1973. He spent the next eleven years coaching at Wolves, Peterborough United and

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, before serving as a physiotherapist for Crystal Palace, Colchester United, Luton Town and the

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. After a brief spell as Cambridge United assistant manager in the 1992–93 season, he rejoined Colchester United in 1993. He received a benefit match from the club in 2005, and remained as a coach and scout at the club until at least 2009. More recently he has been the London scout for

Hibernian FC Hibernian Football Club (), commonly known as Hibs, is a professional association football, football club based in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The club plays in the Scottish Premiership, the top tier of the Scottish Professional Fo ...

Honours

Club

;

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Winner (1): 1968–69 ; Colchester United * Watney Cup Winner (1): 1972

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, Brian 1944 births Living people People from Harefield Footballers from the London Borough of Hillingdon English men's footballers Watford F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Colchester United F.C. non-playing staff English Football League players Men's association football midfielders