David Bowman (born 10 March 1964) is a Scottish

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coach and former player. In a 12-year career with

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he played in the

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and won the

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. At United he was also a three time Scottish Cup runner up. He also played for Heart of Midlothian,

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and

Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League and currently play in Scottish League Two. They play their home games a ...

as well as having a spell in

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with

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. He played six times for the

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and was a non-playing squad member at

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. Since 2007 he has worked as a community coach at Dundee United.

Early life

Dave Bowman was born in

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, Kent, England on 10 March 1964. He is the son of Scottish footballer

Andy Bowman Andrew Bowman (7 March 1934 – 2 March 2009) was a Scottish footballer who played most of his career with Hearts. He played as a wing half. Playing career He played for the Scottish schoolboy international side in 1949 which brought him to t ...

, formerly of

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and Heart of Midlothian (Hearts), who was playing for

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at the time of his son's birth. The family subsequently moved to

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, where Dave grew up. He played youth football for Salvesen Boys Club before signing for his father's former club, Hearts, in June 1980.

Playing career

Club

Bowman started his senior career with Hearts, making 116 league appearances before leaving in 1984. He moved to

for two seasons where he was joined by

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, signing from

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. They left together in 1986, joining Dundee United for a combined £140,000 transfer fee and reached the

in their first season therebeating

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home and away in the quarter-finals and then eliminating

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in the semi-finals. They lost 2–1 on aggregate in the final against

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. Bowman and McInally played in three losing Dundee United Scottish Cup final teams. These were in 1987 to St Mirren, 1988 to Celtic and in the 1991 final to Motherwell in which Bowman scored. They collected winners' medals from the 1994 Scottish Cup Final against Rangers. Bowman is ranked tenth on United's all-time appearance list. Bowman spent the latter part of his playing career at

, Hong Kong club Yee Hope and finally

. While at Forfar he received a Scottish record seven-game suspension, imposed for swearing at the match officials.

International

Bowman made six full international appearances for

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between March 1992 and September 1993. He was part of Scotland's

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Coaching career

As Forfar were a part-time club, Bowman was able to join the coaching staff at Dundee United, where he continued to serve the club until he left following Craig Brewster's appointment as manager in 2006. After a brief spell as a pundit for

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's ''

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'' programme, he returned to coaching when old friend

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invited him to be his assistant at Livingston. Following his spell in Livingston, Bowman moved to

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to work alongside Gordon Wallace as youth coach. In October 2007, Bowman returned to

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for a third time, accepting an invitation as community coach. On 28 September 2015, Bowman took temporary charge of Dundee United's first-team squad in the wake of manager

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's departure from the club.

Career statistics

Honours

Dundee United

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1993–94 ** Runner-up 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91 *

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: Runner-up 1986–87 *

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: Runner-up 1997–98

References

External links

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Hearts career stats
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