George Rowe (born 23 August 1968) is a former

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professional footballer who played as a

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for

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, Queen of the South and

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Clydebank

Rowe started his senior career with

at the start of the 1989-90 season, having previously played with Kilpatrick Juveniles for a few years. Rowe played in 91 league appearances and scored 10 goals in three seasons at the

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club.

Queen of the South

Rowe then signed for Queen of the South in

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at the start of the

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season where he remained for the next 8 years. In his final season at

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, Rowe was appointed joint

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alongside

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and towards the end of that season

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were deducted 15 points for failing to play a match because of a players' strike. This resulted in ''Queens'' escaping relegation to the bottom tier of

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by 4 points, as the club had 29 points to the ''Accies'' 25 points. With Queens chairman Norman Blount injecting much needed capital into ''Queens'' revival, some of Rowe's team-mates included

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, Jim Thomson and Andy Aitken, as the ''Doonhamers'' reached the

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Final, narrowly defeated 1-0 by

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in a battling performance. Most notably,

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, who moved on to play for

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, Hibernian and Gretna, missed a gilt-edged chance to equalise in the closing minutes of the match.

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, who went on to play for

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and Hearts in Scotland and also

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and

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in England was also a used substitute in the closing minutes of the match. Rowe played in 184 league matches for the ''Doonhamers'' and scored 17 goals in his 8 years with the

club.

Arbroath

Rowe then signed for the ''Red Lichties'' at the start of the 2000-01 season and stayed at

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for two years, playing in 64 league matches and scored 9 goals.

Stirling Albion

Rowe then signed for

at the start of the 2002-03 season and stayed at Forthbank for three years, playing in 84 league matches and scored 7 goals before retiring through injury at the end of the 2004-05 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, George Living people 1968 births Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Queen of the South F.C. players Clydebank F.C. (1965) players Arbroath F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish football managers Queen of the South F.C. managers Scottish Football League managers