George Oliver Bowerman (born 6 November 1991) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for Cradley Town. He began his career with

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, and spent brief periods with

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clubs

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and

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before joining Accrington Stanley in October 2013.

Career

Walsall

Bowerman was born in

Sedgley Sedgley is a town in the north of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, Sedgley is on the A459 road between Wolverhampt ...

, West Midlands, and came through the

youth academy to sign professional forms with the club in summer 2010. In February 2011, he joined

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club

on loan to gain first team experience. Despite not featuring for the Saddlers in 2010–11, he was given a new six-month contract at the end of the season. He made his Walsall debut at the

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on 9 August 2011, replacing

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81 minutes into a 3–0 defeat to

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in the

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. He scored his first professional goal after coming on as a substitute in a 4–2 home defeat to

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on 19 November. Bowerman began 2012–13 with six goals from eleven games, but scored only once more in the remainder of the season, and was released.

Accrington Stanley

After playing twice for

in the

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, Bowerman joined

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club

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in October 2013 until the end of the season.

Non League

After leaving Accrington, Bowerman dropped back into the

signing for

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in August 2015. Then after a season he moved into the Southern League with Stafford Rangers, then 4 months later joined

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, before finishing the season at

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. In October 2017, Bowerman joined Market Drayton Town. After a spell with

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, Bowerman joined Cradley Town on 12 November 2019.

Coaching career

In summer 2018, Bowerman was hired as U11 manager at his former club

.Fryatt, Bowerman, and Bradley Join Walsall FC Academy
saddlers.co.uk, 13 July 2018

Career statistics

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowerman, George 1991 births Living people People from Sedgley Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Walsall F.C. players Redditch United F.C. players Woking F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. players Altrincham F.C. players Stourbridge F.C. players National League (English football) players English Football League players Stafford Rangers F.C. players Hinckley A.F.C. players Rushall Olympic F.C. players Halesowen Town F.C. players Market Drayton Town F.C. players Quorn F.C. players Cradley Town F.C. players