Niall Thomas Cowperthwaite (born 28 January 1992) is an English professional

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who plays for

Lancaster City Lancaster City Football Club is an English semi-professional non-League football club based in the northern city of Lancaster, Lancashire. They currently compete in and play at Giant Axe. They are full members of the Lancashire County Footb ...

as a

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Career

Born in

Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 the ...

, Cowperthwaite moved from the

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...

juniors to the senior team in August 2010. In May 2012, Cowperthwaite was released by the club. He spent the 2012–13 season with

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Loca ...

. In June 2013 he left Workington to attend

Lancaster University Lancaster University (legally The University of Lancaster) is a public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several pla ...

. Later that month he signed for Kendal Town. He also played for Penrith. In December 2013, he signed for Barrow on non-contract terms. In February 2016 he ruptured his ACL. In July 2018, after two years without a club, he returned to

. On 21 May 2019, he joined

.Double Signing For The Dolly Blues
evostikleague.co.uk, 21 May 2019

Personal life

He is the son of former Barrow striker

Colin Cowperthwaite Colin Cowperthwaite (born 16 April 1959) is an English former semi-professional footballer. He is best known as the overall top scorer and record appearance holder for Barrow, a club he played for from December 1977 till December 1992, where he ...

Career statistics

References

1992 births Living people English men's footballers Morecambe F.C. players Workington A.F.C. players Kendal Town F.C. players Penrith A.F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Lancaster City F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Barrow-in-Furness Men's association football fullbacks National League (English football) players {{England-footy-defender-1990s-stub