Rowan Vine

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Rowan Vine
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Vine while on loan at Milton Keynes Dons in 2011
Personal information
Full name Rowan Lewis Vine
Date of birth (1982-09-21) 21 September 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Basingstoke, England
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Gosport Borough
Youth career
Portsmouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Portsmouth 13 (0)
2002–2003 → Brentford (loan) 42 (10)
2003–2004 → Colchester United (loan) 35 (6)
2004–2005 → Luton Town (loan) 45 (9)
2005–2007 Luton Town 57 (22)
2007–2008 Birmingham City 17 (1)
2007–2008 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 18 (4)
2008–2012 Queens Park Rangers 51 (5)
2010 → Hull City (loan) 5 (0)
2010 → Brentford (loan) 0 (0)
2011 → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 17 (1)
2011 → Exeter City (loan) 5 (0)
2012 → Gillingham (loan) 9 (1)
2012–2013 St. Johnstone 35 (7)
2013–2014 Hibernian 10 (0)
2014 Greenock Morton 12 (4)
2015 Welling United 2 (1)
2015 Havant & Waterlooville 0 (0)
2015– Gosport Borough 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:12, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Rowan Lewis Vine (born 21 September 1982) is an English footballer who plays for Gosport Borough. A striker, Vine previously played for Portsmouth, Brentford, Colchester United, Luton Town, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers (QPR), Hull City, Milton Keynes Dons, Exeter City, Gillingham, St. Johnstone and Hibernian, Greenock Morton, Welling United and Havant & Waterlooville.

Career

Born in Basingstoke, Vine began his career at Portsmouth, making his way through the club's youth scheme. He made his first-team debut at the age of 18, in a goalless draw with Sheffield United in December 2000.[1] However, he struggled to break into the side on a regular basis and was loaned out to Division Two side Brentford for the 2002–03 season.

Vine enjoyed a successful campaign at Griffin Park, netting his first ever goal on his debut in a 2–0 win at Huddersfield Town, and going on to score 13 further goals in 44 starts for the Bees.[2] Despite his impressive season, he was again loaned out, this time to Colchester United for the 2003–04 campaign;[3] he scored 10 league goals in 30 starts.[4]

For the third year running, Vine spent an entire season away from Portsmouth on loan, this time at Luton Town for the 2004–05 season.[5][6] Vine's nine goals helped the Hatters clinch the League One title.[7] Despite this relative lack of goals for a striker during a season, a section in the Luton News newspaper showed that Vine was the "King of Assists" – one of the main reasons for the Hatters' success.[citation needed]

Vine signed for Luton for an undisclosed fee, reported as £250,000, on 4 July 2005.[7][8] In his first season after his permanent move to the club, he scored 10 goals in 30 games[9] after missing the start of the season with a back injury.[10] Again, he was near the top of the assist charts.[citation needed]

A £2.5 million deal took Vine to Football League Championship club Birmingham City on 11 January 2007; the fee was to rise to £3m if Birmingham gained promotion to the Premier League.[11] Vine's only goal in his short stay at Birmingham came in a 1–0 win over Derby County in March 2007,[12][13] but he played 17 times as the club were promoted as runners-up.[14]

On 2 October 2007, he joined Queens Park Rangers on loan, initially for a month,[15] but later extended into the new year.[16] Vine signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the club on 8 January 2008 for a fee of £1 million.[17]

Vine suffered a serious fracture of his left tibia and fibula on 3 April 2008 during a training session.[18] He did not make another first-team appearance until April 2009, and thereafter was used mainly as a substitute. Manager Neil Warnock told him in July 2010 that he had no future with the club,[19] and was not given a squad number for the new season.[citation needed] He joined Hull City on a month's loan on 1 October,[20] and made his debut the following day at the KC Stadium in a goalless draw with Coventry City.[21]

On 25 November 2010 he started a loan period at Brentford until 4 January 2011,[22] but never played.[21] He joined Milton Keynes Dons on an initial one-month loan on 15 January,[23] and scored his only goal for the club in a 4–1 win at Rochdale.[21]

A trial with Doncaster Rovers in July 2011 came to nothing,[24][25] and at the start of the 2011–12 season, Vine spent time on loan at Exeter City.[26] In March 2012, he had a trial with Southend United, but manager Paul Sturrock expressed concerns over his fitness.[27] He then signed for Gillingham on loan until the end of the season.[28] He scored his only goal for Gillingham in a 2–1 defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge.[26]

Queens Park Rangers released Vine at the end of the 2011–12 season, and after a trial, he signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premier League club St. Johnstone.[29] He made his debut in the opening game of the season, and was sent off for a second bookable offence in the next, a 1–1 draw with Motherwell. Citing the poor example he set to his young son, he vowed to pull out of tackles in future rather than risk another sending-off.[30] When scoring for St. Johnstone, Vine celebrated by making a 'T' gesture.[31]

On 15 September, Vine scored his first goal for the club, a curling effort ten minutes from time against reigning SPL champions Celtic that gave St. Johnstone their first win of the season. After the match, he described the goal as "right up there" in his career highlights.[32][33] He finished the season as joint top scorer in the league, with seven goals,[34] but was not offered a contract extension. New manager Tommy Wright suggested it was down to budgetary constraints,[35] but Vine was critical of the manner in which the club had handled his departure, accusing them of a lack of respect.[36]

Vine moved on to Hibernian on a one-year deal, joining up with St. Johnstone team-mate Liam Craig.[37] After a match against Celtic in October, opposing manager Neil Lennon was critical of Vine's tackling. Vine's retaliation on social media brought him a charge of "making offensive comments on Twitter suggesting the use of violence",[38] but the Scottish Football Association let him off with a warning.[39] After failing to score in 14 appearances,[40] he was told by manager Terry Butcher that he would "struggle to break into the Hibs team",[41] and in January 2014, his contract with Hibernian was cancelled by mutual consent.[42]

As the January 2014 transfer window closed, Vine signed for Greenock Morton.[43] He left Morton in the summer of 2014 after the club were relegated.

Vine returned to England where he signed for Conference Premier club Welling United in January 2015.[44] He played only twice,[45] and after a brief spell with Havant & Waterlooville,[46][47] he joined National League South club Gosport Borough in October 2015.[48]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 October 2015
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Portsmouth 2000–01[1] First Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001–02[49] First Division 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2002–03[2] First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003–04[4] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004–05[5] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Brentford (loan) 2002–03[2] Second Division 42 10 3 2 2 1 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 50 13
Colchester United (loan) 2003–04[4] Second Division 35 6 7 4 1 0 6[lower-alpha 1] 2 49 12
Luton Town (loan) 2004–05[5] League One 45 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 49 9
Luton Town 2005–06[9] Championship 31 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 10
2006–07[50] Championship 26 12 1 1 3 1 0 0 30 14
Total 102 31 5 1 4 1 0 0 111 33
Birmingham City 2006–07[50] Championship 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
2007–08[12] Premier League 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 17 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 1
Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2007–08[12] Championship 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4
Queens Park Rangers 2007–08[12] Championship 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3
2008–09[51] Championship 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
2009–10[52] Championship 31 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 34 1
2010–11[21] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011–12[26] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 69 9 0 0 3 0 0 0 72 9
Hull City (loan) 2010–11[21] Championship 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Brentford (loan) 2010–11[21] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MK Dons (loan) 2010–11[21] League One 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
Exeter City (loan) 2011–12[26] League One 5 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 6 0
Gillingham (loan) 2011–12[26] League Two 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
St. Johnstone 2012–13[53] Scottish Premier League 35 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 37 7
Hibernian 2013–14[40] Scottish Premiership 10 0 0 0 2 0 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 14 0
Greenock Morton 2013–14[40] Scottish Championship 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4
Welling United 2014–15[45] Conference Premier 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Havant & Waterlooville 2015–16[54] National League South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gosport Borough 2015–16[54] National League South 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 374 71 16 7 15 2 12 2 417 82
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Club

Luton Town
Birmingham City

References

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