Kenny Lowe
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Lowe
Date of birth (1961-11-06) 6 November 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth Billingham, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1984 Hartlepool United 54 (3)
1984–1985 Billingham Town
1986 Spearwood Dalmatinacs
1986–1987 Gateshead 26 (2)
1987–1990 Barrow
1987–1988 → Scarborough (loan) 4 (0)
1990–1993 Barnet 72 (5)
1993 Stoke City 9 (0)
1993–1996 Birmingham City 21 (3)
1994–1995 → Carlisle United (loan) 2 (0)
1995–1996 → Hartlepool United (loan) 13 (3)
1996 Darlington 14 (0)
1996–1998 Gateshead 91 (6)
International career
England semi-professional 2 (0)
Managerial career
1997–1998 Gateshead
1999–2003 Barrow
2007–2011 Perth Glory (asst. coach)
2013–2018 Perth Glory
2018–2020 Australia (asst. coach)
2020–2022 Perth RedStar
2023 Perth Glory (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenny Lowe (born 6 November 1961) is an English association football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Australian side Perth RedStar.

Kenny played for ten clubs in England, and had a stint in Australia also. He later managed Gateshead and Barrow before returning to Perth to work in football, where he would undertake a five-year tenure as the manager of A-League side Perth Glory.

Playing career

Lowe played for ten clubs during his career, which started on a part-time basis in 1981 with Hartlepool United, while he served an apprenticeship as a pipe-fitter and welder with ICI.[2] He moved to Australia in 1986 to play for Spearwood Dalmatinacs in the Western Australia Premier League before returning to England.[3] He was twice signed by manager Barry Fry, first for £40,000 for Barnet in 1991 and secondly at Birmingham City for £75,000, when at the age of 31 he turned professional.[2] He finally ended his career at the age of 39. He also won two caps with the England semi-professional team.[2]

Managerial career

Lowe started his managerial career with Gateshead as joint manager with Matty Pearson.[4] He returned to Barrow in 1999 when the club had just four players.[2] He stayed at Barrow for four seasons during which time they remained in administration.[5]

He left Barrow to move to Australia where he was appointed assistant manager at Perth Glory.[3] He also coaches at the Football West national training centre, taking charge of the team in inter-state matches.

Following the sacking of Alistair Edwards as Perth Glory's head coach, Lowe was appointed as the caretaker coach.[6]

On 22 April 2014 Lowe was appointed as full-time coach of Perth Glory, after winning just 4 of 17 games as caretaker coach.[7] In his first full season in charge of the Glory he led them to the final of the 2014 FFA Cup. On 20 April 2018 Lowe was sacked as the head coach of Perth and was appointed technical director of the club's academy.[8] Lowe departed as the Glory's longest serving A-League manager.[9][10]

On 13 November 2018, Lowe was appointed as an assistant coach of the Socceroos for their friendlies in November.[11] He continued in this role for the Socceroos' Asian Cup defence in January.[12]

In July 2023, following the departure of Ruben Zadkovich as head coach, Lowe became interim coach of Perth Glory once again for a post-season game against West Ham United and the Australia Cup play-off against Macarthur.[13]

Personal life

He was born in Sedgefield, County Durham, and now lives in Perth, Western Australia.[4] His sister Kendra Slawinski was an English international netball player.[2]

Career statistics

Source:[14]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hartlepool United 1981–82 Fourth Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1982–83 Fourth Division 22 1 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 24 1
1983–84 Fourth Division 28 2 2 0 2 0 1[b] 0 33 2
Total 54 3 2 0 2 0 3 0 61 3
Scarborough 1987–88 Fourth Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Barnet 1991–92 Fourth Division 36 3 3 0 1 0 3[b] 0 43 3
1992–93 Third Division 36 2 2 0 1 0 1[b] 0 40 2
Total 72 5 5 0 2 0 4 0 83 5
Stoke City 1993–94 First Division 9 0 0 0 2 0 2[c] 0 13 0
Birmingham City 1993–94 First Division 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
1994–95 Second Division 7 2 3 0 1 0 3[b] 0 14 2
1995–96 First Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 21 3 4 0 1 0 3 0 29 3
Carlisle United (loan) 1994–95 Third Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Hartlepool United (loan) 1995–96 Third Division 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 3
Darlington 1996–97 Third Division 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1997–98 Third Division 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
Total 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 0
Career Total 189 14 11 0 11 0 12 0 223 14
  1. ^ Appearances in Football League Group Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Appearances in Football League Trophy
  3. ^ Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup

Managerial statistics

As of 21 April 2018[15]
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Barrow England August 1999 May 2003 176 78 46 52 044.32
Perth Glory Australia 20 December 2013 20 April 2018 141 61 27 53 043.26
Total 317 139 73 105 043.85

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1997). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1997–98. London: Headline. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-7472-7738-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e Turnbull, Simon (12 November 2000). "The real Barrow boys". The Independent. London. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Glory Fill Coaching Jobs". Four Four Two. 6 November 2007. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Hall of Fame: Lowe". Heed Army. 2 November 2006. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
  5. ^ Fletcher, Paul (6 December 2002). "Barrow eye big pay-day". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
  6. ^ "KENNY LOWE INTERIM PERTH GLORY HEAD COACH". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2013.
  7. ^ "COACH ANNOUNCEMENT". Football Federation Australia. 22 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Kenny Lowe's typically hilarious parting message to Perth Glory". A-League. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Perth Glory axe Kenny Lowe as head coach after team misses out on A-League finals". Australia: ABC News. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Perth Glory sack Kenny Lowe as A-League axe swings again". The Guardian. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  11. ^ Thomas, Josh. "Kenny Lowe joins Socceroos coaching staff". Goal. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Football Confidential: Tomi Juric on track for A-League return?". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  13. ^ Comito, Matthew (12 July 2023). "Perth Glory confirm familiar face as interim coach & provide big update on ownership situation". KEEPUP. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  14. ^ Kenny Lowe at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  15. ^ "Kenny Lowe". Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  16. ^ a b Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 149.

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