Alan Dowson
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 Dowson managing Hampton & Richmond Borough in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 June 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Gateshead, England | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hampton & Richmond Borough (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1988 | Millwall | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1991 | Millwall | 1 | (0) |
| 1990 | → Fulham (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Bradford City | 18 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Darlington | 32 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Slough Town | 43 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Gateshead | ||
| 1996–2006 | Walton & Hersham | ||
| Total | 98 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2007 | Walton & Hersham | ||
| 2007–2014 | Kingstonian | ||
| 2014–2018 | Hampton & Richmond Borough | ||
| 2018–2022 | Woking | ||
| 2022–2024 | Dartford | ||
| 2024 | Hemel Hempstead Town (interim) | ||
| 2025 | Aldershot Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2025– | Hampton & Richmond Borough | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alan Dowson (born 17 June 1970) is an English football coach and former professional player who is manager at Hampton & Richmond Borough.
He made 55 appearances in the Football League between 1988 and 1993, before spending 13 years as a player in non-league football. He later managed a number of non-league football teams.
Dowson began his playing career with Millwall, progressing through the youth ranks before signing a professional contract with the first time in May 1988. Making a single appearance for the Lions, he also played for Fulham on a one-month loan in January 1990.[citation needed]
After his release from Millwall, Dowson was quickly snapped up by Bradford City, where he made 18 appearances in a single season. A year with Darlington saw the defender become a regular in the first team before dropping into non-league football.[citation needed]
Joining Slough Town ahead of the 1993–94 season, Dowson featured 43 times throughout the campaign[1] joining Gateshead, he then spent two years with Gateshead before over a decade at Walton & Hersham. On 20 December 1996, Dowson signed for the Surrey club - who had recently been relegated to the Isthmian League Division One.[citation needed]
Dowson announced his retirement from playing at the end of the 2005–06 season.[citation needed]