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DARRAN ROWBOTHAM
Born: 22 October 1966
Came from: Apprentice Went to: Exeter City
First game: 15 December 1984 Last game: 20 October 1987
Appearances: 52 (24/28) Goals: 3
Rowbotham was born in Cardiff but came through the youth ranks at Argyle, making his debut in December 1984. Darran - often misspelt as Darren, even in home programmes - made occasional up-front appearances over four seasons before moving to Exeter City, where he enjoyed a prolific spell in City’s 1989-90 Fourth Division Championship winning team. He scored 58 goals in 142 games at St James Park before a serious knee injury kept him out of football for a year. A peripatetic career then followed with spells at Torquay (joining the list of players to have played for all three Devon clubs), Birmingham City, Mansfield Town (loan), Hereford United (loan), Crewe Alexandra and Shrewsbury Town before returning to Exeter on loan in 1996. A permanent move then followed with a return of 37 goals in 118 games. A brief loan spell at Leyton Orient in 1999 was Rowbotham's last move before seeing out his career with Weymouth. Brother Jason also played for Argyle.
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I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.
The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.
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