Kenny Lowe

Kenny Lowe (born 6 November 1961) is a former professional footballer and former head coach of Perth Glory FC in the A-League. Kenny played for ten clubs in England, as well as a stint in Australia. He also later managed Gateshead and Barrow before returning to Perth to work in football.

Kenny Lowe

Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Lowe
Date of birth	(1961-11-06) 6 November 1961
Place of birth	Billingham, England
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1984	Hartlepool United	54	(3)
1984–1985	Billingham Town
1985–1987	Gateshead
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)
National team
	England semi-professional	2	(0)
Teams managed
1997–1998	Gateshead
1999–2003	Barrow
2007–2011	Perth Glory (asst. coach)
2013–2018	Perth Glory
2018–present	Australia (asst. coach)
2020–present	ECU Joondalup
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.[1] He moved to Australia during the 1980s to play for Spearwood in the Western Australia Premier League before returning to England.[2] 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.[1] He finally ended his career at the age of 39. He also won two caps with the England semi-professional team.[1]

Managerial career

Lowe started his managerial career with Gateshead as joint manager with Matty Pearson.[3] He returned to Barrow in 1999 when the club had just four players.[1] He stayed at Barrow for four seasons during which time they remained in administration.[4]

He left Barrow to move to Australia where he was appointed assistant manager at Perth Glory.[2] 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.[5]

On 22 April 2014 Lowe was appointed as full-time coach of Perth Glory, after winning just 4 of 17 games as caretaker coach.[6] 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.[7] Lowe departed as the Glory's longest serving A-League manager.[8][9]

On 13 November 2018, Lowe was appointed as an assistant coach of the Socceroos for their friendlies in November.[10] He continued in this role for the Socceroos' Asian Cup defence in January.[11]

Personal life

He was born in Sedgefield, County Durham, and now lives in Perth, Western Australia.[3] His sister is Kendra Slawinski, an international netball player.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[12]

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[lower-alpha 1]	0	24	1
	1983–84	Fourth Division	28	2	2	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	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[lower-alpha 2]	0	43	3
	1992–93	Third Division	36	2	2	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	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[lower-alpha 3]	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[lower-alpha 2]	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. Appearances in Football League Trophy
3. Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup

Managerial statistics

As of 21 April 2018[13]

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

References

1. Turnbull, Simon (12 November 2000). "The real Barrow boys". London: The Independent. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
2. "Glory Fill Coaching Jobs". Four Four Two. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
3. "Hall of Fame: Lowe". Heed Army. 2 November 2006. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
4. Fletcher, Paul (6 December 2002). "Barrow eye big pay-day". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
5. "KENNY LOWE INTERIM PERTH GLORY HEAD COACH". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2013.
6. "COACH ANNOUNCEMENT". Football Federation Australia. 22 April 2014.
7. "Kenny Lowe's typically hilarious parting message to Perth Glory". A-League. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
8. "Perth Glory axe Kenny Lowe as head coach after team misses out on A-League finals". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
9. "Perth Glory sack Kenny Lowe as A-League axe swings again". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
10. Thomas, Josh. "Kenny Lowe joins Socceroos coaching staff". Goal.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
11. "Football Confidential: Tomi Juric on track for A-League return?". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
12. Kenny Lowe at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
13. "Kenny Lowe". Retrieved 16 April 2017.

External links

• Kenny Lowe at Soccerbase
• Kenny Lowe career stats