Bowyer prepared for Birmingham farewell

Birmingham midfielder Lee Bowyer is preparing himself to depart St Andrew’s at the end of the season, even though he would like to stay.

The 34-year-old won the first medal of his career in Birmingham’s shock 2-1 Carling Cup final victory over Arsenal on Sunday but has been told he will not receive a new deal from the club.

Bowyer was one of the stars in the win and maintains he can still play at the highest level.

“People, because of your age, question whether you can still get box to box, if you can still do what you used to,” Bowyer said.

“But I showed at Wembley that I can. I loved winning at Wembley and hopefully the fans appreciate the effort we put in because we definitely appreciate their support.”

“My deal is done in the summer here at Birmingham. I am 34 and can still do it, so we’ll see what happens. At the moment the club have said no, that is not going to happen, that I’m not going to stay on. So I will be looking elsewhere.”

Bowyer’s experience in Europe could be a reason why his contract is re-evaluated, with the midfielder having scored 13 goals in 38 matches in the Champions League and UEFA Cup for Leeds United between 1998 and 2003.

“I want to stay with Birmingham. I have scored quite a few goals in Europe. They might want to keep me on – you never know. But it is not up to me, it is up to the club. All I can do is try to put in performances,” he said.

“I have scored three important goals this season – beating Chelsea, the draw with Manchester United and then West Ham in the Carling Cup semi-final second leg.”

“I have been doing that all my career. Nothing has changed because of my age, I have just got older and wiser and tried to calm down a bit.”

Bowyer was delighted to win the Carling Cup, his first final of his career, and insisted that Birmingham ‘really deserved to win’.

He said his seven-season stint at Leeds was disappointing in the fact that he never won anything, but was pleased to break the hoodoo on Sunday.

“I feel like I have missed a lot in my career by not winning anything. In the past I was at Leeds and everyone put us down to win this, that and the other trophy and it never happened,” he said.

“I’m just thankful this has happened and that I have had a taste of it.”

Tue 1 March, 2011

Bowyer prepared for Birmingham farewell

Birmingham midfielder Lee Bowyer is preparing himself to depart St Andrew’s at the end of the season, even though he would like to stay.

The 34-year-old won the first medal of his career in Birmingham’s shock 2-1 Carling Cup final victory over Arsenal on Sunday but has been told he will not receive a new deal from the club.

Bowyer was one of the stars in the win and maintains he can still play at the highest level.

“People, because of your age, question whether you can still get box to box, if you can still do what you used to,” Bowyer said.

“But I showed at Wembley that I can. I loved winning at Wembley and hopefully the fans appreciate the effort we put in because we definitely appreciate their support.”

“My deal is done in the summer here at Birmingham. I am 34 and can still do it, so we’ll see what happens. At the moment the club have said no, that is not going to happen, that I’m not going to stay on. So I will be looking elsewhere.”

Bowyer’s experience in Europe could be a reason why his contract is re-evaluated, with the midfielder having scored 13 goals in 38 matches in the Champions League and UEFA Cup for Leeds United between 1998 and 2003.

“I want to stay with Birmingham. I have scored quite a few goals in Europe. They might want to keep me on – you never know. But it is not up to me, it is up to the club. All I can do is try to put in performances,” he said.

“I have scored three important goals this season – beating Chelsea, the draw with Manchester United and then West Ham in the Carling Cup semi-final second leg.”

“I have been doing that all my career. Nothing has changed because of my age, I have just got older and wiser and tried to calm down a bit.”

Bowyer was delighted to win the Carling Cup, his first final of his career, and insisted that Birmingham ‘really deserved to win’.

He said his seven-season stint at Leeds was disappointing in the fact that he never won anything, but was pleased to break the hoodoo on Sunday.

“I feel like I have missed a lot in my career by not winning anything. In the past I was at Leeds and everyone put us down to win this, that and the other trophy and it never happened,” he said.

“I’m just thankful this has happened and that I have had a taste of it.”

Tue 1 March, 2011

Bowyer banned for three games

Birmingham midfielder Lee Bowyer has been banned for three games for his stamp on Arsenal full-back Bacary Sagna on Saturday.

Bowyer accepted the charge of violent conduct and will now miss Tuesday’s English Premier League game with Blackpool, the FA Cup clash with Millwall on Saturday and the first leg of his side’s Carling Cup semi-final with West Ham on Tuesday.

The 34-year-old will be able to resume in time for the home game against fierce rivals Aston Villa on January 16.

Although he escaped any disciplinary action from match referee Peter Walton during the 3-0 defeat to Arsenal, Bowyer’s stamp was caught by television cameras and the former Leeds and Newcastle man accepted the Football Association’s ban.

“We accept the decision and will now have to move forward into the next three games without the services of Bowyer,” Birmingham boss Alex McLeish said.

“We have got a good discipline record at this club and stress to the players every week how important discipline is.”

Tue 4 January, 2011

Bowyer banned for three games

Birmingham midfielder Lee Bowyer has been banned for three games for his stamp on Arsenal full-back Bacary Sagna on Saturday.

Bowyer accepted the charge of violent conduct and will now miss Tuesday’s English Premier League game with Blackpool, the FA Cup clash with Millwall on Saturday and the first leg of his side’s Carling Cup semi-final with West Ham on Tuesday.

The 34-year-old will be able to resume in time for the home game against fierce rivals Aston Villa on January 16.

Although he escaped any disciplinary action from match referee Peter Walton during the 3-0 defeat to Arsenal, Bowyer’s stamp was caught by television cameras and the former Leeds and Newcastle man accepted the Football Association’s ban.

“We accept the decision and will now have to move forward into the next three games without the services of Bowyer,” Birmingham boss Alex McLeish said.

“We have got a good discipline record at this club and stress to the players every week how important discipline is.”

Tue 4 January, 2011

Birmingham City Thug Lee Bowyer Given Three Match Ban for Arsenal Stamp

8 comments by Mad Dog and Glory on January 4th, 2011

St Andrews’ midfielder suspended.

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Lee Bowyer charged with violent conduct against Sagna

By Shourin Roy on January 3, 2011 7:11 PM | Comments | TrackBacksShare|

Lee Bowyer is a nasty piece of work. The FA correctly slapped a three match ban on him for stamping on Bacary Sagna with malicious intent to hurt as clearly shown in the picture. He was also guilty of raking his studs down Sagna's Achilles heel on two separate occasions. It was clear as daylight on the pitch and it should have resulted in a straight red card but the referee and linesman either missed it or chose to ignore it.

While at Leeds, Bowyer along with team mate Jonathan Woodgate, now at Spurs were charged with committing grievous bodily harm and affray on a young Pakistani student, Sarfraz Najeib following a night out at a Leeds nightspot. The two toasted footballers and their friends gave chase to Najeib who was also at the same spot with his brother and his friends. The victim was left with a fractured leg, cheek and nose. In addition, he was viciously bitten by Paul Clifford, a friend of Woodgate's.

Although Bowyer was cleared of charges, Woodgate was not. But as this article makes clear, Bowyer has tested the boundaries of racism a few times in thought as well as in deed. And he has not always been the best of team mates as this video clip clearly shows.

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Classic Football Assaults #7: Team-Mates Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer Decide to Punch Each Other

3 comments by Mad Dog and Glory on December 31st, 2010

No one on Planet Earth likes Lee Bowyer. There are Amazonian tribes who have as yet not been in contact with the modern world, they live in huts and no little of electricity or indeed the magic of a nice sausage sandwich drenched in HP sauce, yet when scientists who discovered them a few months back they showed the natives a picture of Lee Bowyer and the resultant anger meant that the scientists have been turn to paste. This is the type of hatred the former Leeds, West Ham, Charlton midfielder engenders. Therefore it was no surprise when Kieron Dyer, who was surprisingly fit enough to be involved in this scuffle, decided to have a good old fashioned punch-up.

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Video Goal- Lee Bowyer vs Manchester United

Dec 28, 2010

Lee Bowyer scored a somewhat controversial equaliser vs Manchester United for Birmingham City on December 28, 2010.

With Birmingham City trailing 1-0, Roger Johnson whipped the ball into the box. The ball hit Nikola Zigic’s arm before falling for Bowyer, who slid in from close range. Birmingham’s own little version of Hand of God!

Goal video- Lee Bowyer equaliser vs Manchester United

Birmingham City 1-1 Manchester United ( Bowyer 89′)