Eddie Howe

Eddie Howe
Howe in 2015
Personal information
Full name Edward John Frank Howe[1]
Date of birth (1977-11-29) 29 November 1977[1]
Place of birth Amersham, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 AFC Bournemouth (manager)
Youth career
0000–1994 AFC Bournemouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2002 AFC Bournemouth 200 (10)
2002–2004 Portsmouth 2 (0)
2004 → Swindon Town (loan) 0 (0)
2004 → AFC Bournemouth (loan) 17 (1)
2004–2007 AFC Bournemouth 53 (1)
Total 272 (12)
National team
1998 England U21 2 (0)
Teams managed
2008–2011 AFC Bournemouth
2011–2012 Burnley
2012– AFC Bournemouth
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Edward John Frank Howe (/haʊ/; born 29 November 1977) is an English professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of Premier League club AFC Bournemouth.

A defender before retirement who spent much of his career at Bournemouth, he was the youngest manager in the Football League when appointed Bournemouth manager in January 2009.[2] Howe rescued Bournemouth from relegation out of the Football League in his first season in charge, after the club started the season on minus 17 points, then led them to promotion the next. After a brief spell as manager at Burnley, Howe returned to Bournemouth and led them to two further promotions in three seasons resulting in the club playing in the top flight of English football for the first time in their history. Howe's successes with Bournemouth resulted in him being given the inaugural Football League Manager of the Decade Award in 2015.[3][4]

Playing career

Howe was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.[1] When very young, he moved to Verwood in Dorset, and later began his footballing career with local youth teams Rossgarth [5] and Parley Sports [6] before starting his professional career at AFC Bournemouth.[7] He made his first-team debut in December 1995 against Hull City.[5] Howe established himself as an important player in Bournemouth's defence and in 1998 he was selected for the England Under-21 team in the Toulon Tournament.[5]

In March 2002, Portsmouth signed Howe for £400,000, making him new manager Harry Redknapp's first signing. Shortly after signing, a knee injury on his debut against Preston North End F.C.[8] ended his season.

He returned for the opening game of the 2002–03 season against Nottingham Forest, but he injured his knee again after only nine minutes[9] and was ruled out for the entire campaign. He did not return to full fitness until January 2004 after 18 months out. He was loaned to Swindon Town on transfer deadline day in March, although he did not feature for the club.

Portsmouth loaned Howe back to Bournemouth for the first three months of the 2004–05. He proved to be successful on his return to his first club after two injury-ravaged seasons with Portsmouth. With the club in a very poor financial state, supporters joined together to create "Eddieshare" to fund a transfer fee. Within days of creation, £21,000 was raised funding the required permanent transfer fee.[5] After a further three seasons and over 270 appearances, injuries forced his retirement as a player in 2007 and he then moved into coaching with the reserve squad.[5]

Managerial career

In December 2006, at the age of 29, Howe was promoted to the position of player-coach by manager Kevin Bond, and handed the task of coaching Bournemouth's reserve team, though he continued to play in the first team. He retired from football in summer 2007, after he was unable to recover from a knee injury.[10] In September 2008, Howe lost his job when Bond was sacked as manager.[5]

Bournemouth

Howe returned to Bournemouth as a youth coach under Jimmy Quinn and took over as caretaker manager when Quinn was sacked on 31 December 2008.[11] Even though his two games in charge as caretaker manager were away defeats, he was hired as the permanent manager of the club on 19 January 2009 and brought the club out of the relegation zone despite a 17-point deficit.

In the start of the 2009–10 season, Howe won eight out of the nine games, a club record. In November 2009, Championship club Peterborough United approached Howe to replace Darren Ferguson as their manager but Howe rejected their approach.[12]

Despite the club's transfer embargo remaining in place for the rest of the season, Bournemouth secured promotion to League One after two years in the fourth tier of English football thanks to a 2–0 away win at Burton Albion on 24 April 2010.[13]

In early 2011, Howe was approached by several other clubs but on 11 January announced that he was staying at Bournemouth.[14] However, on 14 January 2011, Howe became the new Burnley manager after the club agreed a compensation deal with Bournemouth.[15][16] He took charge of his 100th and final Bournemouth match of his first time with the club, later that day in a 2–1 defeat away to Colchester United.[17]

Burnley

On 16 January 2011, Howe was announced as the new manager of Burnley after signing a three-and-a-half-year contract at the Championship club.[18] His first game in charge of Burnley was away to Scunthorpe on 22 January 2011, which ended in a 0–0 draw.[19] Burnley finished 8th in the Championship in season 2010–11 and 13th in season 2011–12 under Howe.[20][21] He left Burnley in October 2012 citing "personal reasons" for his departure.[22]

Return to Bournemouth

In October 2012, he re-joined his former club Bournemouth as manager.[5] He won the League One Manager of the Month for November after guiding the club to three league wins and two draws, as well as an FA Cup victory. On 20 April 2013, he secured promotion to the Championship with Bournemouth finishing runners-up and one point behind champions Doncaster Rovers.[23][24] In the 2013–14 season, Howe's Bournemouth finished 10th in the Championship, six points outside of the play-off positions.[25]

On 19 April 2015, Howe was selected as the Manager of the Decade at the Football League Awards.[26]

On 27 April 2015, he secured Bournemouth's promotion to the Premier League.[27] Bournemouth beat Bolton Wanderers 3–0 at the Goldsands Stadium, a win which whilst not guaranteeing Premier League football for the 2015–16 season, required third placed side Middlesbrough to overcome a 19-goal goal difference with one game left in the season. Howe said of the promotion and of Bournemouth supporters, "It shouldn't be them thanking me, it should be me thanking them. It is a family club and deserves its moment in the sun."[28] Bournemouth confirmed their promotion on the last day of the season, 2 May 2015, with a 3–0 victory at Charlton Athletic and, due to already-promoted Watford's failure to win their last match, were crowned champions of the league.[29]

Career statistics

As a player

Source:[30]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Bournemouth 1995–96 Second Division 5000000050
1996–97 Second Division 130000000130
1997–98 Second Division 40130205[lower-alpha 1]0501
1998–99 Second Division 45242413[lower-alpha 1]0465
1999–2000 Second Division 281005000331
2000–01 Second Division 312301000352
2001–02 Second Division 384201010424
Total 200101221319027613
Portsmouth 2001–02 First Division 1000000010
2002–03 First Division 1000000010
Total 2000000020
Swindon Town (loan) 2003–04 Second Division 0000000000
AFC Bournemouth 2004–05 League One 351302000401
2005–06 League One 200000000200
2006–07 League One 151100000161
Total 702402000762
Career total 272121621519035415
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Football League Trophy

As a manager

As of match played 6 October 2018
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
AFC Bournemouth 31 December 2008 16 January 2011 102 51 18 33 050.0 [11][31]
Burnley 16 January 2011 12 October 2012 87 34 19 34 039.1 [31]
AFC Bournemouth 12 October 2012 Present 281 124 64 93 044.1 [31]
Total 470 209 101 160 044.5 —

Honours

Manager

AFC Bournemouth

Individual

References

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  2. ↑ "Howe handed permanent role". Sky Sports. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  3. ↑ Fifield, Dominic (28 April 2015). "Eddie Howe writes new chapter for Bournemouth – now for the legacy". The Guardian. London.
  4. ↑ Hassan, Nabil (28 April 2015). "Bournemouth achieving the impossible – chairman Jeff Mostyn". BBC Sport.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The return of Eddie Howe". www.afcb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
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  8. ↑ "Preston 2–0 Portsmouth". BBC Sport. 30 March 2002. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  9. ↑ "Portsmouth 2–0 N Forest". BBC Sport. 10 August 2002. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "Bournemouth defender Howe retires". BBC Sport. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  11. 1 2 "Quinn parts company with Cherries". BBC Sport. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "My heart is at Bournemouth — Howe". BBC Sport. 12 November 2009.
  13. 1 2 "League Two Focus: Bournemouth promoted". The Sunday Times. London. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  14. ↑ "Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe to stay at Dean Court". BBC Sport. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  15. ↑ "Cherries: Howe agrees terms with Burnley (Updated)". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Howe confirmed as Burnley manager". BBC Sport. 16 January 2011.
  17. ↑ "Colchester 2–1 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  18. ↑ "Eddie Howe appointed Burnley manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  19. ↑ "Scunthorpe 0–0 Burnley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "Burnley 2010–11". www.statto.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "Burnley 2011–12". www.statto.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  22. ↑ "Eddie Howe: I had to leave Burnley for Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  23. ↑ "Cherries: Howe named manager of the month". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  24. 1 2 "Bournemouth 2012–13". www.statto.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  25. ↑ "Bournemouth 2013–14". www.statto.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  26. ↑ "Winners announced for The Football League Awards 2015". The Football League. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  27. ↑ Andy Martin. "Never been a day like it! Cherries achieve the impossible dream of Premier League football". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  28. ↑ "Bournemouth 3–0 Bolton Wanderers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  29. 1 2 "Charlton 0–3 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  30. ↑ Eddie Howe at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  31. 1 2 3 "Managers: Eddie Howe". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  32. ↑ The Football League. "The Football League announces its Team of the Decade". Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  33. 1 2 "Bournemouth boss is LMA manager of the year". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  34. ↑ "Manager profile: Eddie Howe". Premier League. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  35. ↑ "Bournemouth's Howe and Wilson secure October awards". skysports.com. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  36. ↑ "Eddie Howe takes Championship manager award". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  37. ↑ "Howe named Manager of the Month". Football League. 14 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  38. ↑ "Howe named Manager of the Month". Football League. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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