Niall Cowperthwaite

Niall Thomas Cowperthwaite (born 28 January 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays for Lancaster City as a left back.

Niall Cowperthwaite
Personal information
Full name Niall Thomas Cowperthwaite[1]
Date of birth (1992-01-28) 28 January 1992
Place of birth Barrow-in-Furness, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Lancaster City
Youth career
Morecambe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Morecambe 10 (1)
2012–2013 Workington 36 (0)
2013 Kendal Town
2013 Penrith
2013–2016 Barrow 71 (5)
2018–2019 Workington
2019– Lancaster City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:44, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

Career

Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cowperthwaite moved from the Morecambe juniors to the senior team in August 2010.[1] In May 2012, Cowperthwaite was released by the club.[3] He spent the 2012–13 season with Workington.[4] In June 2013 he left Workington to attend Lancaster University.[5] Later that month he signed for Kendal Town.[6] He also played for Penrith.[7]

In December 2013, he signed for Barrow on non-contract terms.[7] In February 2016 he ruptured his ACL.[8] In July 2018, after two years without a club, he returned to Workington.[9]

On 21 May 2019, he joined Lancaster City.[10]

Personal life

He is the son of former Barrow striker Colin Cowperthwaite.[7]

Career statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Morecambe 2010–11[11] 7100000071
2011–12[12] 3000000030
Total 101000000101
Workington 2012–13[2] 360100000370
Barrow 2013–14[2] 143000000143
2014–15[2] 331000000331
2015–16[2] 241100010261
Total 715100010735
Career total 11762000101206

References
  1. "Niall Cowperthwaite". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. Niall Cowperthwaite at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. "Morecambe announce released list". Lancaster Guardian. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  4. "Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. "Niall Cowperthwaite quits Workington Reds". News & Star. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. Scott Kirk (23 June 2013). "Kendal Town welcome Cowperthwaite and Connerton from Workington". Northern Echo. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. "Barrow sign Niall Cowperthwaite and Ted Cribley". BBC Sport. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  8. Steven Coney (19 February 2016). "Barrow loan Wycombe youngster as Niall Cowperthwaite is ruled out". Non-League Football Paper. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. "Niall comes in to strengthen Workington Reds midfield". News & Star. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  10. Double Signing For The Dolly Blues, evostikleague.co.uk, 21 May 2019
  11. "Games played by Niall Cowperthwaite in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  12. "Games played by Niall Cowperthwaite in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 April 2018.


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