Alistair Slowe

Alistair Slowe
Slowe playing in Ghana
Personal information
Full name Alistair Malcolm George Slowe
Date of birth (1988-10-16) 16 October 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Brighton, England
Position(s) Right Midfielder
Youth career
2000–2002 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Cantonments FC 46 (5)
2008–2010 Onisilos Sotira 44 (3)
2010–2011 Northampton Town 0 (0)
2011–2012 Yeovil Town 0 (0)
2012–2014 Achyronas Liopetriou 56 (4)
2014–2016 Ayia Napa 36 (1)
2016–2017 Anagennisi Deryneia 16 (0)
2017 Ayia Napa 24 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alistair Malcolm George Slowe (born 16 October 1988) is an English former footballer.

Club career

Slowe started his career as a youth player at Brighton & Hove Albion, however he left to focus on school work and exams. At the age of 17, he headed to Ghana to pursue his footballing career after not attaining the grades he wanted. He helped found the Cantonments Soccer Academy in 2006, and spent two seasons with the first team.[1]

In 2008, he was offered a contract with Cypriot side Onisilos Sotira, having impressed two Newcastle United scouts who happened to be in Ghana at the time. He spent two seasons with Sotira, before being offered trials with English sides AFC Wimbledon and Gillingham. As he was still under contract in Cyprus, he was not allowed to accept these trial offers. He was also offered a trial with Newcastle, but due to the Icelandic volcanic eruption of 2010, he had to travel for 4 days to reach England. He was injured in his first training session, and ultimately was not selected for the team.[2]

Slowe joined Northampton Town in 2010,[3] but despite making the bench a number of times, he never made a first team appearance and was released the next year.[4] Slowe became a cult hit on the Northampton Town forum "The Hotel End", with posts on one thread reaching 36 pages over eight years.[5]

He then joined Yeovil Town,[6] but again failed to make a first team appearance in his one season there.

He then returned to Cyprus with Achyronas Liopetriou, on loan from Omonia Nicosia, before signing with Ayia Napa,[7] where he made thirty six appearances. He joined Anagennisi Deryneia in 2016 before rejoining Ayia Napa again in 2017 where he ended his career at the end of the 2017/18 season.

References

  1. ^ "Slowe is Ghana make a go of the English game". Northampton Herald & Post. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Slowe by name - but Chichester footballer is quick to spread the gospel". Bognor Regis Observer. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Cobblers sign winger Alistair Slowe". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Northampton Town release winger Alistair Slowe". BBC Sport. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Alistair Slowe". The Hotel End. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  6. ^ "It'll take time with Slowe, says Yeovil Town boss". Yeovil Express. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  7. ^ "ΑΓ. ΝΑΠΑ - Football Club". Cyprus Football Association (in Greek). Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.


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