Tim Flowers
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| Full name | Timothy David Flowers | |
| Date of birth | 3 February 1967 | |
| Place of birth | Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1984–1986 1986–1993 1987 1993–1999 1999–2003 2001 2002 2002 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers Southampton → Swindon Town (loan) Blackburn Rovers Leicester City → Stockport County (loan) → Coventry City (loan) → Manchester City (loan) Total |
63 (0) 192 (0) 7 (0) 175 (0) 54 (0) 4 (0) 5 (0) 0 (0) 500 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1987 1993–1998 |
England U21 England |
3 (0) 11 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2007–2008 2008 |
Coventry City (assistant manager) Queens Park Rangers (assistant manager) |
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Timothy David "Tim" Flowers (born 3 February 1967) is an English former football goalkeeper and is currently unemployed after quitting his job as assistant manager of Queens Park Rangers.
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[edit] Career
Flowers was born in Kenilworth and began his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1984 before playing for Southampton, Swindon Town, Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City, Stockport County, and Coventry City (the team he supported as a youngster). He made over 520 league appearances.
He was transferred from Southampton to Blackburn in 1993 for a fee of £2.4 million, making him the most expensive goalkeeper in England at the time. He went on to win a Premiership winner's medal with Blackburn Rovers in 1995. At Leicester City, Flowers won a League Cup winner's medal following a 2-1 victory over Tranmere Rovers in the 2000 League Cup, his first ever game at Wembley Stadium. His final appearance for Leicester City was against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux in May 2003. It was the final game of the season, and with Leicester 1-0 down, Flowers came on as a late substitute. Leicester were awarded a late penalty, and despite shouts from the travelling Leicester fans for Flowers to take the penalty, and Flowers himself signalling to the bench, Micky Adams (then Leicester manager) ignored the fans, and allowed Trevor Benjamin to take it, who scored. It seemed harsh on Flowers, as Leicester were already promoted to the Premiership, and he could have ended his career with his only goal.
Flowers also won 11 caps with England between 1993 and 1998. He was in the squads for both Euro 96 in England and the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. He retired following the 2002-03 season.
[edit] Coaching
Following a spell as goalkeeper coach for both Leicester City and Manchester City, on 19 February 2007 he was appointed as assistant manager to Iain Dowie at Coventry City. Flowers left Coventry on 11 February 2008 after Dowie was sacked, before joining him again at QPR. He left the assistant manager's role at QPR as well after Dowie was sacked again.
[edit] Honours
- Blackburn Rovers
- Leicester City
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| Preceded by Alan Shearer |
Southampton F.C. player of the season 1991-92 & 1992-93 |
Succeeded by Matthew Le Tissier |
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