Player Profile

Flowers signed for Swindon on loan from Southampton twice - both times to provide cover for Fraser Digby. His first spell saw him feature in two matches during the latter stages of the 1986/87 campaign. Flowers then returned to the County Ground to play in five league matches for the Town during another loan spell in the 1987/88 season. He went on to become one of the best goalkeepers of his generation, winning a Premiership winners medal with Blackburn Rovers and gaining 11 full caps for England.

Playing Record

Senior

Reserve and Youth Team Appearances

Note that appearance data for reserve and youth teams may not be complete. Expand for more information.

Career details

Club	Details
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	(youth) August 28th, 1984 (signed professional contract); transferred out
Southampton Southampton	March 1986 (loan)
Southampton Southampton	June 13th, 1986 (transferred in , £70,000 ); transferred out
Swindon Town Swindon	March 23rd, 1987 (loan); expired (rptd April 17th, 1987)
Swindon Town Swindon	November 13th, 1987 (loan); expired (rptd December 12th, 1987)
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	November 4th, 1993 (transferred in , £2,400,000 ); transferred out (July 30th, 1999)
Leicester City Leicester City	July 30th, 1999 (transferred in) 2003 (appointed goalkeeping coach)
Stockport County Stockport County	October 26th, 2001 (loan)
Coventry City Coventry City	February 19th, 2002 (loan)
Manchester City Man City	August 16th, 2002 (loan)
Manchester City Man City	July 2004 (appointed goalkeeping coach)
Coventry City Coventry City	rptd February 19th, 2007 (appointed assistant manager); sacked (rptd February 11th, 2008)
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.	rptd May 14th, 2008 (appointed assistant manager); sacked (rptd October 24th, 2008)
Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers	rptd February 8th, 2010 (appointed goalkeeping coach)
Northampton Town Northampton Town	rptd February 16th, 2010 (appointed goalkeeping coach)
Hull City Hull City	rptd March 17th, 2010 (appointed assistant manager)
Stafford Rangers Stafford	rptd October 14th, 2010 (appointed manager); resigned (rptd January 11th, 2011)
Northampton Town Northampton Town	November 22nd, 2011 (appointed caretaker manager) November 30th, 2011 (appointed goalkeeping coach); resigned (rptd January 30th, 2014)
Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers	rptd March 6th, 2014 (appointed coach)
Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest	rptd July 1st, 2014 (appointed goalkeeping coach); sacked (rptd February 1st, 2015)
Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers	July 2015 (appointed assistant manager); resigned rptd September 11th, 2015 (appointed caretaker manager); resigned (rptd September 21st, 2015)
Fulham Fulham	rptd March 8th, 2016 (appointed goalkeeping coach)
Solihull Moors Solihull Moors	rptd November 15th, 2017 (appointed assistant manager) rptd June 20th, 2018 (appointed manager); by mutual consent (rptd January 28th, 2020)
Macclesfield Town Macclesfield	rptd August 28th, 2020 (appointed manager); contract terminated (rptd September 16th, 2020)
Barnet Barnet	rptd December 14th, 2020 (appointed manager); by mutual consent (rptd March 10th, 2021)
Stratford Town Stratford Town	November 25th, 2021 (appointed manager); by mutual consent (March 18th, 2022)
Gloucester City Gloucester City	May 19th, 2023 (appointed manager); sacked (rptd September 17th, 2023)
Bromsgrove Sporting Bromsgrove	February 7th, 2024 (appointed manager); sacked (April 20th, 2023)
Redditch United Redditch United	May 28th, 2024 (appointed manager)