season Clough and Taylor were in joint charge at Forest. In their first season back in the top flight Forest were Football League champions finishing seven points above Liverpool (at a time when two points were awarded for a win). Forest beat Liverpool in a replay in that season's 1978 Football League Cup Final. Forest retained the League Cup the season after beating Southampton 3–2 with Bowyer an unused substitute in the final. They were drawn against Liverpool in the first round of the 1978-79 European Cup progressing 2–0 on aggregate. In the semi final Bowyer scored the decisive goal against FC Köln in the 1–0 win in Germany after a 3–3 draw in Nottingham. Bowyer played in the 1–0 1979 European Cup Final win against Malmo just as he did the following season against Hamburger SV. Sunderland He left Forest in January 1981 to join Sunderland, debuting for them on 28 January 1981 against Manchester United. Return to Forest The following year he re-joined Forest and went on to make another 200 league appearances for them, finishing with a total of 564 Forest senior games, scoring 96 goals. Coaching and management He joined Hereford United as a player-manager in July 1987, succeeding John Newman as manager three months later. He led Hereford to Welsh Cup glory in 1990 before leaving the club. He finished his playing career at Grantham Town. In 1994, he became assistant manager to Peter Shilton at Plymouth Argyle, and he later moved to Rotherham United until September 1996. He later became a coach at Birmingham City. He returned to Forest as coach in 2002, and stayed for three years. In 2006, he was appointed assistant manager to Paul Hart at Rushden & Diamonds, and he later scouted for Portsmouth. Managerial statistics All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches (including friendlies) are included. Honours Manchester City FA Cup: 1968–69 League Cup: 1969–70 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1969–70 Nottingham Forest Football League First Division: 1977–78 Football League Cup: 1977–78, 1978–79 FA Charity Shield: 1978 Anglo-Scottish Cup: 1976–77 Football League Second Division: promoted 1976–77 European Cup: 1978–79, 1979–80 UEFA Super Cup: 1979 References Playfair football annuals External links Stats at football-heroes Profile on the Official Grantham Town website 1951 births People from Ellesmere Port Living people English footballers Manchester City F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Hereford