Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Coventry
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550) Ernie Hannigan
PNE 97 apps; 28 goals
Coventry 47 apps; 6 goals
PNE debut 31/08/1964 v Cardiff (H) – Drawn 1-1
602) Ron Healey
PNE 6 apps; 0 goals
Coventry 3 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 11/2/1973 v Middlesbrough (A) – Lost 0-3
885) Colin Hendry
PNE 2 apps; 0 goals
Coventry 11 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 02/03/2002 v Birmingham (H) – Won 1-0
656) Dave Jones
PNE 50 apps; 1 goal
Coventry 11 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 27/08/1983 v Bournemouth (A) – Won 1-0
435) George Lowrie
PNE 5 apps 0 goals
Coventry 84 apps; 57 goals
PNE debut 19/02/1938 v Stoke (A) – Drawn 1-1
266) Jimmy Miller
PNE 15 apps; 1 goal
Coventry 7 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 17/01/1920 v Middlesbrough (H) – Won 3-1
978) Elliott Ward
PNE 3 apps; 0 goals
Coventry 116 apps; 4 goals
PNE debut 27/03/2010 v Q.P.R (H) – Drawn 2-2
910) Gavin Ward
PNE 7 apps; 0 goals
Coventry 12 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 19/10/2004 v Q.P.R (H) – Won 2-1
705) Paul Williams
PNE 1 app 0 goals
Coventry 2 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 05/01/1987 v Crewe (H) – Won 1-0
Player Profile – George Lowrie
George Lowrie was born in Tonypandy on 19 December 1919 and started his professional career at Swanseas Town in January 1937 and scored 3 goals from 19 appearances before moving on to Preston in December 1937.
He made his debut in a 1-1 draw at Stoke on 19 February 1938 but had to wait almost two months for his next appearance. His fifth and last match for the Lilywhites was in a 0-0 draw at Charlton on 7 May as PNE finished third in Division One. Injuries had restricted his appearances for Preston and spent the 1938/39 season in the reserves.
In June 1939, he was signed by Harry Storer for Coventry for £1,750 but before he had the chance to establish himself in Coventry's first team, normal football was suspended following the outbreak of WWII.
During the war, he continued to play for Coventry and also turned out as a guest player for Northampton) in the wartime leagues and also made 9 appearances with 6 goals for Wales, including a hat-trick for his Country against England at Wembley. Unfortunately no caps were awarded for wartime international appearances.
After the cessation of hostilities, he returned to Coventry City and in an explosive two seasons for the club. The 1946/47 season saw Lowrie top scorer with 26 goals from 34 matches during the season, ten more that the next highest scorer.
The opening day of the 1947/48 season saw Lowrie score a hat-trick in a 4-1 win over Luton, another hat-trick came a week later in a in the third match of the season in a 4-1 win at Brentford on 30 August. Lowrie scored four in the 5-0 win over Bradford Park Avenue on 8 November and finished the season again as top scorer with 18 goals from 22 appearances. He also scored 3 FA Cup goals in only 2 appearances and made 4 appearances for Wales.
His goal-scoring exploits brought him to the attention of Stan Seymour, who signed him for Newcastle for a club record fee of £18,500 in March 1948. His final game for Coventry was on 6 March 1948 in a 1-0 defeat at home to Southampton and had netted 44 goals from just 56 appearances.
His debut for Newcastle on 13 March was also against Southampton and was marked again by Eric Webber who prevented Lowrie from scoring as he was on the losing side again in a 4-2 defeat. Lowrie. Although he had the last laugh as Newcastle took the second promotion place ahead of Southampton.
Injuries prevented Lowrie transferring his goal-scoring skills to Newcastle, who were now playing in Division One, and in 18 months at the club he only made 12 league appearances, scoring 5 goals, before moving on to Bristol City in September 1949 for a cut-price £10,000.
Playing in the Third Division South, Lowrie found goal-scoring easier and scored 21 goals in 48 league appearances for Bristol City, before his career was again interrupted by a broken leg, he had reached double figures once with 11 goals in 1950/51 season
In February 1952 he returned to Coventry City and scored 3 goals from 12 appearances, but could help the club avoid relegation to Division Three South. His last season in the League was in 1953/54 with 9 goals from 15 appearances before ending his career with Lovells Athletic.
George Lowrie passed away in 1989.