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Rowan Lewis Vine (born 21 September 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Vine began his career at Portsmouth, spending time on loan at Brentford, Colchester United, and Luton Town, who he joined permanently in 2005 for an undisclosed fee, reported as £250,000. He then moved to Birmingham City, in January 2007 for a fee of £2.5 million, which rose to £3m when Birmingham were promoted to the Premier League that year. He then joined Queens Park Rangers (QPR), initially on loan in October 2007, before making the move permanent in January 2008 for a fee of £1 million. He then had loan spells at Hull City, Milton Keynes Dons, Exeter City, and Gillingham, before being released in 2012. He then moved to Scotland, playing for St Johnstone, Hibernian and Greenock Morton.
Vine then played non-league football for Welling United, Havant & Waterlooville, Gosport Borough (three spells), Basingstoke Town, Southall (two spells), Hayes & Yeading United, Hartley Wintney (two spells), Alresford Town, Moneyfields, Tadley Calleva and Hemel Hempstead Town.
Vine was born in Basingstoke, and began his career at Portsmouth, making his way through the club's youth scheme. He made his first-team debut at the age of 18, in a goalless draw with Sheffield United in December 2000. However, he struggled to break into the side on a regular basis and was loaned out to Division Two side Brentford for the 2002–03 season.
Vine enjoyed a successful campaign at Griffin Park, netting his first ever goal on his debut in a 2–0 win at Huddersfield Town, and going on to score 13 further goals in 44 starts for the Bees. Despite his impressive season, he was again loaned out, this time to Colchester United for the 2003–04 campaign; he scored 10 league goals in 30 starts.
For the third year running, Vine spent an entire season away from Portsmouth on loan, this time at Luton Town for the 2004–05 season. Vine's nine goals helped the Hatters clinch the League One title. Despite this relative lack of goals for a striker during a season, a section in the Luton News newspaper showed that Vine was the "King of Assists" – one of the main reasons for the Hatters' success.[citation needed]
Vine signed for Luton for an undisclosed fee, reported as £250,000, on 4 July 2005. In his first season after his permanent move to the club, he scored 10 goals in 30 games after missing the start of the season with a back injury. Again, he was near the top of the assist charts.[citation needed] Vine's good form continued the following season, netting 12 goals in 26 league matches for Luton.
A £2.5 million deal took Vine to Football League Championship club Birmingham City on 11 January 2007; the fee was to rise to £3m if Birmingham gained promotion to the Premier League. Vine's only goal in his short stay at Birmingham came in a 1–0 win over Derby County in March 2007, but he played 17 times as the club were promoted as runners-up.
Rowan Vine
Rowan Lewis Vine (born 21 September 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Vine began his career at Portsmouth, spending time on loan at Brentford, Colchester United, and Luton Town, who he joined permanently in 2005 for an undisclosed fee, reported as £250,000. He then moved to Birmingham City, in January 2007 for a fee of £2.5 million, which rose to £3m when Birmingham were promoted to the Premier League that year. He then joined Queens Park Rangers (QPR), initially on loan in October 2007, before making the move permanent in January 2008 for a fee of £1 million. He then had loan spells at Hull City, Milton Keynes Dons, Exeter City, and Gillingham, before being released in 2012. He then moved to Scotland, playing for St Johnstone, Hibernian and Greenock Morton.
Vine then played non-league football for Welling United, Havant & Waterlooville, Gosport Borough (three spells), Basingstoke Town, Southall (two spells), Hayes & Yeading United, Hartley Wintney (two spells), Alresford Town, Moneyfields, Tadley Calleva and Hemel Hempstead Town.
Vine was born in Basingstoke, and began his career at Portsmouth, making his way through the club's youth scheme. He made his first-team debut at the age of 18, in a goalless draw with Sheffield United in December 2000. However, he struggled to break into the side on a regular basis and was loaned out to Division Two side Brentford for the 2002–03 season.
Vine enjoyed a successful campaign at Griffin Park, netting his first ever goal on his debut in a 2–0 win at Huddersfield Town, and going on to score 13 further goals in 44 starts for the Bees. Despite his impressive season, he was again loaned out, this time to Colchester United for the 2003–04 campaign; he scored 10 league goals in 30 starts.
For the third year running, Vine spent an entire season away from Portsmouth on loan, this time at Luton Town for the 2004–05 season. Vine's nine goals helped the Hatters clinch the League One title. Despite this relative lack of goals for a striker during a season, a section in the Luton News newspaper showed that Vine was the "King of Assists" – one of the main reasons for the Hatters' success.[citation needed]
Vine signed for Luton for an undisclosed fee, reported as £250,000, on 4 July 2005. In his first season after his permanent move to the club, he scored 10 goals in 30 games after missing the start of the season with a back injury. Again, he was near the top of the assist charts.[citation needed] Vine's good form continued the following season, netting 12 goals in 26 league matches for Luton.
A £2.5 million deal took Vine to Football League Championship club Birmingham City on 11 January 2007; the fee was to rise to £3m if Birmingham gained promotion to the Premier League. Vine's only goal in his short stay at Birmingham came in a 1–0 win over Derby County in March 2007, but he played 17 times as the club were promoted as runners-up.
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