Career
He started his career at and came on as a substitute for them in the 1970 Football League Cup Final, when they defeated West Bromwich Albion 2-1. His last game for City was on 1 May 1971 against Tottenham Hotspur. Foreign the following season he moved to Orient.
In 1973 Bowyer moved to
He left Forest in January 1981 to join Sunderland, debuting for them on 28 January 1981 against Manchester United. However, 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 (96 goals).
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.