Facts: - clubs: cheshunt united enfield hertford town st albans city hendon aylesbury - caps: 49 - years: 1983-85 - fullname: bob dowie - name: bob dowie - goals: 3 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bob dowie .
bob dowie is a british football coach .he is a former director of football at championship club crystal palace .an experienced non-league player , he played for bishop 's stortford , cheshunt where he played 49 times and scored three goals between 1983 and 1985 , enfield , hertford town , st albans city and hendon , where he had a spell as player/manager , and finally aylesbury united , where he became club-captain during his non-league career .after retiring from playing , dowie took up managing full-time , with chesham united and st albans city , before moving to the big-time in early-2004 , a director of football post at palace , where his brother iain was the manager at the time .palace went up to the premiership , but were relegated after one season back to the championship .at the end of the championship season , iain left his post as manager .despite the fact that many palace fans felt bob should have left at the same time , chairman simon jordan gave his full support to bob , saying that he also had a big role in selecting peter taylor , who he worked with at hendon , to succeed his brother .dowie senior also played a part in forming u.s. based academy side crystal palace baltimore , before departing his role in late-2006 .dowie 's daughter natasha is an england women 's national football team centre-forward .