Alistair Malcolm George Slowe (born 16 October 1988) is an English former

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Club career

Slowe started his career as a youth player at

Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, commonly referred to as Brighton, is a professional football club based in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Their home gr ...

, however he left to focus on school work and exams. At the age of 17, he headed to Ghana to pursue his footballing career after not attaining the grades he wanted. He helped found the Cantonments Soccer Academy in 2006, and spent two seasons with the first team. In 2008, he was offered a contract with Cypriot side

Onisilos Sotira Kentro Neon Onisillos Sotiras was a Football in Cyprus, Cypriot association football, football club based in the village of Sotira, Famagusta, Sotira. The club was founded in 1978 and was named after the ancient Cypriot revolutionary Onesilus. ...

, having impressed two

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scouts who happened to be in Ghana at the time. He spent two seasons with Sotira, before being offered trials with English sides

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and Gillingham. As he was still under contract in Cyprus, he was not allowed to accept these trial offers. He was also offered a trial with Newcastle, but due to the Icelandic volcanic eruption of 2010, he had to travel for 4 days to reach England. He was injured in his first training session, and ultimately was not selected for the team. Slowe joined

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in 2010, but despite making the bench a number of times, he never made a first team appearance and was released the next year. Slowe became a cult hit on the Northampton Town forum "The Hotel End", with posts on one thread reaching 36 pages over eight years. He then joined

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, but again failed to make a first team appearance in his one season there. He then returned to Cyprus with

Achyronas Liopetriou Achyronas Liopetriou was a Cypriot football club based in Liopetri. Founded in 1956, the club played in the Cypriot Second, Third, and Fourth Divisions. On 23 June 2022, the club merged with Onisilos Sotira 2014 to form Achyronas-Onisilos ...

, on loan from Omonia Nicosia, before signing with

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, where he made thirty six appearances. He joined

Anagennisi Deryneia Anagennisi Deryneia () is a Cypriot football team based in Deryneia, Famagusta. The club was founded in 1920 and they joined the Cyprus Football Association in 1972. The team played in the Cypriot First division in 2011 but was relegated at th ...

in 2016 before rejoining Ayia Napa again in 2017 where he ended his career at the end of the 2017/18 season.

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* 1988 births Living people English men's footballers English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Onisilos Sotira players Northampton Town F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Ayia Napa FC players Anagennisi Deryneia FC players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players English expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Men's association football wingers Footballers from Brighton 21st-century English sportsmen {{Cyprus-footy-bio-stub