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Striker Mark Owen is perhaps best known for being a prolific marksman for Worcester City in the Southern League Premier Division.
However, he also had two good spells with Evesham.
After beginning his career as a trainee with Wolverhampton Wanderers, before joining Southern League Premier Division Worcester City in the summer of 1998.
He scored over 100 goals for City before leaving for Moor Green in January 2005.
He then joined Evesham for the first time in the summer of 2006 after making a comeback from a serious hip injury to top score for Malvern Town in the West Midlands (Regional) League.
He helped Evesham to promotion to the Southern Premier Division before making a surprise return to Uniteds ground tenants Worcester on the eve of the 2008/09 campaign.
However, the move did not work out and he returned to Evesham just 6 games later.
Then in December 2008 Owen took a player-coach role at then-Southern Midland Division Stourport Swifts.
Another return to Evesham in the summer of 2009 was followed by a short spell with Bromsgrove Rovers, managed by former Worcester team-mate John Snape.
He hung up his boots in February 2010 having been on the books at the emerging Bromsgrove Sporting, then members of the Midland Combination Division Two.
In October 2014, Owen joined Midland League Division Two outfit Droitwich Spa as joint manager with Wayne Oliver – Owen had been managing Worcesters under-18s.
He also ran a football academy, based at the Heart of Worcestershire College, which works in partnership with his former club, Worcester City.
He later took charge of a now-West Midlands (Regional) League Droitwich Spa side before quitting in October 2020, suggesting he had taken them as far as he could.
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