Vowden was born in
Barnsley, Yorkshire and raised in
Jersey. When he was 18, he moved to England to join
Nottingham Forest, where he signed professional forms at Christmas 1959. After scoring 40 goals in 90 League games for Forest, he was sold to
Birmingham City for £25,000 in October 1964. He spent nearly seven seasons at Birmingham, scoring at a rate of one goal every three matches, On 7 September 1968, playing for Birmingham against
Huddersfield Town in the
Second Division, he became the first
substitute to score a
hat-trick in a
Football League fixture.
In March 1971, Vowden joined
Vic Crowe's
Aston Villa for a fee of £12,500. In his first full season at Aston Villa, he scored 11 goals which contributed to the club winning the
Third Division championship. In the summer of 1974, he played for the
New York Cosmos in the
North American Soccer League. He later coached domestically and in Hong Kong winning honours with both Bulova SA and South China, and Saudi Arabia. Geoff ended his working career supporting adults with physical and sensory impairments in Corby. ==Death==