Dowie attended
Roundwood Park School and began her career with
Watford Ladies. After starting the 2004–05 season with five goals in five matches for
Watford, she was signed by
Fulham Ladies. Dowie joined
Charlton Athletic Ladies in the 2006 close season and played in the
FA Women's Cup final that year, with Charlton losing 4–1 to
Arsenal. When
Charlton Athletic scrapped their women's team in the 2007 close season,
Everton Dowie joined
Everton Ladies in preference to several other interested clubs including
Arsenal. She stated her intention to "knock Arsenal off their pedestal in women's football". While commuting from London to
Liverpool, Dowie was a member of Everton's
League Cup winning side in her first season with the club. On 3 May 2010, she scored two goals, including the 119th minute extra-time winner, to give
Everton a 3–2 victory over
Arsenal in the
2010 FA Women's Cup Final. With Everton dormant ahead of the
2011 FA WSL season, Dowie played for
Barnet in the
2010–11 FA Women's Premier League National Division. She continued to play for Everton in European competition and netted in The Blues'
UEFA Women's Champions League quarter–final defeat to
FCR 2001 Duisburg. Dowie then scored two goals for Everton in their first FA WSL match, including a stoppage-time equaliser, to rescue a 3–3 draw at local rivals
Liverpool. trophy
Liverpool In November 2012 Dowie and
Fara Williams left Everton for ambitious local rivals Liverpool, who were building a squad to challenge Arsenal's dominance of English women's football. Dowie finished the top scorer in the
2013 FA WSL with 13 goals in 14 games for champions Liverpool. She was voted the FA Players' Player of the Year and selected in the
Professional Footballers' Association (PFA)
Team of the Year. Liverpool retained their title in
2014, but were much less successful in
2015. They finished seventh of eight teams amidst an injury crisis and coach
Matt Beard departed for American
National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club
Boston Breakers. Dowie agreed a two-month loan to
Australian W-League club
Melbourne Victory in November 2015.
Doncaster Rovers Upon her return she
transferred to newly promoted
Doncaster Rovers Belles. Doncaster lost their four opening games and were marooned at the foot of the WSL 1 table, when Dowie left the club by "mutual consent" in the mid-season break.
Boston Breakers On 17 July 2016,
Boston Breakers announced her signing. Dowie finished the 2017 season as the top goal-scorer for the Breakers with 7 goals. She also wore the captain's arm band for the Breakers in matches on 23 and 30 September 2017 when
Julie King was out with an injury. When Boston Breakers folded in January 2018, Dowie was not selected in the
2018 NWSL Dispersal Draft which was hastily arranged to assign displaced Breakers players to other NWSL clubs.
Linköpings In January 2018, Dowie agreed to join Swedish
Damallsvenskan champions
Linköpings FC, on an initial six-month contract. On 26 June, it was confirmed that Dowie would be leaving Linköpings after her six-month contract expired, as they were unable to agree on a long-term contract.
Melbourne Victory Dowie rejoined Melbourne Victory for a fourth time in September 2018, signing a two-year permanent deal. She played 24 leagues matches and scored 16 goals during her two year period in the process helping the club to win the
2018–19 W-League Premiership. She was loaned to
Vålerenga of the
Toppserien in March 2019.
Reading On 28 June 2021,
Reading announced the signing of Dowie. On 31 January 2023, Reading announced that Dowie had joined
Liverpool on loan for the remainder of the
2022–23 season. Dowie left Reading at the end of the
2022–23 season before announcing her retirement from the game on 21 September 2023. ==International career==