Queen of The South
At Dumfries side Queen of the South, Rowan Alexander won promotion from the third to middle tier of Scottish football. This was in 1980-81 in the same side as Allan Ball, Iain McChesney, Crawford Boyd and Jimmy Robertson. Alexander was then joined at QoS by Ted McMinn. When later interviewed for the club website, McMinn and Robertson both described Alexander as being among the best players they played beside at the Dumfries club.
After his departure from Queens he returned to make guest appearances in:-
- The Allan Ball testimonial against Manchester City, (other guests for Queens included Davie Cooper, Danny McGrain and Gary Mackay)
- The game on 23 April 1995 to mark Queens' 75th anniversary and the opening of the new stand (other guests included Ted McMinn, Davie Irons and Andy Thomson. The game was a 2-2 draw against Rangers
Alexander returned to manage Queens from 1996 to 2000.
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