 He also later managed Gateshead and Barrow before returning to Perth to work in football.Lowe played for ten clubs during his career, which started on a part-time basis in 1981 with Hartlepool United, while he served an apprenticeship as a pipe-fitter and welder with ICI.He moved to Australia during the 1980s to play for Spearwood in the Western Australia Premier League before returning to England.