Peter Gowans

Peter Taylor Gowans (25 May 1944 – 17 November 2009) was a Scottish football winger who played more than 400 Football League games for three English clubs.^[2]

Peter Gowans

Personal information
Full name	Peter Taylor Gowans^[1]
Date of birth	(1944-05-25)25 May 1944
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Date of death	17 November 2009(2009-11-17) (aged 65)
Place of death	Crewe, England
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960?–1963	Celtic	0	(0)
1963–1966	Crewe Alexandra	153	(47)
1966–1970	Aldershot	113	(27)
1970–1973	Rochdale	144	(21)
1973?	Southport	4	(0)
?	Nantwich Town
Total		400+	(95+)
Managerial career
?	Nantwich Town (player/manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He started his career with junior team Dundee Shamrock, moving to Celtic for the 1960/61 season. However, Gowans did not play a senior first team game for the Scottish giants, and he moved to Crewe Alexandra in 1963.^[3][4]

Nineteen-year-old Gowans was signed by Crewe manager Jimmy McGuigan.^[4] He went on to spend 3 seasons with the Railwaymen, scoring 47 league goals for them.^[2]

Gowans moved to Aldershot in 1966/67 and made over 100 League appearances for The Shots.^[2] In 1970, he moved back north with Rochdale, and Gowans made a total of 155 senior league and cup appearances for them, scoring 22 goals.^[5] Gowans played over 400 games in the English Football League spanning a 10-year career.

After his playing career he managed Nantwich Town whilst working for British Rail as a Clerical Officer in the Main Locomotive Erecting Shop at Crewe Locomotive Works.

References

1. "Peter Gowans". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
2. Peter Gowans at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
3. "Players Who Never Played a Game A – L". The Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
4. Gwyn Griffiths (20 November 2009). "Crewe Alex: Murphy hoping to end injury nightmare where it began". This is Staffordshire. The Sentinel. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
5. Bob's 1970-71 Footballers – Rochdale pen pics and squad photo 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine