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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Taylor Gowans[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 17 November 2009 (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 | |||
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]
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.
- ^ "Peter Gowans". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Peter Gowans at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ "Players Who Never Played a Game A – L". The Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Bob's 1970-71 Footballers – Rochdale pen pics and squad photo Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine