Andrew McCowie

Andrew McCowie (6 January 1876 – 15 November 1957) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward in the English Football League for Liverpool, Woolwich Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Chesterfield Town.^[3]

Andrew McCowie

Personal information
Full name	Andrew McCowie[1]
Date of birth	(1876-01-06)6 January 1876[1]
Place of birth	Old Monkland, Scotland
Date of death	15 November 1957(1957-11-15) (aged 81)
Place of death	Cambuslang, Scotland
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2]
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1894–1896	Cambuslang Hibernian
1896–1899	Liverpool	33	(11)
1899–1900	Woolwich Arsenal	28	(7)
1900–1901	Middlesbrough	17	(5)
1901–1902	Chesterfield Town	17	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

McCowie was born in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, in 1876.^[1] He played amateur (Junior) football for local Cambuslang Hibernian, from where he signed for Football League First Division club Liverpool in 1896. He became a fixture in the Liverpool side, playing 19 matches in the 1897–98 Football League season. The following season, he scored five goals in 12 matches as Liverpool finished runners-up to Aston Villa.^[4]

In 1899, McCowie dropped down to the Second Division to join Woolwich Arsenal. Playing mainly at inside left, McCowie scored seven goals in 28 league appearances, and also played five matches in the FA Cup.^[5][6] He moved to Middlesbrough early in the 1900–01 season,^[7] and spent the following season with another Second Division club, Chesterfield Town.^[1] McCowie badly injured a knee during a match against Newton Heath in March 1902,^[8] and never played league football again.^[3]

McCowie died in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, on 15 November 1957, at the age of 81.^[1]

References

1. "Chesterfield Town FC: Football League players, 1899 to 1909". CFCHistory.com. Stuart Basson. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
2. "Andrew McCowie (Andy McCowie)". PlayUpLiverpool.com. Kjell Hanssen. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
3. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
4. "Andrew McCowie". LFC History. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
5. "Andrew McCowie". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
6. "Arsenal first team line-ups". The Arsenal History. Andy Kelly. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
7. "New forward for Middlesbrough". Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough. 4 October 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 21 October 2017 – via PlayUpLiverpool.com (transcript).
8. "Football notes". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. 22 March 1902. p. 2. ...the knee of an opponent caught McCowie in the abdomen and brought him down. Whilst the ground the same Heathen kicked him brutally the leg, with the result that the knee was seriously sprained, and McCowie had to be carried off the field.