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James McGowan (born 29 January 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for West of Scotland Premier Division side Johnstone Burgh.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 January 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Paisley, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Kilbirnie Ladeside | ||
Youth career | |||
St Mirren | |||
Greenock Morton | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2018 | Greenock Morton | 3 | (0) |
2016 | → Cumbernauld United (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2016 | → Cumbernauld United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Troon (loan) | ? | (?) |
2018–2019 | Dumbarton | 4 | (0) |
2019–2023 | Largs Thistle | ||
2023 | Johnstone Burgh | ||
2023- | Kilbirnie Ladeside | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:40, 28 December 2023 (UTC) |
He previously played for Greenock Morton and Dumbarton and spent loan spells at Junior clubs Cumbernauld United and Troon.
Scotland youth internationalist
McGowan started his career as a youth player at St Mirren before moving to local rivals Greenock Morton as part of their development squad.[1] He made his debut as a substitute in November 2014, after Derek Gaston was injured against Stenhousemuir. He made his first start in the Scottish Cup in a defeat to Spartans,[2] before making his first league start in February 2016 after Gaston suffered a concussion in the previous match.[3]
McGowan agreed a new one-year deal for the 2016–17 season.[4] He spent time on loan at Cumbernauld United, either side of the summer in 2016.[5]
In May 2017, he again signed up for a further year at Morton.[6] He was then loaned to Troon in August 2017.[7]
Although his contract expired at the end of the 2017-18 season, new manager Ray McKinnon invited him in for pre-season training to assess him[8] however he declined the offer to sign for Scottish League One side Dumbarton.[9] After making just five appearances for the club, he was released in January 2019[10] and signed for SJFA West Region Premiership side Largs Thistle.[11]
As well as playing semi-professionally for Largs Thistle, McGowan also runs his own one-to-one goalkeeping school in Paisley that he launched in 2019.[12]
Morton
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