Jamie McGowan (footballer, born 1997)

James McGowan (born 29 January 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for West of Scotland Premier Division side Largs Thistle.

Jamie McGowan
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-01-29) 29 January 1997
Place of birth Paisley, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Johnstone Burgh
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 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:54, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

He previously played for Greenock Morton and Dumbarton and spent loan spells at Junior clubs Cumbernauld United and Troon.

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

Honours

Morton

  • SPFL Development League West: Winners (2) 2015–16,[13] 2017–18

See also

References
  1. "30 – Jamie McGowan's profile". Greenock Morton F.C. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  2. "Spartans 2 Morton 1: Magical victory by Spartans eclipsed in McLeod household by young Sophie's dancing role in Aladdin". The Herald. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  3. Mitchell, Jonathan (8 February 2016). "Morton keeper Gaston doubtful ahead of Alloa clash". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  4. Mitchell, Jonathan (5 May 2016). "Five starts to stay at Morton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. Mitchell, Jonathan (9 September 2016). "McGowan recalled from Cumbernauld loan". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. Mitchell, Jonathan (11 May 2013). "McGowan and Armour sign contract extensions". Greenock Morton F.C. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  7. Mitchell, Jonathan (31 August 2017). "Iredale, McGowan, Anderson head out on loan". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  8. Mitchell, Jonathan (20 June 2018). "Ryan Scully signs for Morton". Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  9. Galloway, Andy (12 July 2018). "SIGNING NEWS: GOALKEEPER ARRIVES". Dumbarton Football Club.
  10. Galloway, Andy (16 January 2019). "TWO LEAVE". Dumbarton Football Club.
  11. "Signing News". Twitter.com. 17 January 2019.
  12. "#theesel keeper Jamie McGowan". Largs Thistle FC. Facebook. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  13. Mitchell, Jonathan (29 March 2016). "Morton Under-20s crowned champions". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
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