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Gordon Cowans

Aston Villa FC, AS Bari, Aston Villa FC

 10 caps, 2 goals

P 10 W 6 D 4 L 0 F x: A x
*(actual F x: A x)
80% successful
1983-90

disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 863

Profile
Full name Gordon Sidney Cowans

(*Actual for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.)
Born 27 October 1958 in West Cornforth, county Durham [registered in Durham South East, December 1958].
Married to Jacqueline A. Mander [registered in Lichfield, Staffordshire, December 1983].
Height/Weight 5' 7½", 10st. 5�lbs [1984].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com
Biographies x
 

x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Club Career
Club(s) Signed as an Aston Villa FC apprentice in 1974, making his debut in February 1976 as a seventeen year-old substitute. He broke his leg in August 1983 on a pre-season tour of Spain. He missed the entire 1983-84 season, and was then transferred to AS Bari in Italy for �250,000 in July 1985, after he regained his fitness and after he had played 286 league appearances, scoring 42 times. His three seasons in Italy produced only three goals in 94 league appearances. Graham Taylor re-signed Cowans in July 1988, and another 117 league appearances and seven goals followed.  Cowans then joined Blackburn Rovers FC on 28 November 1991 for �200,000 (50 league appearances, 2 goals), before Cowans rejoined Aston Villa FC for a third stint on a free transfer on 5 July 1993 (11 league appearances). After which Cowans played for numerous middle-league clubs, Derby County FC on 3 February 1994 for �80,000 (36 league appearances, 1 goal). Wolverhampton Wanderers FC on 19 December 1994 for �20,000 (37 league appearances). Sheffield United FC in December 1995 for free (21 league appearances). Bradford City AFC in August 1996 for free (25 league appearances). Stockport County AFC in March 1997 for free (7 league appearances) and finally Burnley FC in August 1997 on a non-contract basis (6 league appearances) before taking up a coaching role at the end of 1997.
Club honours FA Youth Cup winner 1974-75; Football League Cup winner 1978-79; Football League Champions 1980-81; European Cup winner 1981-82; European Super Cup winner 1982;
Individual honours PFA Young Player of the Year 1978-79; PFA Division Two Team of the Year 1991-92
Distinctions x

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career
Player number xth player to appear for England.
Position(s) x
First match No. x, aged x years x days.
Last match No. x, aged x years x days.
Major tournaments x
Team honours x
Individual honours England B (1 appearance)
Distinctions x

Beyond England
x.  - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.

 

Gordon Cowans - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps		 Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals Goals Av.min Comp.
Goals		 Capt. Disc.
- - - - - - - - - min - - None
Due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries, errors and substitutions.  The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.

 

Gordon Cowans - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Gordon Cowans - Match Record - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
White - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Blue - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Gordon Cowans - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
WCF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
World Cup - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ECP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
ECF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
European Championship - - - - - - - - - - - - -
British Championship - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Friendly - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Gordon Cowans - Match Record - Tournament Matches
All Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
x - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Gordon Cowans - Match History
 Club: Aston Villa F.C. - 7 full caps

Coach: Bobby Robson - 9 full capsx

Age 24
1 574 23 February 1983 - England 2 Wales 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London BC HW Start 10
2 576 27 April 1983 - England 2 Hungary 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HW Start 11
3 577 28 May 1983 - England 0 Northern Ireland 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London BC HD Start 11
4 578 1 June 1983 - England 2 Scotland 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HW Start 52 11
5 579 12 June 1983 - Australia 0 England 0, Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park, Sydney Tour AD Start 11
6 580 15 June 1983 - Australia 0 England 1, Lang Park, Milton, Brisbane AW Start 10
7 581 19 June 1983 - Australia 1 England 1, Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne AD Start 10
 Club: A.S. Bari - 2 full caps  
Age 27
8 608 29 January 1986 - Egypt 0 England 4, Nasser Stadium, Cairo Fr AW Start 70 4
9 610 26 March 1986 - USSR 0 England 1, Dinamo Stadion, Tbilisi, Georgia Fr AW Start off 58 7
 Club: Aston Villa F.C. - 1 full cap

Coach: Graham Taylor - 1 full capx

Age 32
- b 24 April 1990 - England B 2 Czechoslovakia B 0, Roker Park, Sunderland Fr HW Start 8
10 667 14 November 1990 - Republic of Ireland 1 England 1, Lansdowne Road, Dublin ECP AD Start 8

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