Jamie McGowan (footballer, born 1997)

Scottish footballer

Jamie McGowanPersonal information

Date of birth|  (1997-01-29) 29 January 1997 (age 26)
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|  3|  (0)
2023-|  Kilbirnie Ladeside|  0|  (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:40, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

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.

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

## Career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Morton

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

## See also[edit]

* Greenock Morton F.C. season 2015–16

## References[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Jamie McGowan at Soccerbase
* Jamie McGowan on Twitter

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals