Andrew McCowie (6 January 187615 November 1957) was a Scottish

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who played as an inside forward in the English

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for

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, Woolwich Arsenal,

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and Chesterfield Town.

Career

McCowie was born in

Old Monkland Monklands (''Bad nam Manach'' in Scottish Gaelic) was, between 1975 and 1996, one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland. The district was formed by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 from: *The burg ...

Lanarkshire Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland. Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotlan ...

, in 1876. He played amateur ( Junior) football for local

Cambuslang Hibernian Cambuslang Hibernian F.C., also known as the Cambuslang Hibs, was a football club based in the town of Cambuslang, Scotland which was founded in 1884 and dissolved in 1908. They competed in regional competitions and the Scottish Cup during the ...

, from where he signed for

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club

in 1896. He became a fixture in the Liverpool side, playing 19 matches in the

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season. The following season, he scored five goals in 12 matches as Liverpool finished runners-up to

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. In 1899, McCowie dropped down to the

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to join Woolwich Arsenal. Playing mainly at inside left, McCowie scored seven goals in 28 league appearances, and also played five matches in the

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. He moved to

early in the 1900–01 season, and spent the following season with another Second Division club, Chesterfield Town. McCowie badly injured a knee during a match against

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in March 1902, and never played league football again. McCowie died in

Cambuslang Cambuslang ( sco, Cammuslang, from gd, Camas Lang) is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of Greater Glasgow, Scotland. With approximately 30,000 residents, it is the 27th largest town in Scotland by population, although, never having had a ...

, Lanarkshire, on 15 November 1957, at the age of 81.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCowie, Andrew 1876 births 1957 deaths Footballers from Cambuslang Scottish men's footballers Men's association football inside forwards Cambuslang Hibernian F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Arsenal F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players English Football League players