Alan Gowling

Position: forward

England

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	41	21	9	11	74	44	+30	51.22
A	46	18	12	16	75	77	-2	39.13
TOTALS	87	39	21	27	149	121	+28	44.83

Name: Alan Edwin Gowling

Birthdate: 16-03-1949

Age: 77

Birthplace: Stockport, England

Height: 6' 0" (1.83m)

Weight: 11st 10lbs (74.39kg)

Years at Club: 1968-1972

Signing Info: Signed Trainee: 08/1965. Signed Professional: 08/1967

Previous Clubs:

Debut: 30/03/1968 v Stoke City (A) 4-2 (League Division One)

Farewell: Transferred to Huddersfield Town, 06/1972, £60,000

Passed Away:

Biography



		League		League Cup		FA Cup		Charity Shield		European Cup		Europa League		Super Cup		Cup Winners Cup		Inter-cont Cup		World Clubs Cup

No	Season																					Season Goals	Season Apps
1.	1967-1968	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
2.	1968-1969	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
3.	1969-1970	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
4.	1970-1971	8	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	22
5.	1971-1972	6	37	1	6	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	50
TOTALS		18	71	1	8	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	87

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

1.	Southampton	4	5
2.	West Bromwich Albion	3	2
3.	Preston North End	2	1
4.	Nottingham Forest	2	3
5.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	4
6.	Stoke City	2	8
7.	Sheffield United	1	1
8.	Arsenal	1	2
9.	Chelsea	1	3
10.	Derby County	1	3
11.	Crystal Palace	1	3
12.	Manchester City	1	4

No	Opponent

1.	Stoke City	8	2
2.	Liverpool	6	0
3.	Southampton	5	4
4.	Ipswich Town	5	0
5.	Newcastle United	4	0
6.	Manchester City	4	1
7.	Middlesbrough	4	0
8.	Leeds United	4	0
9.	Tottenham Hotspur	4	0
10.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	2
11.	Nottingham Forest	3	2
12.	West Ham United	3	0
13.	Chelsea	3	1
14.	Burnley	3	0
15.	Everton	3	0
16.	Derby County	3	1
17.	Coventry City	3	0
18.	Crystal Palace	3	1
19.	West Bromwich Albion	2	3
20.	Blackpool	2	0
21.	Huddersfield Town	2	0
22.	Arsenal	2	1
23.	Leicester City	2	0
24.	Sunderland	1	0
25.	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0
26.	Portsmouth	1	0
27.	Sheffield United	1	1
28.	Preston North End	1	2

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Waddington, Tony	8
2.	Shankly, Bill	6
3.	Bates, Ted	5
4.	Robson, Bobby	5
5.	Harvey, Joe	4
6.	Anderson, Stan	4
7.	Revie, Don	4
8.	Nicholson, Bill	4
9.	McGarry, Bill	4
10.	Gillies, Matt	3
11.	Greenwood, Ron	3
12.	Sexton, Dave	3
13.	Adamson, Jimmy	3
14.	Catterick, Harry	3
15.	Clough, Brian	3
16.	Head, Bert	3
17.	Mercer, Joe	2
18.	Greaves, Ian	2
19.	Cantwell, Noel	2
20.	Mee, Bertie	2
21.	Allison, Malcolm	2
22.	Bloomfield, Jimmy	2
23.	Brown, Alan	1
24.	Williams, Danny	1
25.	Ashman, Alan	1
26.	Shannon, Les	1
27.	Tindall, Ron	1
28.	Stokoe, Bob	1
29.	Howe, Don	1
30.	Harris, John	1
31.	Ball (snr), Alan	1
32.	Dennison, Bob	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

1.	O'Farrell, Frank	50
2.	Busby, Matt	22
3.	McGuinness, Wilf	15

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Stoke City	8
2.	Liverpool	6
3.	Southampton	5
4.	Ipswich Town	5
5.	Newcastle United	4
6.	Manchester City	4
7.	Middlesbrough	4
8.	Leeds United	4
9.	Tottenham Hotspur	4
10.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4
11.	Nottingham Forest	3
12.	West Ham United	3
13.	Chelsea	3
14.	Burnley	3
15.	Everton	3
16.	Derby County	3
17.	Coventry City	3
18.	Crystal Palace	3
19.	West Bromwich Albion	2
20.	Blackpool	2
21.	Huddersfield Town	2
22.	Arsenal	2
23.	Leicester City	2
24.	Sunderland	1
25.	Sheffield Wednesday	1
26.	Portsmouth	1
27.	Sheffield United	1
28.	Preston North End	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

England

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	71
2.	FA Cup	8
3.	League Cup	8

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	39
2.	Victoria Ground	6
3.	Anfield	3
4.	Maine Road	3
5.	Portman Road	3
6.	The Dell	3
7.	Ayresome Park	2
8.	City Ground, Nottingham	2
9.	Elland Road	2
10.	Goodison Park	2
11.	Highfield Road	2
12.	Leeds Road	2
13.	Molineux	2
14.	Selhurst Park	2
15.	St James Park, Newcastle	2
16.	Stamford Bridge	2
17.	White Hart Lane	2
18.	Baseball Ground	1
19.	Bloomfield Road	1
20.	Boleyn Ground	1
21.	Deepdale	1
22.	Filbert Street	1
23.	Highbury	1
24.	Hillsborough	1
25.	Turf Moor	1

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

Player never featured in a Cup Final.

Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000

No	Date	Opponents	Competition	Penaltys

Player has never scored a penalty for the club.

Date

Opponent

Competition

Own Goals

Player has never scored an own goal against the club.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition	Goals

20-02-1971

Southampton

League Division One

All Matches played

No	Date ▲	Opponent	F-A	HAN		Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	30-03-1968	Stoke City	4-2	A	1	George Best 2', Alan Gowling 23', John Aston Jnr 69', Jim Ryan 78'	George Eastham 9', Peter Dobing 37'
2.	06-04-1968	Liverpool	1-2	H	0	George Best 2'	Ron Yeats 9', Roger Hunt 17'
3.	13-04-1968	Southampton	2-2	A	0	Bobby Charlton 42', George Best 44'	Terry Paine 13', *Ron "Tudor" Davies 34'
4.	04-05-1968	Newcastle United	6-0	H	0	Brian Kidd 10', 60', George Best 23', 27' (pen), 55' (pen), David Sadler 65'
5.	11-05-1968	Sunderland	1-2	H	0	George Best 44'	Colin Suggett 14', George Mulhall 32'
6.	17-08-1968	Manchester City	0-0	A	0
7.	12-10-1968	Liverpool	0-2	A	0		Ian St John 14', Alun Evans 82'
8.	03-09-1969	Middlesbrough	1-0	H	0	David Sadler 73'
9.	06-09-1969	Leeds United	2-2	A	0	George Best 62', 65'	David Sadler 23' (o.g.), Billy Bremner 83'
10.	13-09-1969	Liverpool	1-0	H	0	Willie Morgan 69'
11.	17-09-1969	Sheffield Wednesday	3-1	A	0	Brian Kidd 11', George Best 82', 83'	Graham Pugh 38'
12.	31-03-1970	Nottingham Forest	2-1	A	1	Alan Gowling 24', Bobby Charlton 56'	Peter Hindley 1'
13.	04-04-1970	Newcastle United	1-5	A	0	Bobby Charlton 66'	Pop Robson 34', 84' (pen), 87' (pen), *Wyn Davies 36', Jimmy Smith 66'
14.	08-04-1970	West Bromwich Albion	7-0	H	2	John Fitzpatrick 1', 59', Bobby Charlton 15', 66', Alan Gowling 34', 76', George Best 80'
15.	13-04-1970	Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	A	0	John Fitzpatrick 51'	Martin Chivers 14', Alan Gilzean 60'
16.	15-08-1970	Leeds United	0-1	H	0		Mick Jones 21'
17.	29-08-1970	West Ham United	1-1	H	0	John Fitzpatrick 28'	Geoff Hurst 2'
18.	19-09-1970	Ipswich Town	0-4	A	0		Colin Viljoen 13', 84' (pen), Trevor Whymark 39', Frank Clarke 42'
19.	26-09-1970	Blackpool	1-1	H	0	George Best 29'	Mick Burns 65'
20.	03-10-1970	Wolves	2-3	A	1	Alan Gowling 11', Brian Kidd 68'	Bobby Gould 2', 36', 52'
21.	07-10-1970	Portsmouth	1-0	H	0	Bobby Charlton 61'
22.	14-11-1970	Nottingham Forest	2-1	A	1	Alan Gowling 21', Carlo Sartori 49'	Peter Cormack 55'
23.	05-01-1971	Middlesbrough	1-2	A	0	George Best 89'	Hugh Mcllmoyle 7', Derrick Downing 73'
24.	09-01-1971	Chelsea	2-1	A	1	Willie Morgan 77' (pen), Alan Gowling 86'	Alan Hudson 59'
25.	16-01-1971	Burnley	1-1	H	0	John Aston Jnr 47'	Martin Dobson 78'
26.	30-01-1971	Huddersfield Town	2-1	A	0	Denis Law 26', John Aston Jnr 46'	Frank Worthington 35' (pen)
27.	06-02-1971	Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	H	0	George Best 15', Willie Morgan 24' (pen)	Martin Peters 27'
28.	20-02-1971	Southampton	5-1	H	4	Willie Morgan 26', Alan Gowling 35', 42', 44', 88'	Jimmy Gabriel 67'
29.	23-02-1971	Everton	0-1	A	0		Tommy Wright 22'
30.	10-04-1971	Derby County	1-2	H	0	Denis Law 70'	John O'Hare 38', 48'
31.	12-04-1971	Wolves	1-0	H	1	Alan Gowling 42'
32.	13-04-1971	Coventry City	1-2	A	0	George Best 60'	Ernie Hunt 5', 49'
33.	17-04-1971	Crystal Palace	5-3	A	0	Denis Law 43', 48', 66', George Best 58', 65'	Alan Birchenall 4', Bobby Tambling 24', Gerry Queen 82'
34.	19-04-1971	Liverpool	0-2	H	0		Steve Heighway 19', Paul Edwards 58' (o.g.)
35.	24-04-1971	Ipswich Town	3-2	H	0	George Best 27' (pen), Bobby Charlton 40', Brian Kidd 76'	Peter Morris 18', Frank Clarke 82'
36.	01-05-1971	Blackpool	1-1	A	0	Denis Law 6'	Tony Green 26'
37.	05-05-1971	Manchester City	4-3	A	0	Bobby Charlton 15', Denis Law 30', George Best 31', 75'	Freddie Hill 46', Francis Lee 80', Ian Mellor 82'
38.	14-08-1971	Derby County	2-2	A	1	Denis Law 15', Alan Gowling 25'	Kevin Hector 50', Frank Wignall 60'
39.	18-08-1971	Chelsea	3-2	A	0	Brian Kidd 66', Willie Morgan 69' (pen), Bobby Charlton 75'	*Tommy Baldwin 39', Peter Osgood 87'
40.	20-08-1971	Arsenal	3-1	H	1	Brian Kidd 35', Bobby Charlton 78', Alan Gowling 89'	Frank McLintock 4'
41.	23-08-1971	West Bromwich Albion	3-1	H	1	George Best 10', 57', Alan Gowling 37'	Tony Brown 89'
42.	28-08-1971	Wolves	1-1	A	0	George Best 16'	Bernard Shaw 78'
43.	31-08-1971	Everton	0-1	A	0		David Johnson 37'
44.	04-09-1971	Ipswich Town	1-0	H	0	George Best 43'
45.	07-09-1971	Ipswich Town	3-1	A	0	Willie Morgan 29' (pen), George Best 37', 43'	Jimmy Robertson 8'
46.	11-09-1971	Crystal Palace	3-1	A	0	Brian Kidd 31', Denis Law 79', 90'	Mel Blyth 34'
47.	18-09-1971	West Ham United	4-2	H	0	George Best 21', 43', 80', Bobby Charlton 62'	Clyde Best 24', Trevor Brooking 58'
48.	25-09-1971	Liverpool	2-2	A	0	Denis Law 53', Bobby Charlton 72'	Bobby Graham 7', Brian Hall 24'
49.	02-10-1971	Sheffield United	2-0	H	1	George Best 83', Alan Gowling 86'
50.	06-10-1971	Burnley	1-1	H	0	Bobby Charlton 35'	Leighton James 60'
51.	09-10-1971	Huddersfield Town	3-0	A	0	George Best 65', Denis Law 73', Bobby Charlton 82'
52.	16-10-1971	Derby County	1-0	H	0	George Best 52'
53.	18-10-1971	Burnley	1-0	A	0	Bobby Charlton 80'
54.	23-10-1971	Newcastle United	1-0	A	0	George Best 46'
55.	27-10-1971	Stoke City	1-1	H	1	Alan Gowling 85'	John Ritchie 72'
56.	30-10-1971	Leeds United	0-1	H	0		Peter Lorimer 4'
57.	06-11-1971	Manchester City	3-3	A	1	Sammy McIlroy 39', Brian Kidd 46', Alan Gowling 64'	Francis Lee 57' (pen), Colin Bell 64', Mike Summerbee 88'
58.	08-11-1971	Stoke City	0-0	A	0
59.	13-11-1971	Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	H	0	Sammy McIlroy 40', Denis Law 54', 82'	Martin Chivers 84'
60.	15-11-1971	Stoke City	1-2	A	0	George Best 37'	Peter Dobing 72', John Ritchie 88'
61.	20-11-1971	Leicester City	3-2	H	0	Brian Kidd 2', Denis Law 32', 46'	Alan Birchenall 41', Len Glover 78'
62.	27-11-1971	Southampton	5-2	A	0	George Best 7', 47', 58', Sammy McIlroy 43', Brian Kidd 84'	Jimmy Gabriel 51', *Ron "Tudor" Davies 59'
63.	04-12-1971	Nottingham Forest	3-2	H	0	Denis Law 17', Brian Kidd 37', 46'	Peter Cormack 41', Martin O'Neill 69'
64.	11-12-1971	Stoke City	1-1	A	0	Denis Law 28'	John Mahoney 27'
65.	18-12-1971	Ipswich Town	0-0	A	0
66.	27-12-1971	Coventry City	2-2	H	0	Denis Law 70', Steve James 78'	Quintin Young 35', Willie Carr 66'
67.	01-01-1972	West Ham United	0-3	A	0		Bryan "Pop" Robson 40', Clyde Best 55', Geoff Hurst 83' (pen)
68.	08-01-1972	Wolves	1-3	H	0	Sammy McIlroy 86'	Derek Dougan 21', John Richards 30' , *Jim McCalliog 75' (pen)
69.	15-01-1972	Southampton	1-1	A	0	Bobby Charlton 36'	Jimmy Gabriel 55'
70.	19-01-1972	Southampton	4-1	H	0	George Best 68', 115', David Sadler 94', John Aston Jnr 118'	Mick Channon 22'
71.	22-01-1972	Chelsea	0-1	H	0		Peter Osgood 48'
72.	05-02-1972	Preston North End	2-0	A	2	Alan Gowling 85', 88'
73.	12-02-1972	Newcastle United	0-2	H	0		John Tudor 37', Stewart Barrowclough 71'
74.	19-02-1972	Leeds United	1-5	A	0	Francis Burns 57'	Mick Jones 47', 58', 62', Allan Clarke 54', Peter Lorimer 74'
75.	26-02-1972	Middlesbrough	0-0	H	0
76.	29-02-1972	Middlesbrough	3-0	A	0	Willie Morgan 12' (pen), George Best 50', Bobby Charlton 68'
77.	04-03-1972	Tottenham Hotspur	0-2	A	0		Steve Perryman 69', Martin Chivers 70'
78.	08-03-1972	Everton	0-0	H	0
79.	18-03-1972	Stoke City	1-1	H	0	George Best 85'	*Jimmy Greenhoff 61'
80.	22-03-1972	Stoke City	1-2	A	0	George Best 70'	Terence Smith 72', Terry Conroy 102'
81.	25-03-1972	Crystal Palace	4-0	H	1	Alan Gowling 5', Bobby Charlton 24', Ian Storey-Moore 62', Denis Law 81'
82.	01-04-1972	Coventry City	3-2	A	0	George Best 13', Ian Storey-Moore 20', Bobby Charlton 45'	Roy Barry 45', Bobby Graham 48'
83.	03-04-1972	Liverpool	0-3	H	0		Chris Lawler 60', John Toshack 62', Emlyn Hughes 84'
84.	08-04-1972	Leicester City	0-2	A	0		Keith Weller 12', Alan Birchenall 89'
85.	12-04-1972	Manchester City	1-3	H	0	Martin Buchan 59'	Francis Lee 61', 85', Rodney Marsh 65'
86.	25-04-1972	Arsenal	0-3	A	0		Ray Kennedy 28', Peter Simpson 38', John Radford 70'
87.	29-04-1972	Stoke City	3-0	H	0	Bobby Charlton 1', Ian Storey-Moore 16', George Best 44' (pen)

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