Gerry Gow

Gerry Gow
Personal information
Full name	Gerald Gow
Date of birth	(1952-05-29)29 May 1952
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	10 October 2016(2016-10-10) (aged 64)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1980	Bristol City	375	(48)
1980–1981	Manchester City	26	(5)
1981–1983	Rotherham United	58	(4)
1983–1984	Burnley	9	(0)
National team
1974	Scotland U23	1	(0)
Teams managed
1984–1987	Yeovil Town (player-manager)
1989–1990	Weymouth
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Gerry Gow (29 May 1952 – 10 October 2016) was a footballer who played for Bristol City in the 1970s, making 375 appearances for them in The Football League.^[1] Gow made his debut for Bristol City in 1970 at the age of 17.^[2] He was a member of the side which achieved promotion in 1976 to the First Division.^[2] He left Bristol City aged 28 following the team's relegation to the Second Division in 1980.^[2]

After his time at Bristol City he played for Manchester City, appearing in the 1981 FA Cup Final, and Rotherham United,^[1] before transferring to Burnley in August 1983.^[3] He then moved to Yeovil Town where he was player manager for a time.^[1]

Bristol City granted Gow a retrospective testimonial in 2012, when a Legends team played against a Manchester City Legends side.^[4]

Gerry Gow is mentioned in the song 'This One's for Now' by the band Half Man Half Biscuit on their album Urge For Offal.

He died of cancer on 10 October 2016 at the age of 64.^[5]^[6]

References

1 2 3 Gerry Gow career at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
1 2 3 Ponting, I. (1990) Bristol City Greats. Bristol Redcliffe Press Ltd.
↑ "Clarets mad – Burnley players". Claretsmad.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
↑ "Manchester City's enforcer Gerry Gow hailed at testimonial". Manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
↑ "Bristol City legend Gerry Gow dies after losing battle with cancer". Bristol Post. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
↑ "Gerry Gow: Former Bristol City midfielder dies aged 64". BBC Sport. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

Bristol City F.C. Player of the Season

1970–71: Sharpe
1971–72: Merrick
1972–73: Emanuel
1973–74: Gow
1974–75: Collier
1975–76: The Whole Squad
1976–77: Hunter
1977–78: Hunter
1978–79: Gow
1979–80: Merrick
1980–81: Mabbutt
1981–82: N/A
1982–83: Riley
1983–84: Pritchard
1984–85: Walsh
1985–86: Hutchinson
1986–87: Newman
1987–88: Walsh
1988–89: Waugh
1989–90: B. Taylor
1990–91: Llewellyn
1991–92: Scott
1992–93: Welch
1993–94: Allison
1994–95: Bryant
1995–96: Kuhl
1996–97: S. Taylor
2004–05: Lita
2005–06: Brooker
2006–07: McCombe
2007–08: Basso
2008–09: Adebola
2009–10: Skuse
2010–11: Adomah
2011–12: Stead
2012–13: Heaton
2013–14: Baldock
2014–15: The Whole Squad
2015–16: Flint

Yeovil Town F.C. – managers

Gregory (1923–28)
Lowes (1928–29)
Pratt (1929–33)
Page (1933–35)
Halliday (1935–38)
Kingdon (1938–46)
Stock (1946–49)
Paterson (1949–51)
Lowe (1951–53)
Clarke (1953–57)
Dodgin (1957)
Baldwin (1957–60)
Hayward (1960–64)
Davies (1964–65)
McDonald (1965–67)
Saunders (1967–69)
Hughes (1969–72)
Irwin (1972–75)
Harland (1975–78)
Lloyd (1978–81)
Allison (1981)
Giles (1981–83)
Hughes^c (1983)
Finnigan (1983–84)
Coles (1984)
MacFarlane (1984)
Gow (1984–87)
Hall (1987–90)
Whitehead (1990–91)
Rutter (1991–93)
Hall (1994–95)
Roberts (1995–98)
Lippiatt (1998–99)
Thompson (1999–2000)
Webb (2000)
Thompson^c (2000)
Addison (2000–01)
Johnson (2001–05)
Thompson (2005–06)
Slade (2006–09)
Thompson^c (2009)
Skiverton (2009–12)
Johnson (2012–15)
Skiverton^c (2015)
Sturrock (2015)
Way (2015–)

Weymouth F.C. – managers

Morris (1907–14)
Morris (1919–22)
Committee (1922–23)
Walker (1924–26)
Committee (1926–47)
Kingdon (1947–48)
Gallagher (1948–50)
Taylor (1950–52)
Fagan (1952–55)
Coles (1955–61)
O'Farrell (1961–65)
Charlton (1965–72)
Williams (1972–74)
Bruck (1974–77)
Carr (1977–78)
Morgan (1978–83)
Godfrey (1983–87)
Morgan (1987–89)
Gow (1989–90)
Compton (1990)
Drake (1991–92)
Ashurst (1992–93)
Coldwell (1993–94)
Senior (1995)
Carr (1995)
McGowan (1995–1997)
Webb (1997)
Crabbe (1997)
Davies (1997–99)
Mason (1999–2002)
Butler (2002–03)
Claridge (2003–04)
Buckle (2004)
Johnson (2004–05)
Hill (2005–07)
Tindall (2007–08)
Hollins (2008)
Lewer (2008–09)
Gould (2009)
Hale (2009)
Hutchinson (2009–10)
Gill (2010)
Harris (2010)
Hutchinson (2010–11)
Rogers (2011)
King (2011–13)
Matthews (2014–)

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