Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #114
Appearances:
70
Starts:
70
Goals:
21
Seasons:
4
Source: Football card Aston Villa issued by Kane Products under the Football Clubs & Colours series, 1956.
Source: Football card Aston Villa issued by Kane Products under the Football Clubs & Colours series, 1956.
Jack Cowan
Position
Winger
From
1895-96
To
1898-99
IMAGE CREDIT
Jack Cowan
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Appearances
70 |
23 | 18 | 22 | 7 |
Starts
70 |
23 | 18 | 22 | 7 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
21 |
10 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
FULL SEASON BREAKDOWN
John Cowan
Birth Date
Monday, 12 December 1870
Birth Place
Bonhill, Dunbartonshire
Birth Country
Scotland
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Glasgow Rangers
From
For
Free
On
Unknown
Previous Clubs
Vale of Leven FC |
Preston North End |
Glasgow Rangers |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Dundee Harp
For
Free
On
1899
Subsequent Clubs
Dundee Harp |
Source: Football card Aston Villa issued by Kane Products under the Football Clubs & Colours series, 1956.
Source: Football card Aston Villa issued by Kane Products under the Football Clubs & Colours series, 1956.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1895-99 Aston Villa, Free, 70 | 21 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 21 September 1895
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 21 September 1895
Derby County (h), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Saturday, 21 September 1895
Final Appearance
Saturday, 4 February 1899
Preston North End (a), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 4 February 1899
Honours
1895-96 League Champions |
1896-97 League Champions |
1896-97 FA Cup Winners |
1898-99 League Champions |
Height
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
1 May 1937, Aged 66
Jack Cowan
Player #114 for Aston Villa, John Cowan, known as Jack Cowan, played as a winger for the club.
Jack represented Villa between 1895-96 and 1898-99 racking up 71 appearances.
Jack was born in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire on 12th December 1870 and made his debut as a 24 year old on 21st September 1895.
Villa had signed Jack from Glasgow Rangers and he joined brother Jimmy ‘Jas’ Cowan at the club.
It can’t be easy being the brother of a legend and following in his footsteps but Jack made a great fist of it and in his own way was a special servant of Villa.
Jack’s first two seasons saw him help Villa to win the League Championship (1895-96) and the League & FA Cup double (1896-97) followed by another League Championship in his final season for good measure (1898-99)
Jack played in 22 of 30 of Villa’s games in the 1895-96 Championship winning season.
He then played in 15 of 30 of Villa’s games in the 1896-97 Championship winning season.
Jack made 3 appearances in the 1896-97 FA Cup campaign including the final, held at Crystal Palace in front of 65,891 people, as Villa recovered from a 2-1 deficit to beat Everton, 3-2.
By a twist of fate, as rival teams for the league title were involved in league matches on the afternoon of the 1896-97 FA Cup
Final, results meant that Villa’s lead at the top of the table became unassailable.
Therefore, Villa became the only club to have won the League and FA Cup on the same day.
The 1898-99 league title campaign saw Jack make 7 league appearances.
Jack’s final game for Villa came on 4th February 1899 aged 28 in the 2-0 defeat away at Preston North End.
Jack had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Jack then returned to his native Scotland to play for Dundee Harp.
Jack passed away in Stranraer on the 1st May 1937 aged 66.