| Name: Cowans, Gordon Sidney "Sid" Birthdate: 1958-10-27 in West Cornforth, County Durham Position: Midfielder Playing for Villa: July 1974 (as an apprentice) - 29 June 1985, 21 June 1988 - 28 November 1991, 5 July 1993 - 3 February 1994 Previous clubs: Mansfield Schools, Bari, Blackburn Signed: - From Mansfield Schools, £250.000 - From Bari, Free transfer - From Blackburn Sold: £500.000 - To Bari, £200.000 - To Blackburn, £80.000 - To Derby County League: 399 (15) matches - 49 goals FA Cup: 28 (1) matches - 3 goals League Cup: 40 (4) matches - 5 goals Simod Cup: 2 matches - 0 goals Zenith Data Systems Cup: 5 (1) matches - 0 goals European Cups: 29 (1) matches - 2 goals World Club Championship: 1 match - 0 goals FA Charity Shield: 1 match - 0 goals International: England A (1983-91, 10 - 2 goals), B (1980-90, 2 - 0 goals), U21 (1979-80, 5 - 0 goals), Youth (1976, 2 (1) - 0 goals) More info: He signed apprentice professional 1 April 1975. He signed professional one week before his 18th birthday 1976. He played in the 1981-82 FA Charity Shield where Villa drew 2-2 with Tottenham Hotspur. He was later assistant-manager/coach and youth team coach at Villa Park. |
| Season 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1993-94 |
First team 0 0 (1) - 0 goals 21 (5) - 3 goals 35 (8) - 7 goals 36 (1) - 4 goals 52 - 7 goals 46 - 5 goals 61 - 11 goals 57 - 13 goals 0 (injured) 33 (1) - 2 goals 41 (1) - 2 goals 47 - 4 goals 49 - 1 goal 12 (3) - 0 goals 15 (2) - 0 goals |
Reserves - 21 - 2 goals 16 - 0 goals 3 - 0 goals 1 - 0 goals 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 0 goals 3 - 1 goal 4 - 2 goals 0 4 - 0 goals 4 - 0 goals |
Youth - - 0 - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |