John Dow

Position: right-back, centre-forward

Scotland

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	25	17	8	0	87	31	+56	68.00
A	24	6	3	15	32	56	-24	25.00
N	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0.00
TOTALS	50	23	11	16	119	90	+29	46.00

Name: John Macdiarmid Dow

Birthdate: 17-06-1872

Age: 153

Birthplace: Dundee, Scotland

Height: 5' 9" (1.75m)

Weight: 12st 7lbs (79.38kg)

Years at Club: 1894-1896

Signing Info: Transferred from: Dundee, 03/1894, £

Previous Clubs: Dundee Old Boys, Dundee

Debut: 24/03/1894 v Bolton Wanderers (Bank Street) 2-2 (League Division One)

Farewell: Transferred to Fairfield FC, 05/1896, £

Passed Away: 02/1948

Biography

Originally with Dundee Our Boys, John Dow was part of that club's merger with Dundee East End to form Dundee FC. In their inaugural league campaign in 1893-94, however, the 5'9", 12-stone full-back was a bit part player, appearing in only 3 league and cup matches. Still, he did enough to impress Newton Heath, who signed him as an amateur in February 1894.
Interestingly, when Dow made his Heath bow - against Bolton on March 24th - he was given the alias MJ Woods while still on trial. In the following season, he became a regular member of the team... at centre-forward! Dow struck braces in two of the first three league matches and added a couple more goals in friendlies that he had six goals by the end of September.
This was the end of his hot streak, unfortunately, and, as the season went on, he eventually got moved to right-back as John McCartney's replacement after Joe Cassidy returned to the club. Consequently Dow appeared in 19 consecutive outings stretching until mid-November 1895. Alas, he lost his place in February 1896 and only added six games of all manner until the season's end.
Dow seemingly hit a low point in his career at this time. He had a month's trial at Glossop North End in October 1896 but, after a verdict of "big and fairly fast centre-forward, but lacks cleverness", he was given back his forms and released. John spent some time at Fairfield early in 1897-98 before finally resurrecting his career with Luton Town. In fact, he was installed club captain and played 56 league games in 1898-99 and 1899-00, spending some time out after injuring himself badly - against Newton Heath, of all people - in November 1899.
In 1900-01, he enjoyed a successful season with Middlesbrough but a less productive second season led to him moving to West Ham in the Southern League. He made his debut versus Reading early in 1892-93 but was released in April 1903 after 14 league and cup matches. Dow then returned to Luton Town, who were now a Southern League outfit, and served them until he retired in 1905.
Incidentally, John was a decent cricketer, especially starring for Manchester Clifford in the mid-1890s. Up to advent of World War Two, he owned a shop in Luton where the walls displayed old photos of his earlier sporting days. Biography kindly provided by Charbel Boujaoude.



		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.	1893-1894	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2.	1894-1895	5	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	28
3.	1895-1896	1	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20
TOTALS		6	49	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	50

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

1.	Leicester City	2	3
2.	Crewe Alexandra	2	4
3.	Burton Wanderers	1	3
4.	Burton Swifts	1	4

No	Opponent

1.	Crewe Alexandra	4	2
2.	Arsenal	4	0
3.	Burton Swifts	4	1
4.	Manchester City	4	0
5.	Newcastle United	4	0
6.	Burton Wanderers	3	1
7.	Leicester City	3	2
8.	Rotherham United	3	0
9.	Grimsby Town	3	0
10.	Lincoln City	3	0
11.	Darwen	2	0
12.	Notts County	2	0
13.	Walsall	2	0
14.	Bury	2	0
15.	Liverpool	2	0
16.	Bolton Wanderers	1	0
17.	Blackburn Rovers	1	0
18.	Stoke City	1	0
19.	Loughborough Town	1	0
20.	Kettering Town	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Hollis, Sam	4
2.	Burton Swifts Committee	4
3.	Watt, Frank	4
4.	Burton Wanderers Committee	3
5.	Rotherham United Committee	3
6.	?	3
7.	Strawson, John	3
8.	Crewe Alexandra Committee	2
9.	Darwen Committee	2
10.	Parlby, Joshua	2
11.	Harris, Tom	2
12.	Robinson, J H	2
13.	Hamer, H. S.	2
14.	Hall, J G	2
15.	Omerod, Sam	2
16.	McKenna, John	2
17.	Jackson, Henry	2
18.	Bentley, John	1
19.	Mitchell, Thomas	1
20.	Lee, J.	1
21.	Reeves, Arthur	1
22.	Loughborough Town Committee	1
23.	Kettering Town Committee	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Albut, Alf

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Crewe Alexandra	4
2.	Arsenal	4
3.	Burton Swifts	4
4.	Manchester City	4
5.	Newcastle United	4
6.	Burton Wanderers	3
7.	Leicester City	3
8.	Rotherham United	3
9.	Grimsby Town	3
10.	Lincoln City	3
11.	Darwen	2
12.	Notts County	2
13.	Walsall	2
14.	Bury	2
15.	Liverpool	2
16.	Bolton Wanderers	1
17.	Blackburn Rovers	1
18.	Stoke City	1
19.	Loughborough Town	1
20.	Kettering Town	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

England

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division Two	46
2.	League Division One	2
3.	FA Cup	1
4.	Test Match	1

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Bank Street	25
2.	Derby Turn	2
3.	Filbert Street	2
4.	Gresty Road	2
5.	Hyde Road	2
6.	Manor Field	2
7.	Peel Croft	2
8.	St James Park, Newcastle	2
9.	Abbey Park	1
10.	Anfield	1
11.	Barley Bank	1
12.	Cobridge Stadium	1
13.	Ewood Park	1
14.	Gigg Lane	1
15.	John O'Gaunts	1
16.	Millmoor	1
17.	The Athletic Ground	1
18.	Trent Bridge	1
19.	West Bromwich Road	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

Player has never scored a hat-trick or better during a game.

All Matches played

No	Date ▲	Comp	Opponent	F-A	HAN		Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	24-03-1894		Bolton Wanderers	2-2	H	0	Bob Donaldson ??', Alf Farman ??'	Jimmy Cassidy ??', Robert Tannahill ??'
2.	26-03-1894		Blackburn Rovers	0-4	A	0		Josh Hargreaves 20', ??', Jimmy Haydock 60', Harry Chippendale 70'
3.	08-09-1894		Burton Wanderers	0-1	A	0		Isaac Moore 65'
4.	15-09-1894		Crewe Alexandra	6-1	H	2	Richard Smith ??', ??', John Dow ??', ??', John Clarkin ??', John McCartney ??'	John "Love" Jones ??'
5.	22-09-1894		Leicester City	3-2	A	2	John Dow 12', ??', Richard Smith ??'	David Skea ??', Willie McArthur 87'
6.	06-10-1894		Darwen	1-1	A	0	Bob Donaldson 7'	William McKennie 2'
7.	13-10-1894		Arsenal	3-3	H	0	John Clarkin ??', Bob Donaldson ??', ??'	Peter Mortimer ??', ??', *Henry Boyd ??'
8.	20-10-1894		Burton Swifts	2-1	A	0	Bob Donaldson ??', ??'	Alex Boggie 15'
9.	03-11-1894		Manchester City	5-2	A	0	Richard Smith 13', 14', ??, ??, John Clarkin ??'	*Billy Meredith ??', ??'
10.	10-11-1894		Rotherham United	3-2	H	0	William Davidson 3', Bob Donaldson ??', James Peters ??'	*James Coupar ??', Jimmy McCormick ??'
11.	17-11-1894		Grimsby Town	1-2	A	0	John Clarkin ??'	James Stott ??', James Fairburn ??'
12.	24-11-1894		Darwen	1-1	H	0	Bob Donaldson ??'	John King ??'
13.	01-12-1894		Crewe Alexandra	2-0	A	0	Richard Smith ??', John Clarkin ??'
14.	08-12-1894		Burton Swifts	5-1	H	1	James Peters 20', ??', Richard Smith 21', ??', John Dow ??'	Edwin Birch 90'
15.	15-12-1894		Notts County	1-1	A	0	Bob Donaldson 70'	Daniel Bruce 20'
16.	22-12-1894		Lincoln City	3-0	H	0	George Millar 10', Bob Donaldson 43', Richard Smith ??'
17.	26-12-1894		Walsall	2-1	A	0	William S. Stewart ??', George Millar ??'	W.Roberts ??'
18.	29-12-1894		Lincoln City	0-3	A	0		Donald Lees ??', Frank Smallman ??', Albert Flewitt ??'
19.	05-01-1895		Manchester City	4-1	H	0	John Clarkin 6', ??', Bob Donaldson ??', Richard Smith ??'	James Sharples ??'
20.	12-01-1895		Rotherham United	1-2	A	0	Fred Erentz ??'	James Coupar ??', Willie Bryant ??'
21.	02-03-1895		Burton Wanderers	1-1	H	0	James Peters ??'	G.Cunningham 88'
22.	23-03-1895		Grimsby Town	2-0	H	0	Joe Cassidy ??', ??'
23.	30-03-1895		Arsenal	2-3	A	0	John Clarkin ??', Bob Donaldson ??'	Peter Mortimer ??', Gavin Crawford ??', Bob Buchanan ??'
24.	03-04-1895		Walsall	9-0	H	0	Bob Donaldson 30', ??', James Peters ??', ??', Joe Cassidy ??', ??', John Clarkin ??', Richard Smith ??', ??'
25.	06-04-1895		Newcastle United	5-1	H	0	Joe Cassidy ??', ??', Richard Smith ??', ??', Robert McDermid ??' (o.g.)	Charles Dickson ??'
26.	12-04-1895		Bury	2-2	H	0	Bob Donaldson ??', Joe Cassidy ??'	Harry Millar ??', Tom Wylie ??'
27.	13-04-1895		Newcastle United	0-3	A	0		William Milne 15', John McNee ??', Willie Thompson ??'
28.	15-04-1895		Bury	1-2	A	0	James Peters 80'	Billy Barbour 12', J.H.Edwards 84'
29.	20-04-1895		Notts County	3-3	H	0	John Clarkin ??', Joe Cassidy ??', Richard Smith ??'	Jack Chadburn ??', ??', Daniel Bruce ??'
30.	27-04-1895	Test Match	Stoke City	0-3	N	0		Joe Schofield 40', 50', Jack Farrell 76'
31.	07-09-1895		Crewe Alexandra	5-0	H	0	William Kennedy ??', Joe Cassidy ??', 73?', John Aitken ??', Richard Smith ??'
32.	14-09-1895		Loughborough Town	3-3	A	0	James McNaught 15', Joe Cassidy 80', 85'	Thomas Cotterill 5', ??', Joseph Clark 43'
33.	21-09-1895		Burton Swifts	5-0	H	0	Bob Donaldson ??', 44', Joe Cassidy ??', ??', William Kennedy ??'
34.	28-09-1895		Crewe Alexandra	2-0	A	0	Richard Smith ??', ??'
35.	05-10-1895		Manchester City	1-1	H	0	John Clarkin 44'	Sandy Rowan 47'
36.	12-10-1895		Liverpool	1-7	A	0	Joe Cassidy 40'	Frank Becton 7', ??, Thomas Bradshaw ??, 22', Fred Geary 30', 55', Jimmy Ross 87'
37.	19-10-1895		Newcastle United	2-1	H	0	Joe Cassidy ??', James Peters ??'	James Logan ??'
38.	26-10-1895		Newcastle United	1-2	A	0	William Kennedy ??'	George Perrins 15' (o.g.), Willie Wardrope 85'
39.	02-11-1895		Liverpool	5-2	H	0	James Peters 15', ??, ??, Richard Smith 60', John Clarkin ??'	Frank Becton 4', Jimmy Ross 10'
40.	09-11-1895		Arsenal	1-2	A	0	Joe Cassidy 47'	Charlie Hare ??', James Boyle ??'
41.	16-11-1895		Lincoln City	5-5	H	0	John Clarkin ??', ??', James Peters ??', Joe Cassidy ??', James Collinson ??'	Alec Smith ??', ??', Jimmy Burke ??', Jimmy Frettingham ??', William Gillespie ??'
42.	30-11-1895		Arsenal	5-1	H	0	Walter Cartwright ??', ??', John Clarkin ??', William Kennedy ??', James Peters ??'	Charlie Hare ??'
43.	07-12-1895		Manchester City	1-2	A	0	Joe Cassidy ??'	Robert Hill 4', *Billy Meredith ??', Robert Hill ??'
44.	01-01-1896		Grimsby Town	3-2	H	0	Joe Cassidy ??' (pen), ??', ??'	Thomas McCairns ??', Henry Fletcher ??'
45.	04-01-1896		Leicester City	0-3	A	0		Wille McArthur ??', ??', Davie Manson ??'
46.	11-01-1896		Rotherham United	3-0	H	0	Bob Donaldson ??', ??', Robert Stephenson ??'
47.	01-02-1896		Kettering Town	2-1	H	0	Bob Donaldson ??', Richard Smith ??'	William Pell ??'
48.	03-02-1896		Leicester City	2-0	H	0	William Kennedy 10', Richard Smith 60'
49.	08-02-1896		Burton Swifts	1-4	A	0	James Vance ??'	Davie Willocks 25', ??', T.A.Bull ??', Alex Boggie 48'
50.	18-03-1896		Burton Wanderers	1-5	A	1	John Dow ??'	Adrian Capes ??', Arthur Capes ??', Ted Devey ??', Ben Garfield ??', ??'

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