Domestic-league season · Tranmere.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Two | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1401 | 6.8 |
 EFL Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7.3 |
Following his move to Tranmere, McGowan's current-season form is down 28% on last season (Season 18→13), while his Rating eased 32→18. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 42).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Tranmere · 21st | 23 | 0 | 2 | 6.8 | 18 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | Northampton · 19th | 37 | 1 | 1 | 6.85 | 32 | 18 |
| 2023/24 | Northampton · 14th | 33 | 0 | 1 | 6.78 | 34 | 13 |
| 2022/23 | Northampton · 3rd | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6.52 | 27 | 12 |
| 2021/22 | Northampton · 4th | 42 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 42 |
| 2020/21 | Kilmarnock · 3rd | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6.76 | 42 | 10 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
A. McGowan is a 29-year-old full-back at Tranmere, rated 18.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 341st of 478 in the League Two. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (33.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.75 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on McGowan.
Judged on this season alone, McGowan graded 13 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 58th of 83 of the 83 full-backs in the League Two, on 3 clean sheets and 4.754 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 18 → 13). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 68th of 83 of the 83 full-backs in the League Two. At 29 McGowan is in his prime years, and a market index of 3 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
4.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (21st of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 18.3, McGowan carries the 68th-highest potential of the full-backs in the League Two of 83, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Tranmere finished 21st of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.75 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~6), then tapers with age. At 29, McGowan sits on 3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is McGowan's projected Rating — 18.3 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
No transfer news found for this player.
