A worthy successor to Johnny Quigley and Bobby Kellard, Gerry Gow came through the junior ranks to become the midfield destroyer in, arguably, City’ s best ever team .
Ashton Legend Number 12
Born in Glasgow on 29 May 1952 , Gerry played for Glasgow Boys Under 13s and was spotted by one of City’s scouts north of the border. It was a sign of City’s increasing prestige that Gerry chose to move south and sign for the Ashton Gate club on leaving school.
The tough tackling, dynamic Gow soon made his mark and was only 17 when he made his debut at Charlton Athletic on the last day of the 1969/70 season. For the decade which followed he was an automatic choice in midfield and gained a Scottish under-23 cap against England at Newcastle in 1973.
Gerry was ever-present in the City side that gained promotion to the old First Division in 1975/76 and adjusted easily to life in the top flight.
When City’s decline began, John Bond stepped in to take the aggressive ball winner to Manchester City for whom he played in the F.A. Cup Final against Tottenham Hotspur.
Gerry then suffered a couple of injuries and found it difficult to break back into the Maine Road first team,
so he moved on to Rotherham and then to Burnley.
Later he moved into management at Yeovil Town, resigning after two years in January 1987.
Gerry, the midfield dynamo, made a total of 456 appearances for Bristol City, scoring 59 goals, the most important being at Coventry in the do or die relegation decider at the end of the 1976/77 season. Truly he deserves his place on the Ashton Roll of Honour.
