THE GAFFER’S GREATEST GAFFER
WITH JOSH GOWLING

By Andy Mitchell
GETTING called to the front of the coach on your first away day with a new club is always a nervy experience - but this was the start of Josh Gowling journey to the dugout.
He didn’t know it at the time but that rather uncomfortable encounter with then-AFC Bournemouth manager Sean O’Driscoll would be the start of a path to management.
Having left West Brom via a spell in Denmark, the foundations for Gowling’s Football League career were established on the south coast.
He later made his name at the sharp end of Non-League wit...