 They lost to the only goal of the game, as Georgie Mee took advantage of Gower being "crowded out" of his attempt to catch a steeply dropping ball.He missed several weeks of the second part of the season when he needed stitches to a finger that had first been damaged some weeks previously.Gower's improved performances – attributed by "Ajax" in no small part to the influence of new manager Jock Denoon, himself a former goalkeeper – earned him the prospect of a trial with Manchester United.