 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Musi wa23 Chikunguru 2011, akatanga mwaka wa2011-12 neSky Sports Man of the Match kuita vachipesana neRangers kuIbrox. Akatanga kuzvisimbisa senhengo yechikwata chekutanga uye akatamba mumakundano eEuropa League achipesana nePaks uye mumutambo wechipiri uchipesana neTottenham kuWhite Hart Lane, uko Hearts yakadhirowa 00 kurasikirwa ne50 pahuwandu. McGowan akarova chibodzwa chake chekutanga kuHearts mumutambo weEdinburgh musi wa 2 Ndira. Gare gare mumutambo mumwe chetewo akarova Ivan Sproule nemusoro mudumbu, iyo mutongi akaona uye haana kutora danho, zvisinei mukuru weSFA wekuteerera akavhura kuferefetwa. Mukuru anoona nezvokuteerera mutemo akati aizorambidzwa kutamba mitambo miviri. Mwoyo yakaramba kuti kwakanga kuri mufambiro une masimba masimba asi yakagamuchira rambidzo yakapiwa. Mwaka we 2011-12 SPL mwaka waive wakanaka kuna McGowan, achihwina zvibodzwa zvitatu kusanganisira chimwe mu2012 Scottish Cup Finalkukunda Hibs uye kuhwina mubairo weHearts Young Player wegore. 