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He made his first start for ''the Seasiders'' on 21 October 2008 scoring a goal as Blackpool beat [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] 3–2 at Bloomfield Road.<ref name="Gazette4615217">{{cite news | last = Canavan | first = Steve | title = Blackpool win five-goal thriller | publisher = [[Blackpool Gazette]] | date = 21 October 2008 | url = http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sports-news/Blackpool-win-fivegoal-thriller.4615217.jp | accessdate = 2008-10-04 }}</ref> With long term injuries to two of the club's strikers, [[Daniel Nardiello]] and [[Stephen McPhee]], coupled with a short term injury to [[Steve Kabba]], Gow was used as a striker. And after scoring his third goal in eight games for ''the Seasiders'', when he again struck in injury time, in the 92nd minute, to seal a 4–3 win over [[Watford F.C.|Watford]] at [[Vicarage Road]], the club's manager [[Simon Grayson]] confirmed that he wanted to sign Gow permanently. Grayson said of him, "When he keeps performing like that, we'd like to get something sorted. He had opportunities to go to Norwich and Birmingham and turned them down and came here. There's a fee agreed with Rangers and we've talked about it in the last few weeks."<ref name="teamtalk-gow">{{cite news | title = Grayson wants to sort Gow deal | publisher = [[TEAMtalk]] | date = 4 November 2008 | url = http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1813_4449335,00.html | accessdate = 2008-10-04 }}</ref> At the end of his loan spell, on 31 December 2008 he returned to Rangers.
In January 2009 Rangers confirmed that they were in negotiations with Wolverhampton Wanderers over a proposed move for the player.<ref name="bbc7808233">{{cite news | title = Smith confirms Wolves Gow talks | publisher = [[BBC Sport]] | date = 2 January 2009 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/7808233.stm | accessdate = 2009-01-02 }}</ref> Gow agreed to join the [[Football League Championship|Championship]] side in a two-and-a-half year deal on 6 January 2009 for an undisclosed fee, around £250,000, pending a medical,<ref>{{cite news | title = Gow agrees Wolves move | publisher = Sky Sports | date = 6 January 2009 | url = http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_4756273,00.html}}</ref> however the medical subsequently revealed an issue that caused Wolves to pull out of the deal.<ref>{{cite news | title = Rangers' Gow fails Wolves medical | publisher = [[BBC Sport]] | date =2009-01-09 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/7808233.stm | accessdate = 2009-01-09 }}</ref>
====Norwich City loan move====
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