Gerard Garner

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Gerard Garner
Personal information
Full name Gerard Garner [1]
Date of birth (1998-11-02) 2 November 1998 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Barrow
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2017 Fleetwood Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2023 Fleetwood Town 60 (11)
2017 → Southport (loan) 0 (0)
2017 → Bamber Bridge (loan)
2018 → FC United of Manchester (loan) 6 (3)
2020 → Gateshead (loan) 8 (3)
2023– Barrow 47 (7)
2024 → Morecambe (loan) 17 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:54, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Gerard Garner (born 2 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Barrow.

Contents

Garner began his career with Fleetwood Town, spending loan spells in non-league at Southport, Bamber Bridge, FC United of Manchester and Gateshead. He moved to Barrow in January 2023 for a club record fee, moving on loan to Morecambe in January 2024.

Early life

Born in Liverpool, Garner attended Our Lady & St Swithin's Primary School in Croxteth. [3]

Career

As an 11 year old Garner scored 76 goals in a season, breaking a record previously held by Wayne Rooney. [3] [4]

Beginning his career with Fleetwood Town, Garner spent loan spells at Southport in August 2017, [4] Bamber Bridge in November 2017, [5] and FC United of Manchester in March 2018. [6]

On 25 October 2020, Garner joined National League North club Gateshead on a loan deal until December 2020. [7] On 4 December 2020, the loan deal was extended until January 2021. [8]

On 31 January 2023, Garner signed for League Two club Barrow for a club-record transfer fee on a two-and-a-half-year deal. [9] [10]

In January 2024 he moved on loan to Morecambe. [11] [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fleetwood Town 2017–18 [13] League One 0000000000
2018–19 [2] [14] League One1011003 [a] 051
2019–20 [2] [15] League One0010002 [a] 030
2020–21 [2] [16] League One17300102 [a] 0203
2021–22 [2] [17] League One28710002 [a] 1318
Total46103110915912
Southport (loan) 2017–18 [2] National League North 00———00
FC United of Manchester (loan) 2017–18 [2] National League North63———63
Gateshead (loan) 2020–21 [2] National League North83——1 [b] 194
Career total601631101027419
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

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References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Fleetwood Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 27. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gerard Garner at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. 1 2 Echo, Liverpool (24 May 2010). "Gerard Garner smashes Wayne Rooney's all-time leading goalscoring record for Liverpool Schoolboys". Liverpool Echo.
  4. 1 2 Jamie Lopez (7 August 2017). "Southport sign striker who once scored 73 goals in one season". Southport Visiter. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Ruth Hornby (7 November 2017). "Breaking News: Young Fleetwood striker Gerard Garner joins Brig on loan". Bamber Bridge F.C. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "FC United sign Fleetwood forward Garner on loan". Non-League Daily. 8 March 2018. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ↑ "Ged Garner joins". Gateshead FC. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Ged Garner extends loan at Gateshead until end of December". Fleetwood Town FC. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "Barrow Make Deadline Day Move For Ged Garner". www.barrowafc.com. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Barrow break transfer record to sign Garner". BBC Sport.
  11. ↑ "Ged Garner joins the Shrimps!". www.morecambefc.com.
  12. ↑ "Morecambe sign Barrow striker Garner on loan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.


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