Gerard Garner

Gerard Garner

Personal information
Full name	Gerard Garner [1]
Date of birth	(1998-11-02) 2 November 1998 (age 27) [2]
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Position	Forward
Team information
Current team	Newport County
Number	19
Youth career
0000–2017	Fleetwood Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(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)
2023–2025	Barrow	50	(7)
2024	→ Morecambe (loan)	16	(4)
2025	→ Morecambe (loan)	8	(2)
2025–	Newport County	22	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:38, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

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

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 and again in February 2025.

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]} He returned on loan to Morecambe in February 2025. ^[13]

On 7 May 2025, Barrow announced the player would be leaving in June when his contract expired. ^[14]

Garner signed a two year contract with Newport County on 19 June 2025, with effect from 1 July 2025. ^[15] He made his debut for Newport in the EFL Cup preliminary round win against Barnet on 29 July 2025. ^[16] Garner scored his first goal for Newport on 2 August 2025 in the EFL League Two 1-1 draw against Notts County, on his league debut. ^[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 March 2026

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fleetwood Town	2017–18 [18]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2018–19 [19]	League One	1	0	1	1	0	0	3 [a]	0	5	1
	2019–20 [20]	League One	0	0	1	0	0	0	2 [a]	0	3	0
	2020–21 [21]	League One	17	3	0	0	1	0	2 [a]	0	20	3
	2021–22 [22]	League One	28	7	1	0	0	0	2 [a]	1	31	8
	2022–23 [23]	League One	14	1	3	1	2	1	1 [a]	0	20	3
	Total		60	11	6	2	3	1	10	1	79	15
Southport (loan)	2017–18 [2]	National League North	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
FC United of Manchester (loan)	2017–18 [2]	National League North	6	3	—		—		—		6	3
Gateshead (loan)	2020–21 [2]	National League North	8	3	—		—		1 [b]	1	9	4
Barrow	2022–23 [23]	League Two	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	2
	2023–24 [24]	League Two	18	2	2	0	1	0	2 [a]	0	23	2
	2024–25 [25]	League Two	16	3	1	0	3	1	2 [a]	0	22	4
	Total		50	7	3	0	4	1	4	0	61	8
Morecambe (loan)	2023–24 [24]	League Two	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	4
Morecambe (loan)	2024–25 [25]	League Two	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2
Newport County	2025–26	League Two	22	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	26	2
Career total			170	32	11	2	8	2	16	2	205	39

1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
2. Appearance in FA Trophy

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Fleetwood Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 27. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
2. Gerard Garner at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
3. Echo, Liverpool (24 May 2010). "Gerard Garner smashes Wayne Rooney's all-time leading goalscoring record for Liverpool Schoolboys". Liverpool Echo.
4. 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.
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". BBC Sport. 16 January 2024.
13. "Morecambe sign Barrow forward Ged Garner on loan". BBC Sport. 3 February 2025.
14. "Barrow: Goalkeeper Paul Farman heads list of summer departures". BBC Sport. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
15. "Football transfers: Newport County sign Barrow striker Ged Garner". BBC Sport. 19 June 2025.
16. "Barnet vs Newport County: League Cup stats & head-to-head". BBC Sport.
17. "Newport and Notts County begin League Two season with draw". BBC Sport.
18. "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
19. "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
20. "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
21. "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
22. "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
23. "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
24. "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
25. "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 February 2025.