Glyn Garner

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Glyn Garner
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Garner in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-12-09) 9 December 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Pontypool, Wales
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1997 Cwmbran Town 2 (0)
1999–2000 Llanelli 28 (0)
2000–2005 Bury 126 (0)
2005–2007 Leyton Orient 86 (0)
2007–2010 Shrewsbury Town 45 (0)
2010 Grays Athletic 12 (0)
2010–2011 Newport County 9 (0)
2011–2013 Bath City 49 (0)
2013–2016 Cirencester Town 128 [1] (0)
2016–2017 Merthyr Town
2017 → Cirencester Town (loan) 15 [2] (0)
2017 Goytre
2017–2018 Croesyceiliog
2018–2020 Taff's Well
International career
2006 Wales 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Glyn Garner (born 9 December 1976) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made one appearance for the Wales national team in 2006.

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Club career

Born in Pontypool, Garner started his career at Cwmbran Town before moving to Llanelli. [3]

In 2000, he joined Bury for £5000, [4] where he played over 140 games over five seasons. He turned down a new contract with Bury and joined east London side Leyton Orient in May 2005 on a two-year contract. [5] [6] Manager Martin Ling described him as "a big, commanding goalkeeper who is widely rated as one of the best in the lower divisions." [6] He went on to make nearly 100 appearances for Orient. A particular highlight came when Orient knocked Premier League club Fulham out of the 2005-06 FA Cup, a game in which Garner saved a penalty from Collins John to help his side progress. [7]

In May 2007, Garner turned down an extended contract at Leyton Orient to join League Two side Shrewsbury Town as their first choice goalkeeper. [8] [9] However, injuries led to Garner falling down the pecking order and having not played for the first team since November 2008, he left the club in January 2010 after reaching a financial agreement over the rest of his contract. [10] He joined Grays Athletic in February 2010 on a free transfer. [11] Garner was released at the end of the 2009–10 season, and subsequently joined Newport County on 15 July 2010. [12] In May 2011 he signed for Bath City. After making a total of 57 appearances Garner left Bath in January 2013.

He then signed for Southern League South & West Division side Cirencester Town. He made his debut for the club on 12 January 2013 in a 2–2 draw against Cinderford Town. [13] After ending the 2012–13 season with Cirencester he agreed to remain at the club for the 2013–14 campaign. He left Cirencester Town in January 2016 after 151 appearances (including 51 clean sheets) citing the travel involved as his reason. His final game was a 3 nil victory against Stratford Town. [14] He helped the club to promotion as Southern League South & West Division champions and in May 2014 was named Supporters Player of the Year at the Gloucestershire club. [15]

In January 2016, Garner left Cirencester to sign for Merthyr Town. [16] He returned to Cirencester in 2017 on loan, before departing Merthyr at the end of the 2016–17 season.

In August 2017, Garner joined Goytre. [17]

He then played for Croesyceiliog. [18]

Garner played for Taff's Well for the 2018–19 season. [19]

International career

Garner has been selected in the Wales national team on two occasions and won an international cap against Trinidad and Tobago in May 2006. [20] [21]

Personal life

Garner holds a BA Honours in Sports and Leisure Management, having graduated from Swansea Metropolitan University in 1999. [22] He was brought up in Pontypool's neighbouring town of Cwmbran. Garner's idol is Neville Southall and he supports Everton because of this. [23] His move to Newport County in 2010 was also a personal one for Garner, having attended County matches as a supporter at Somerton Park in his early years. [24]

Honours

Cirencester Town

Individual

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  7. ↑ "Fulham 1–2 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 8 January 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Davies, Ross (31 May 2007). "Now give Morris his chance to shine: Garner". East London and West Essex Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  9. ↑ "Keeper Glyn garners a move to Shrews". South Wales Echo. 31 May 2007. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2010– via Highbeam Research. Welsh international goalkeeper Glyn Garner has completed a switch from Leyton Orient to Shrewsbury...
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  11. ↑ "Grays Athletic sign Garner, Lechmere and Retkoceri". BBC Sport. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  12. ↑ "Former Wales keeper on way to Spytty". South Wales Argus . 15 July 2010.
  13. ↑ "Honours even as Cirencester Town draw with Cinderford Town". thisisgloucestershire. 13 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  14. ↑ "Ex-Wales keeper Garner is 'great character'". Gloucestershire Echo. 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  15. 1 2 3 Hall, Danny (7 May 2014). "Cirencester Town fans make their point to popular keeper Glyn Garner". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  16. ↑ "Ex-Wales Keeper Joins Martyrs". Pitchero Non-League. 18 January 2016.
  17. ↑ Daley, Terry (18 August 2017). "One-cap keeper Garner returns to Gwent with Goytre". South Wales Argus.
  18. ↑ "Glyn Garner". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  19. ↑ "Glyn Garner: The goalkeeper who made Wales debut in same game as Gareth Bale". 15 March 2019.
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  21. ↑ "Wales 2–1 Trinidad & Tobago". BBC Sport. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
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