Gerard Garner
Personal information
Full name Gerard Garner[1]
Date of birth (1998-11-02) 2 November 1998[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*
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– Barrow 34 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:59, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

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

Early life

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]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fleetwood Town 2017–18[11] League One 0000000000
2018–19[2][12] League One 1011003[lower-alpha 1]051
2019–20[2][13] League One 0010002[lower-alpha 1]030
2020–21[2][14] League One 17300102[lower-alpha 1]0203
2021–22[2][15] League One 28710002[lower-alpha 1]1318
Total 46103110915912
Southport (loan) 2017–18[2] National League North 00———00
FC United of Manchester (loan) 2017–18[2] National League North 63———63
Gateshead (loan) 2020–21[2] National League North 83——1[lower-alpha 2]194
Career total 601631101027419
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

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. 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. ↑ "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Gerard Garner in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2022.


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