Gerard Garner

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

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 29 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:39, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

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. 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. 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. 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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