{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Evan Gumbs | image = | fullname = Evan Gumbs<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/general-news/efl-squad-numbering-06.09.2019.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Tranmere Rovers |publisher=English Football League |page=73 |access-date=27 October 2019}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|7|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Runcorn, England | height = 1.77m | currentclub = Warrington Town | clubnumber = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = 2010–2014 | youthclubs1 = Tranmere Rovers | years1 = 2014–2020 | clubs1 = Tranmere Rovers | caps1 = 7 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2015 | clubs2 = → Burscough (loan) | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2015 | clubs3 = → Trafford (loan) | caps3 = 11 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = → Salford City (loan) | caps4 = 23 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2016 | clubs5 = → Bradford Park Avenue (loan) | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2016–2017 | clubs6 = → Warrington Town (loan) | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2017 | clubs7 = → Warrington Town (loan) | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2020– | clubs8 = Warrington Town | caps8 = 8 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2021 | clubs9 = → Flint Town United (loan) | caps9 = 14 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2021 | clubs10 = → Runcorn Linnets (loan) | caps10 = 6 | goals10 = 0 |club-update = 21:58, 7 January 2022 (UTC) }} '''Evan Gumbs''' (born 21 July 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Warrington Town. He is also a teacher at the school Ormiston Chadwick Academy in Widnes
==Career== Gumbs joined Tranmere Rovers's youth setup in 2010, after failed trials at Everton and Liverpool.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-348259049|title=By Gumbs, What Delight! Family No Strangers to Success|publisher=Liverpool Echo|date=5 November 2013|access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref> On 15 November 2014 he made his professional debut, playing the last 18 minutes in a 0–1 away loss against Luton Town in a League Two fixture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29964575|title=Luton 1–0 Tranmere|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 November 2014|access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref>
On 19 June 2015, Gumbs along with three other youth system products signed his first professional one-year contract.<ref>{{cite news |title=Four Sign First Pro Deals |url=http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/ben-jago-mitch-duggan-evan-gumbs-luke-pilling-tranmere-2499562.aspx |publisher=Tranmere Rovers F.C. |date=19 June 2015 |access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref>
On 13 August 2015 Gumbs joined Northern Premier League side Burscough on a one-month youth loan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ben Jago Joins Hyde United On Loan |url=http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/ben-jago-joins-hyde-united-on-loan-2590870.aspx |publisher=Tranmere Rovers F.C. |date=3 August 2015 |access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> Following his return to Tranmere he twice has been an unused substitute before joining on loan another Northern Premier League side Trafford on 12 October.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three in For Trafford |url=http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/three-in-for-trafford-42577/ |publisher=nonleague.pitchero.com |date=12 October 2015 |access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> Initial one-month loan was extended for another month.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gumbs Loan Extension |url=http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/gumbs-loan-extension-2797270.aspx |publisher=Tranmere Rovers F.C. |date=11 November 2015 |access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref>
On 7 August 2020 Gumbs joined Northern Premier League side Warrington Town on a permanent basis,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gordon|first=James|date=2020-08-07|title=Gumbs back in Yellow|url=https://www.warringtontownfc.co.uk/gumbs-back-in-yellow/|access-date=2020-08-10|website=Warrington Town|language=en-US}}</ref> after his release from parent club Tranmere Rovers.
In February 2021, Gumbs joined Cymru Premier club Flint Town United.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2021/02/01/flint-town-united-snap-up-warrington-quintet/|title=Flurry of transfer activity as Flint Town United snap up Warrington quintet|date=February 2021}}</ref> In October 2021, he was sent out on loan to Northern Premier League Division One West side Runcorn Linnets on loan in order to gain some match fitness following a knee injury.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/latest_sport/19619605.warrington-town-defender-joins-runcorn-linnets-loan/|title=Warrington Town defender joins Runcorn Linnets on loan|publisher=Warrington Guardian|first=Matt|last=Turner|date=1 October 2021|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref> He went on to make nine appearances in all competitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/runcorn-linnets/appearances/evan-gumbs/931965|title=Runcorn Linnets – Appearances – Evan Gumbs|website=Football Web Pages|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>
==Statistics== {{updated|match played 16 April 2016.}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="2" valign="center"|Tranmere Rovers |2014–15<ref>{{Soccerbase season|80605|2014|name=Evan Gumbs|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> |League Two |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |2015–16<ref>{{Soccerbase season|80605|2015|name=Evan Gumbs|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> |National League |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0 |- | valign="center"|Burscough (loan) |2015–16 |Northern Premier League |3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0||5||0 |- | valign="center"|Trafford (loan) |2015–16 |Northern Premier League |11||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||3||1||14||1 |- | valign="center"|Salford City (loan) |2015–16 |Northern Premier League |23||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||23||1 |- | valign="center"|Tranmere Rovers |2016–17<ref name="EG16">{{soccerbase season|77160|2016|access-date=10 July 2017}}</ref> |National League |1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||1||0 |- ! colspan=3 |Career total !39!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!5!!1!!44!!2 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}} *{{Soccerway}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gumbs, Evan}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Runcorn Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Category:Salford City F.C. players Category:Trafford F.C. players Category:Burscough F.C. players Category:Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Category:Warrington Town F.C. players Category:Runcorn Linnets F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Northern Premier League players Category:National League (English football) players Category:Cymru Premier players Category:Flint Town United F.C. players Category:21st-century English sportsmen