{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Use British English|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gavin Lynch | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1985|9|7}} | birth_place = Liverpool, England | height = | position = Forward | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Everton | youthyears2 = 2004 | youthclubs2 = Chester City | years1 = 2004–2005 | clubs1 = Chester City | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2005–2007 | clubs2 = Marine | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2007–2008 | clubs3 = Prescot Cables | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2008–2015 | clubs4 = Warrington Town | caps4 = | goals4 = }}
'''Gavin Lynch''' (born 7 September 1985) is an English former footballer who played as a forward in The Football League for Chester City.
==Career== Lynch was an apprentice with Everton before being released in March 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Young Blues Released |url=http://www.bluekipper.com/club/club2.htm |publisher=bluekipper.com |date=17 March 2004 |accessdate=1 March 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223063518/http://www.bluekipper.com/club/club2.htm |archivedate=23 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He moved to Chester City, where he was awarded his first-team debut as a late substitute for Michael Branch against Halifax Town in the FA Cup second round on 4 December 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=442212|title= Halifax 1 Chester 3| publisher = soccerbase.com | accessdate=1 March 2008}}</ref> The following month saw Lynch's solitary Football League outing arrive when he replaced fellow youngster Michael Walsh in the closing stages of a 3–0 loss at Swansea City.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=443624|title= Swansea 3 Chester 0| publisher = soccerbase.com | accessdate=1 March 2008}}</ref>
At the end of the season, Lynch was one of a high number of players released by Chester<ref>{{Cite news | title= Retained list announced | url= http://www.chester-city.co.uk/may05news.asp| publisher= chester-city.co.uk | date= 11 May 2005 | accessdate= 8 February 2008}}</ref> and he spent the next two years with Marine. In the summer of 2007, Lynch moved to Prescot Cables, marking his debut with a tremendous display against North Ferriby United.<ref>{{Cite news | title= Lynch in top form | url= http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/sport/liverpool-football/2007/08/20/lynch-in-top-form-64375-19660651/| date= 20 August 2007 | accessdate= 1 March 2008}}</ref> In February 2008 he moved to Warrington Town.<ref>{{Cite news | title= Late strike raises false hope of point | url= http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/sport/warringtonsport/warringtontown/display.var.2024713.0.0.php?act=complaint&cid=1102247| publisher=This is Cheshire| date= 7 February 2008 | accessdate= 1 March 2008}}</ref>
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lynch, Gavin}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Chester Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:English Football League players Category:Everton F.C. players Category:Chester City F.C. players Category:Marine A.F.C. players Category:Prescot Cables F.C. players Category:Warrington Town F.C. players