{{Short description|English footballer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gerard Garner | image = | image_size = | caption = | full_name = Gerard Garner<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: Fleetwood Town |publisher=English Football League |page=27 |accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|11|02|df=y}}<ref name="soccerway">{{soccerway|id=495483 |accessdate=27 February 2020 }}</ref> | birth_place = Liverpool, England | height = 1.88m<ref name="soccerway"/> | position = Forward | currentclub = Newport County | clubnumber = 19 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017 | youthclubs1 = Fleetwood Town | years1 = 2017–2023 | clubs1 = Fleetwood Town | caps1 = 60 | goals1 = 11 | years2 = 2017 | clubs2 = → Southport (loan) | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2017 | clubs3 = → Bamber Bridge (loan) | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2018 | clubs4 = → FC United of Manchester (loan) | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2020 | clubs5 = → Gateshead (loan) | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 3 | years6 = 2023–2025 | clubs6 = Barrow | caps6 = 50 | goals6 = 7 | years7 = 2024 | clubs7 = → Morecambe (loan) | caps7 = 16 | goals7 = 4 | years8 = 2025 | clubs8 = → Morecambe (loan) | caps8 = 8 | goals8 = 2 | years9 = 2025– | clubs9 = Newport County | caps9 = 25 | goals9 = 2 | club-update = 17:42, 6 April 2026 (UTC) }} '''Gerard Garner''' (born 2 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for {{English football updater|NewportC}} club Newport County.
Garner began his career with Fleetwood Town, spending loan spells in non-league at Southport, Bamber Bridge, FC United of Manchester and Gateshead. He moved to Barrow in January 2023 for a club record fee, moving on loan to Morecambe in January 2024 and again in February 2025.
==Early life== Born in Liverpool, Garner attended Our Lady & St Swithin's Primary School in Croxteth.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/junior-sport/gerard-garner-smashes-wayne-rooneys-3424043|title=Gerard Garner smashes Wayne Rooney's all-time leading goalscoring record for Liverpool Schoolboys|first=Liverpool|last=Echo|date=24 May 2010|website=Liverpool Echo}}</ref>
==Career== As an 11 year old Garner scored 76 goals in a season, breaking a record previously held by Wayne Rooney.<ref name="auto"/><ref name = "Southport"/>
Beginning his career with Fleetwood Town, Garner spent loan spells at Southport in August 2017,<ref name = "Southport">{{cite web|url=https://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/gerard-garner-southport-fleetwood-loan-13442264|title=Southport sign striker who once scored 73 goals in one season|date=7 August 2017|accessdate=26 October 2018|author=Jamie Lopez|publisher=Southport Visiter}}</ref> Bamber Bridge in November 2017,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/bamberbridge/teams/53473/news/breaking-news-young-fleetwood-striker-gerard-garne-2061597.html|title=Breaking News: Young Fleetwood striker Gerard Garner joins Brig on loan|date=7 November 2017|accessdate=26 October 2018|author=Ruth Hornby|publisher=Bamber Bridge F.C.}}</ref> and FC United of Manchester in March 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nonleaguedaily.com/fc-united-sign-fleetwood-forward-garner-on-loan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309003732/http://nonleaguedaily.com/fc-united-sign-fleetwood-forward-garner-on-loan/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 March 2018|title=FC United sign Fleetwood forward Garner on loan|date=8 March 2018|accessdate=26 October 2018|publisher=Non-League Daily}}</ref>
On 25 October 2020, Garner joined National League North club Gateshead on a loan deal until December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gateshead-fc.com/news/ged-garner-joins-2580250.html |title=Ged Garner joins |publisher=Gateshead FC |date=25 October 2020 |accessdate=4 December 2020}}</ref> On 4 December 2020, the loan deal was extended until January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fleetwoodtownfc.com/news/2020/december/garner-extends-loan-at-gateshead-until-end-of-december/ |title=Ged Garner extends loan at Gateshead until end of December |publisher=Fleetwood Town FC |date=4 December 2020 |accessdate=4 December 2020}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barrowafc.com/news/2023/january/310123-barrow-make-deadline-day-move-for-ged-garner/|title=Barrow Make Deadline Day Move For Ged Garner|website=www.barrowafc.com|date=31 January 2023|accessdate=31 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64475765|title=Barrow break transfer record to sign Garner|work=BBC Sport }}</ref>
In January 2024 he moved on loan to Morecambe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.morecambefc.com/news/2024/january/ged-garner-joins-the-shrimps/|title=Ged Garner joins the Shrimps!|website=www.morecambefc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68001355|title=Morecambe sign Barrow striker Garner on loan|work=BBC Sport |date=16 January 2024 }}</ref> He returned on loan to Morecambe in February 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cr53lz338lvo|title=Morecambe sign Barrow forward Ged Garner on loan|date=3 February 2025|website=BBC Sport}}</ref>
On 7 May 2025, Barrow announced the player would be leaving in June when his contract expired.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 May 2025 |title=Barrow: Goalkeeper Paul Farman heads list of summer departures |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cy484g1zy2ko |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Garner signed a two year contract with Newport County on 19 June 2025, with effect from 1 July 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ckg601g7409o|title=Football transfers: Newport County sign Barrow striker Ged Garner|date=19 June 2025|website=BBC Sport}}</ref> He made his debut for Newport in the EFL Cup preliminary round win against Barnet on 29 July 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/ce8z80g6ly5t|title=Barnet vs Newport County: League Cup stats & head-to-head|website=BBC Sport}}</ref> Garner scored his first goal for Newport on 2 August 2025 in the EFL League Two 1-1 draw against Notts County, on his league debut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cj4wdk51pxzt|title=Newport and Notts County begin League Two season with draw|website=BBC Sport}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 6 April 2026}}
{| 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|EFL Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=7|Fleetwood Town |2017–18<ref>{{soccerbase season|106659|2017|accessdate=25 June 2022}}</ref> |League One |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2018–19<ref>{{soccerbase season|106659|2018|accessdate=25 June 2022}}</ref> |League One |1||0||1||1||0||0||3{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}}||0||5||1 |- |2019–20<ref>{{soccerbase season|106659|2019|accessdate=25 June 2022}}</ref> |League One |0||0||1||0||0||0||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||3||0 |- |2020–21<ref>{{soccerbase season|106659|2020|accessdate=25 June 2022}}</ref> |League One |17||3||0||0||1||0||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||20||3 |- |2021–22<ref>{{soccerbase season|106659|2021|accessdate=25 June 2022}}</ref> |League One |28||7||1||0||0||0||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}||1||31||8 |- |2022–23<ref name="2022-23">{{soccerbase season|106659|2022|accessdate=22 February 2025}}</ref> |League One |14||1||3||1||2||1||1{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||20||3 |- !colspan=2|Total !60||11||6||2||3||1||10||1||79||15 |- |Southport (loan) |2017–18<ref name="soccerway"/> |National League North |0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0 |- |FC United of Manchester (loan) |2017–18<ref name="soccerway"/> |National League North |6||3||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||6||3 |- |Gateshead (loan) |2020–21<ref name="soccerway"/> |National League North |8||3||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||1{{efn|Appearance in FA Trophy}}||1||9||4 |- |rowspan=4|Barrow |2022–23<ref name="2022-23"/> |League Two |16||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||16||2 |- |2023–24<ref name = "2023-24">{{soccerbase season|106659|2023|accessdate=22 February 2025}}</ref> |League Two |18||2||2||0||1||0||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||23||2 |- |2024–25<ref name = "2024-25">{{soccerbase season|106659|2024|accessdate=22 February 2025}}</ref> |League Two |16||3||1||0||3||1||2{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||22||4 |- !colspan=2|Total !50||7||3||0||4||1||4||0||61||8 |- |Morecambe (loan) |2023–24<ref name = "2023-24"/> |League Two |16||4||0||0||0||0||0||0||16||4 |- |Morecambe (loan) |2024–25<ref name = "2024-25"/> |League Two |8||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||8||2 |- |Newport County |2025–26 |League Two |25||2||2||0||1||0||1||0||29||2 |- !colspan=3|Career total !173||32||11||2||8||2||16||2||208||39 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Newport County A.F.C. squad}}
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