Pat Gardner (born 27 November 1943) is a Scottish former

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, who played for Queen of the South, Airdrieonians,

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, Motherwell and Arbroath. Gardner began his senior career under player/manager

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at Dumfries club, Queen of the South, spending two seasons at the club which were in the Scottish League's top division at the time. He joined Farm again at

then moved to Dunfermline in the summer of 1967 for a "sizeable" fee, following manager George Farm. He helped Dunfermline win the

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, scoring two goals in the victory against Heart of Midlothian in

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. The ''Pars'' progressed to the semi-finals of the

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, with Gardner scoring the only goal of the quarter-final tie against

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. He later helped Dundee United reach the 1974 Scottish Cup Final, which they lost 3–0 to Celtic.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gardner, Pat 1943 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Men's association football inside forwards Bellshill Athletic F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players Raith Rovers F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Dundee United F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Scottish Football League players Place of birth missing (living people) Scottish Junior Football Association players