Gerard Garner (born 2 November 1998) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for club Barrow. He will sign for Newport County on 1 July 2025. Garner began his career with

Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Established in 1997, the current Flee ...

, spending loan spells in non-league at

Southport Southport is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately north of ...

Bamber Bridge Bamber Bridge is a large village in Lancashire, England, south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble. The name derives from the Old English "bēam" and "brycg", which probably means "tree-trunk bridge". People who live in Bamber Bri ...

FC United of Manchester Football Club United of Manchester, more commonly known as FC United, is a semi-professional football club based in Moston, Manchester, England, that competes in the , the seventh tier of the English football league system, and plays home m ...

and

Gateshead Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, ...

. He moved to Barrow in January 2023 for a club record fee, moving on loan to

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, on Morecambe Bay, part of the Irish Sea. In 2011 the parish had a population of 34,768. Name The first use of the name was by John Whit ...

in January 2024 and again in February 2025.

Early life

Born in

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

, Garner attended Our Lady & St Swithin's Primary School in Croxteth.

Career

As an 11 year old Garner scored 76 goals in a season, breaking a record previously held by

Wayne Rooney Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Association football, player who was most recently the head coach of EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle F.C., Pl ...

. Beginning his career with

, Garner spent loan spells at

in August 2017,

in November 2017, and

in March 2018. On 25 October 2020, Garner joined

National League North The National League North, officially known as Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Association football league in England. National League North is the second division of the National League (English footb ...

club

on a loan deal until December 2020. On 4 December 2020, the loan deal was extended until January 2021. 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. In January 2024 he moved on loan to

. He returned on loan to Morecambe in February 2025. On 7 May 2025, Barrow announced the player would be leaving in June when his contract expired. Garner signed a two year contract with Newport County on 19 June 2025, with effect from 1 July 2025.

Career statistics

References

1998 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Fleetwood Town F.C. players Southport F.C. players Bamber Bridge F.C. players F.C. United of Manchester players Gateshead F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Morecambe F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players Footballers from Liverpool 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-forward-1990s-stub