Dan Gardner (footballer)

Dan Gardner
Gardner playing for Chesterfield in 2016
Personal information
Full name Daniel Gardner[1]
Date of birth (1990-04-05) 5 April 1990
Place of birth Gorton, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Winger / Striker
Club information
Current team
 Oldham Athletic
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Celtic 0 (0)
2009–2010 Flixton
2010 Crewe Alexandra 2 (0)
2010–2012 Droylsden 69 (19)
2012–2014 Halifax Town 51 (17)
2014–2017 Chesterfield 71 (8)
2015 → Tranmere Rovers (loan) 4 (2)
2016 → Bury (loan) 6 (0)
2017– Oldham Athletic 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:17, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Daniel Gardner (born 5 April 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays for Oldham Athletic. He plays as a midfielder and can also play as a striker. He previously played in the Football League for Crewe Alexandra and Chesterfield.

Career

Celtic

Gardner was attending The Manchester College, training to be a panel beater and playing for their academy team (affiliated with FC United of Manchester) when he was noticed by scouts from Scotland and invited for a trial with Celtic's youth team in mid-October 2008. An "outstanding" performance against Rangers secured a short-term deal which was extended to a three-year professional contract.[2] He went on to make a couple of substitute appearances for the reserve team. However the SPL decided to scrap the Reserve League and so teams continued with a smaller first-team roster and a youth team. This effectively left him surplus to requirements and he was released by the club in May 2009.

Flixton

Gardner returned to Manchester where he was persuaded to join local team Flixton in the Vodkat Premier Division. His performances soon attracted the attention of football league sides, he spent two weeks on trial at Oldham Athletic and a month training with Crewe Alexandra.[3]

Crewe Alexandra

While training with Crewe he hit the only goal in a reserve game against Aston Villa on 20 January 2010. This earned him a deal until the end of the season. He was handed the number 34 shirt and went on to make two substitute appearances in League Two before being released at the end of the 2009–10 season.[4]

Non-League

Gardner joined Droylsden for the 2010–11 season in the Conference North. He signed for fellow Conference North team Halifax Town in July 2012.[5] He made his league debut in November in a 4–0 home win against Vauxhall Motors.[6] His first league goal for the club was a penalty in a 3–3 draw at home to Histon in February, a couple of days after scoring a brace in the FA Trophy at Dartford. He went on to score 8 more league goals for the club and was instrumental in the Conference North play-off final at Brackley Town which secured Town's place back in the Conference Premier for the 2013–14 season.

Chesterfield

It was announced on 4 January 2014 that Gardner had joined League Two side Chesterfield.[7]

On 8 March 2016, he moved to Bury, signing a loan deal with the Shakers that was due to last until the end of the 2015-16 season, however Gardner was recalled early and scored against Bury in Chesterfield's final home game of the season.[8]

Oldham Athletic

On 2 June 2017, after leaving Chesterfield, Gardner signed for Oldham Athletic on a 2-year contract. He became John Sheridan's first summer signing as Oldham boss.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 September 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crewe Alexandra 2009–10[10] League Two 2000000020
Droylsden 2010–11[11] Conference North 29140~~4[lower-alpha 1]1372
2011–12[11] Conference North 401820~~2[lower-alpha 1]04418
Total 691960~~618120
Halifax Town 2012–13[11] Conference North 281000~~4[lower-alpha 1]23212
2013–14[12] Football Conference 23720~~1[lower-alpha 1]0267
Total 511720~~525819
Chesterfield 2013–14[12] League Two 16300001[lower-alpha 2]0173
2014–15[13] League One 17130002[lower-alpha 3]0221
2015–16[14] League One 304201000334
2016–17[15] League One 34200004[lower-alpha 4]0382
Total 971050007011010
Tranmere Rovers (loan) 2014–15[13] League Two 4200000042
Bury (loan) 2015–16[14] League One 6000000060
Oldham Athletic 2017–18[16] League One 8100001[lower-alpha 4]091
Career total 237491301019327052
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearances in League One play-offs
  4. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 42. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Kenny, Nicole (2009-02-27). "College star signs for Celtic". North & East Manchester Advertiser. MEN Media. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  3. ↑ Morse, Peter (2010-02-17). "Danny Gardner gets leave to prove he is real deal". Crewe Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  4. ↑ "Gradi wields axe as injury ends Gardner hopes". This is Staffordshire. 2010-05-01. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  5. ↑ "He Loves To Score Goals". FC Halifax Town. 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  6. ↑ "Vauxhall Motors: Report". FC Halifax Town. 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  7. ↑ "Spireites: Chesterfield snap up former Celtic prospect". Derbyshire Times. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Bury bring in Chesterfield midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "SIGNING: Latics Make First Signing Of The Summer". Oldham Athletic AFC. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Dan Gardner in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  11. 1 2 3 Dan Gardner at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Games played by Dan Gardner in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Games played by Dan Gardner in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Dan Gardner in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Dan Gardner in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Dan Gardner in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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