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Bill Garner
Personal information
Full name	William David Garner
Date of birth	14 December 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
–	Leicester Victoria
–	Loughborough United
196x–1966	Midland Athletic
1966–1967	Notts County
–	Loughborough United
196x–1969	Dunstable Town
1969	Bedford Town
1969–1972	Southend United
1972–1978	Chelsea
1978–1980	Cambridge United
1980–1983	Chelmsford City
1983–1984	Brentford
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William David Garner (born 14 December 1947) is an English former footballer born in Leicester, who played in the Football League for Notts County, Southend United, Chelsea, Cambridge United and Brentford.^[2]

A bustling centre-forward, Garner started his career in local football in the Leicester area before signing professional forms with Notts County. After only two league appearances he returned to Loughborough United, then signed for Southern League club Dunstable Town, for whom he scored 25 goals, and then Bedford Town, who sold him to Southend United in November 1969, for a fee of £12,000. He scored 47 goals in 111 games for Southend, and was their top scorer and Player of the Season in 1971–72.^[3] After impressing during a League Cup match against Chelsea in 1972, he signed for the west Londoners three days later for £100,000.^[4]

Garner's time at Chelsea was hindered by the overall decline of the side, culminating in relegation to the Second Division in 1975, as well as his own injury problems and loss of form. He made a total of 119 appearances for Chelsea, scoring 36 goals. He signed for Cambridge United on a free transfer in 1978.^[4] He left Cambridge in 1980 and ended his career with stints at Chelmsford City and Brentford.^[2]

References

^ "Bill Garner". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Bill Garner". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
^ 1972 Southend United F.C. Handbook. "Bill Garner". Southend United FC Database. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b Baxter, Kelvin. "Bill Garner Chelsea FC". Football Heroes. Sporting Heroes Collections. Retrieved 7 November 2009.