Shaun Garnett

Shaun Garnett
Personal information
Full name Shaun Maurice Garnett
Date of birth (1969-11-22) 22 November 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Wallasey, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Tranmere Rovers (coach)
Youth career
1986–1988 Tranmere Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1996 Tranmere Rovers 112 (5)
1992 → Chester City (loan) 9 (0)
1992–1993 → Preston North End (loan) 10 (2)
1993 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 13 (1)
1996 Swansea City 15 (0)
1996–2002 Oldham Athletic 173 (9)
2002–2003 Halifax Town 40 (1)
2003–2004 Morecambe 12 (0)
2004–? Harrogate Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shaun Garnett (born 22 November 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in The Football League for six clubs and is now a coach at Tranmere Rovers.

Playing career

Garnett began his career as an apprentice with Tranmere Rovers, where he made his Football League debut during the 1987–88 season. He turned professional in June 1988 and went on to make more than 100 Football League appearances for the club, during a period that saw Rovers climb from the fourth to the second tier of English professional football, with Garnett making three appearances at Wembley Stadium for Rovers between May 1990 and May 1991.[2]

Garnett spent most of the 1992–93 season out on loan, completely an unwanted hat-trick of being involved in three relegations from the same division during the same season, at Football League Second Division sides Chester City (where he was the final debutant in Harry McNally's seven-year spell in charge[3]), Preston North End and Wigan Athletic. He remained at Tranmere until March 1996, when he joined Swansea City for £200,000[4] but six months later he returned to north-west England with Oldham Athletic for £150,000.[5]

Garnett spent six years in the Oldham first-team before joining Nationwide Conference side Halifax Town for 2002–03, in a loan move that became permanent. The following season he moved to Morecambe, in another loan deal that was made permanent. He was released at the end of the 2003–04 season[6] and joined Harrogate Town as player-coach.[7] He has since returned to Tranmere as part of the coaching staff at Prenton Park.[8]

Honours

Tranmere Rovers

References

  1. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (1999). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1999–2000. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 492. ISBN 0-7472-7627-7.
  2. ^ Glen Isherwood (2006). Wembley:The Complete Record 1923–2000. SportsBooks Ltd. pp. 257–269. ISBN 1-874427-52-6.
  3. ^ Chas Sumner (1997). On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885–1997. Yore Publications. pp. stats section. ISBN 1-874427-52-6.
  4. ^ "Career Stats". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  5. ^ "Career Stats". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Former Player Profile". Morecambe FC Official Website. Archived from the original on 12 April 2004. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  7. ^ "2004/2005 Review". Harrogate Town FC Official Website. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  8. ^ "Tranmere under-19s 1, Preston under-19s 1". Liverpool Daily Post. 21 February 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2008.