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Willie Garner
Personal information
Full name	William Garner
Date of birth	24 July 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Stirling, Scotland
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–1975	Campsie Black Watch
Senior career*
Years	Team
1975–1981	Aberdeen
1981–1982	Celtic
1981–1982	→ Alloa Athletic (loan)
1982–1983	→ Rochdale (loan)
1982–1984	Alloa Athletic
1984–1986	Aberdeen
1986–1987	Cove Rangers
1987–1988	Rosslyn Sport
1988–1990	Keith
1990	Stoneywood
1990–1992	Berwick Rangers
1992–1995	Craigroyston
1995–1997	Newtongrange Star
Total
Managerial career
1982–1984	Alloa Athletic (player-manager)
1984–1986	Aberdeen (player-assistant)
1988–1990	Keith (player-manager)
1992–1995	Craigroyston (player-manager)
1995–1999	Newtongrange Star (player-manager)
2000–2002	Harthill Royal
2005–2006	Glenrothes
2008–2011	Tayport
2014	Ballingry Rovers
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Garner (born 24 July 1955), also known as Willie Garner is a Scottish former footballer best known for playing for Aberdeen. He is now a manager, mainly of clubs in the junior ranks of Scottish football.

Career

Garner was born in Stirling and raised in Denny; he was a Celtic supporter in childhood.^[1] He signed for Aberdeen from Campsie Black Watch in 1975, and was part of the team which won the Scottish League Cup in 1976^[2] and the Scottish Premier Division in 1980,^[1] although a broken leg suffered in 1978 had allowed teenager Alex McLeish the opportunity to take the starting place.^[1] Garner left Aberdeen in 1981 to join Celtic, but the move was a disappointment for all concerned: he only played two first team games, scored two own goals on his debut and fell behind the emerging David Moyes in the backup list.^[1]

He joined Alloa Athletic in 1982 as player-manager aged 27,^[1] before returning to Aberdeen in February 1984 to become assistant manager to Alex Ferguson. After two years as Ferguson's number two, during which the club won five major honours,^[1] he played for a number of Highland League and Junior clubs before signing for Berwick Rangers, where he remained for two years before retiring in 1992.

Garner was manager of Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region side Ballingry Rovers between October and November 2014, when they folded after 62 years in existence.

Garner has most recently been appointed to the newly formed "Football Monitoring Board" at Aberdeen.This taskforce has been assembled outwith of any AGM, EGM nor was there any public knowledge of such group. Fellow members are Stewart Milne, Dave Cormack and Steven Gunn.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3]

Club	Seasons	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Seasons	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdeen	1975–76	Scottish Premier Division	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	1976–77		36	0	3	0	11	0	0	0	50	0
	1977–78		35	1	6	0	6	0	2	0	49	1
	1978–79		12	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	15	0
	1979–80		20	0	1	0	11	2	2	0	34	2
	1980–81		2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
	Total		113	1	11	0	31	2	6	0	161	3
Celtic	1981-82	Scottish Premier Division	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
	1982-83	Scottish Premier Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
Rochdale (loan)	1982-83	Fourth Division	4	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	5	0