Alan Garner (footballer)

For other people of the same name, see Alan Garner (disambiguation).

Alan Garner
Personal information
Full name	Alan Henry Garner
Date of birth	(1951-02-02) 2 February 1951
Place of birth	Lambeth, England
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Millwall
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1969–1971	Millwall	2	(0)
1971–1975	Luton Town	88	(3)
1975–1980	Watford	200	(15)
1980–1982	Portsmouth	36	(2)
–	Barnet
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Alan Henry Garner (born 2 February 1951) is an English former professional footballer best known as a player for Watford.

Career

Starting out with his local team Millwall, Garner only made two league appearances before moving on to Luton Town in 1971. His time at Luton proved to be more productive, as Garner played 88 times in the league and helped Luton to promotion in 1973–74. After relegation in 1975, he was controversially sold to rivals Watford.^[1]

At Watford, Garner became a key player, appearing 200 times in the league during his five years at Vicarage Road, as well as being voted player of the season in 1977–78. Sold in 1980 to Portsmouth, he spent two years on the south coast before moving into non-League football with Barnet.^[1]

References

1 2 Joyce, Mike. "Alan Garner". Since 1888. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-02. (registration & fee required)

Watford F.C. – Player of the Season

1972–73: Rankin
1973–74: Jennings
1974–75: Rankin
1975–76: Jenkins
1976–77: Mercer
1977–78: Garner
1978–79: Jenkins
1979–80: Bolton
1980–81: Sims
1981–82: L. Taylor
1982–83: Rostron
1983–84: Rostron
1984–85: McClelland
1985–86: Coton
1986–87: Coton
1987–88: McClelland
1988–89: Hodges
1989–90: Coton
1990–91: James
1991–92: Gibbs
1992–93: Furlong
1993–94: Porter
1994–95: Miller
1995–96: Mooney
1996–97: Miller
1997–98: Chamberlain
1998–99: Palmer
1999–2000: Page
2000–01: Mooney
2001–02: Chamberlain
2002–03: Gayle
2003–04: Mahon
2004–05: Helguson
2005–06: King
2006–07: Foster
2007–08: Smith
2008–09: Smith
2009–10: Cleverley
2010–11: Graham
2011–12: Mariappa
2012–13: Abdi
2013–14: Deeney
2014–15: Deeney

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