Gavin Ward (footballer)
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| Gavin Ward | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gavin John Ward | |
| Date of birth | June 30, 1970 | |
| Place of birth | Sutton Coldfield, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Wrexham | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1987–1988 1988–1989 1989 1989–1993 1993–1995 1995–1996 1996–1999 1998 1999–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008– |
Aston Villa Shrewsbury Town West Bromwich Albion Cardiff City Leicester City Bradford City Bolton Wanderers → Burnley (loan) Stoke City Walsall Coventry City → Barnsley (loan) Preston North End Tranmere Rovers Chester City Wrexham |
0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 59 (0) 38 (0) 36 (0) 28 (0) 17 (0) 79 (0) 7 (0) 12 (0) 1 (0) 7 (0) 38 (1) 1 (0) 0 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Gavin John Ward (born June 30, 1970 in Sutton Coldfield, England) is a footballer who plays in the position of goalkeeper. He is currently playing for Wrexham.
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[edit] Playing career
Ward made his football league debut in 1989 at Cardiff City after spells with Aston Villa, Shrewsbury Town and West Bromwich Albion.[1] He made over 60 league and cup appearances for Cardiff in four seasons before moving to Leicester City for a transfer fee of £175,000 in 1993,[1] where he help them to win promotion to the Premier League in 1994.[2] After leaving Leicester he had a short spell at Bradford City (who went on to win promotion from Division Two shortly after he left) before Bolton Wanderers paid £300,000 for his services in 1996, allowing Ward to again taste top-flight action.
In June 2006, after spells at several other clubs including Preston North End and Coventry City he signed a one year contract with Tranmere Rovers.
Ward made a bright start to the 2006-07, even managing to score a goal,, which came from a free kick just outside his box in the 9th minute against Leyton Orient on 2 September 2006. [3]
He was released by Tranmere in May 2007 (having been sent off in his final match against Crewe Alexandra) and made the short journey to Chester'[4] where he was reserve and coach to John Danby. Ward's only competitive appearance for Chester was as a half-time substitute for the injured Danby against Crewe Alexandra in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy on September 4, 2007, with Chester going on to win a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw. On January 8, 2008, Ward moved to arch-rivals Wrexham on a free transfer [5].
As of 8 January 2008 Ward has played 384 first-class matches in all competitions, 323 of them being in the league.
[edit] Honours
Bolton Wanderers
- Division One champions, 1996–97.
Leicester City
- Division One play-off winners, 1993–94.
Stoke City
- Auto Windscreens Shield winners, 1999–2000.
Cardiff City
- Division Three Champions, 1992–93.
- Welsh F.A Cup Winners, 1992–93
[edit] External links
- Gavin Ward career stats at Soccerbase
- Gavin Ward profile at Wrexham F.C. official site.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Gavin Ward. Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
- ^ The history of Leicester City Football club. Leicester City F.C.. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
- ^ "Ward Shocked to Score", Sky Sports, 2006-09-03. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
- ^ "Ward Makes Chester Move", Sky Sports, 2007-07-02. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
- ^ "Keeper Ward agrees Wrexham move", BBC Sport, 2008-01-08. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
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