Gary Birch
 Birch in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary Stephen Birch[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Highgate United (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1998 | Walsall | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–2004 | Walsall | 48 | (7) |
| 2001 | → Exeter City (loan) | 24 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | → Nuneaton Borough (loan) | 5 | (3) |
| 2004 | → Barnsley (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Kidderminster Harriers | 14 | (3) |
| 2005–2007 | Lincoln City | 37 | (8) |
| 2006 | → Tamworth (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Hucknall Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | AFC Telford United | 22 | (6) |
| 2007 | → Rushall Olympic (loan) | 6 | (4) |
| 2008–2012 | Chasetown | 127 | (40) |
| 2012–2014 | Solihull Moors | ? | (?) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014– | Highgate United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Gary Stephen Birch (born 8 October 1981 in Birmingham, England) is a retired footballer and Manager who played as a striker. He currently manages Highgate United.
Playing career
He previously played for Walsall, Kidderminster Harriers, Nuneaton Borough, Exeter City, Lincoln City and Barnsley. While at Lincoln he had a short loan spell at Hucknall Town in 2006.
Birch scored on his AFC Telford debut in the 4–3 victory against Mossley at Seel Park. Birch came on as a substitute before scoring the winning goal. Struggling with his weight, in September 2007, he was loaned to Rushall Olympic in an attempt to gain match fitness. Birch left the club at the end of the 2007–08 season to join Chasetown.[2] Birch netted his first Chasetown hat-trick, a "perfect hat-trick", one with the right foot, one with the left foot and one with his head against Marlow on 15 November, and ended both the 2009–10 season and 2010–11 season as the club's top scorer in all competitions.
Birch netted his 50th Chasetown goal in all competitions in a 1–1 home draw with Chorley on August 27, 2011. He departed from the club in June 2012,[3] and signed for Solihull Moors.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 48. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
- ↑ "Bucks shocked by Birch departure". BBC News. 16 May 2008.
- ↑ "Birch is next to leave the Scholars". NonLeagueDaily.com. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
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