Gary Borrowdale

Gary Borrowdale
Personal information
Full nameGareth Ian Borrowdale[1]
Date of birth16 July 1985[1]
Place of birthWorcester Park, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Playing positionLeft back
Youth career
?–2002Crystal Palace
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2002–2007Crystal Palace98(0)
2007–2009Coventry City21(0)
2008→ Colchester United (loan)4(0)
2008–2009→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)0(0)
2009–2013Queens Park Rangers22(0)
2009→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)12(0)
2010→ Charlton Athletic (loan)12(0)
2011→ Carlisle United (loan)1(0)
2011→ Barnet (loan)11(0)
2013Carrick Rangers
2013Tonbridge Angels5(0)
Margate
2014Gillingham0(0)
National team‡
2001England U162(0)
2001–2002England U177(0)
2002England U181(0)
2003–2004England U193(0)
2004–2005England U203(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:38, 30 September 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 03:13, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Gareth Ian "Gary" Borrowdale (born 16 July 1985) is an English footballer who was most recently on the books of Gillingham. A left-sided player, Borrowdale plays as a left-back. He has also been known to operate as a central defender.

Club career

Borrowdale began his career at Crystal Palace, and made his debut aged 17 in December 2002. He gave a good performance and made a regular place for himself in the first team, quickly making the transition to first-team football and becoming a regular member of the first XI. At just age 21 he made his 100th appearance for Palace, and looked to have a big future, collecting the club's "Young Player of the Year" award to cap some strong performances in the 2006–07 season. However, this would be his last at Selhurst Park. With his contract expired, he opted to join former Palace boss Iain Dowie to Coventry City, for a tribunal fee of £650k.

At Coventry his career has stuttered somewhat, with the team struggling and Dowie sacked, resulting in Borrowdale spending most of the season on the sidelines. In September 2008, he joined Colchester United on a month-long emergency loan. He started his first match for Colchester on 26 September.

On 23 November 2008, he became Queens Park Rangers manager Paulo Sousa's first loan signing since taking over at Loftus Road. He signed with the club on a permanent contract on 2 January 2009.[2]

Borrowdale was loaned out by QPR on a number of occasions. He joined League One side Brighton & Hove Albion on loan for the remainder of the season on 6 March 2009, after an injury to first choice left-back Jim McNulty,[3] making 12 appearances for Brighton. On 18 March 2010, he joined League One club Charlton Athletic on a 28-day emergency loan. On 8 February 2011, he agreed a one-month loan deal with another League One Carlisle United, and made his debut on the same day in a 3–0 defeat at Huddersfield Town. On 30 September 2011, he joined League Two club Barnet on an emergency loan deal.[4]

On 21 May 2012, Queens Park Rangers announced that Borrowdale would be leaving the club when his contract expired at the end of June.[5]

On 21 February 2013, Borrowdale signed for IFA Championship 1 club Carrick Rangers until the end of the 2012–13 season.[6]

On 8 November 2013, he signed for Isthmian League club Margate.

Borrowdale returned to professional football at the end of January 2014 when he signed for Gillingham.[7] He was released by the club at the end of the 2013–14 season, without ever having played a match for them.[8]

On 5 August 2014, Borrowdale signed for Greenwich Borough. [9]

International career

He received his first call-up to the England under-21 squad for the October 2006 play-offs against Germany, although he did not appear for the team. He has also represented England at under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-20 levels.

Honours

2007 – Crystal Palace "Young Player of the Year"

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 58. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  2. ↑ "QPR sign Routledge and Borrowdale". BBC Sport. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  3. ↑ Albion Borrow Borrowdale, Seagulls World, 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009
  4. ↑ "Bees Borrow Borrowdale". BBC Sport. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  5. ↑ "HILL OFFERED NEW DEAL". QPR site. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  6. ↑ Gers sign Borrowdale
  7. ↑ "Transfer window: Gillingham sign Gary Borrowdale and Joe Pigott". BBC. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Gillingham FC announce retained list". Gillingham F.C. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  9. ↑ http://www.greenwichboroughfc.co.uk/news/gary-borrowdale-signs-for-borough-1264738.html

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