Gavin Peers

Gavin Peers

Peers in action for Sligo Rovers away to Galway United in 2016.
Personal information
Full name Gavin Peers
Date of birth (1985-11-10) 10 November 1985
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
St Patrick's Athletic
Number 4
Youth career
2002–2005 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Mansfield Town 13 (2)
2006–2016 Sligo Rovers 346 (26)
2017– St Patrick's Athletic 17 (0)
National team
2010 Republic of Ireland U23 2 (1)
2010 League of Ireland XI 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:33, 3 July 2017 (UTC).

Gavin Peers (born 10 November 1985) is an Irish footballer currently playing for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland, having previously spent 11 seasons at Sligo Rovers and one at English Football League side Mansfield Town.

Career

Peers started his footballing career at Blackburn Rovers, and later moved to Mansfield Town, where he made 30 total appearances. Peers was signed for Sligo Rovers by Sean Connor following the clubs promotion to the Premier Division and played regularly at right-back that year. The following year following the departure of centre-backs Michael McNamara and Liam Burns Peers moved into the centre of defence and has been the rock at the heart of the Sligo defence ever since. Injuries forced Peers to miss much of the 2009 League of Ireland season and his presence was badly missed. He did recover in time to take his place in the team for the 2009 FAI Cup Final, however it would end in disappointment with Sporting Fingal winning 2-1.

The following year was much better with Peers playing consistently and Sligo having a fantastic season that saw Peers play in both the FAI Cup and League of Ireland Cup finals. Peers played a major role in the 2010 FAI Cup victory by scoring the winning goal in the 1-0 semi-final win over Bohemian at Dalymount Park. Following the departure of Conor O'Grady at the end of the 2010 season Peers became the clubs longest serving player.

Rovers repeated the FAI Cup success in 2011 this time beating Shelbourne in the final. Peers had one of his most consistent seasons making a career-best 46 appearances over the season. The next season brought even more success as Rovers won the league title with the centre-back pairing of Peers and Jason McGuinness a major part of the success.

2013 brought FAI Cup glory again but this time the final would be a bittersweet occasion for Peers as he suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury which will keep him out for some time. Despite this he signed a new two-year contract at the end of the season which will keep him at the club for 10 seasons. He has made the 5th most appearances in the history of the club.

After 346 appearances in 11 seasons at The Showgrounds, Peers departed for Dublin side St Patrick's Athletic for the 2017 season. His signing was announced by manager Liam Buckley at the club's 2016 Awards Night on the 19th November 2016.[1][2] Peers scored two brilliant diving headers on his Pats debut, scoring the first two goals in a 5–0 pre-season friendly win over Bluebell United at John Hyland Park on the 24th January 2017.[3] He made his competitive Pats debut 7 days later as Pats beat Bray Wanderers 4–0 in the Leinster Senior Cup at the Carlisle Grounds, with Peers coming off injured in the 45th minute while 3–0 up at the time.[4]

International career

Peers, a former youth international was selected by Pat Fenlon for the Republic of Ireland national under-23 football team in 2007 and on his only appearance scored the opening goal against Slovakia [5]

In 2010, he was selected for the League of Ireland XI for the opening game at the Aviva Stadium [6]


Honours

Sligo Rovers

Career statistics

Correct as of 20 July 2017. 'Europe' includes to UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League, 'Other' includes Setanta Cup, President's Cup and Leinster Senior Cup.[7][8]

Season Club League League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2005–06 Mansfield Town Football League Two 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
2006 Sligo Rovers League of Ireland 26 0 6 1 1 0 33 1
2007 23 0 3 0 1 0 27 0
2008 28 2 1 0 1 0 30 2
2009 27 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 34 4
2010 31 4 5 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 43 5
2011 32 3 5 1 3 0 2 0 4 0 46 4
2012 28 4 1 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 36 5
2013 26 2 4 1 2 1 2 0 3 0 37 4
2014 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
2015 24 1 3 0 1 0 28 1
2016 18 0 2 0 0 0 20 0
Club total 274 19 35 5 16 1 7 1 24 0 346 26
2017 St Patrick's Athletic League of Ireland 17 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 20 0
Career total 304 21 37 5 18 1 7 1 25 0 381 28

References

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