Shaun Garnett

Football player infobox
playername = Shaun Garnett


fullname = Shaun Maurice Garnett
height = height|ft=6|in=2
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|11|22
cityofbirth = Wallasey
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Tranmere Rovers (coach)
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position = Defender
youthyears = 1986–1988
youthclubs = Tranmere Rovers
years = 1988–1996
1992
1992–1993
1993
1996
1996–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–?
clubs = Tranmere Rovers
→ Chester City (loan)
→ Preston North End (loan)
→ Wigan Athletic (loan)
Swansea City
Oldham Athletic
Halifax Town
Morecambe
Harrogate Town
caps(goals) = 112 0 (5)
90 00 (0)
10 0 0 (2)
13 0 0 (1)
15 0 0 (0)
173 00(9)
40 0 0 (1)
12 0 0 (0)
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Shaun Garnett (born 22 November 1969, Wallasey) is a former English professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in The Football League for six clubs and is now a coach at Tranmere Rovers.

Playing career

Garnett began his career as an apprentice with Tranmere Rovers, where he made his Football League debut during the 1987–88 season. He turned professional in June 1988 and went on to make more than 100 Football League appearances for the club, during a period that saw Rovers climb from the fourth to the second tier of English professional football, with Garnett making three appearances at Wembley Stadium for Rovers between May 1990 and May 1991 [cite book | author= Glen Isherwood| title= Wembley:The Complete Record 1923–2000 | year=2006| pages= p.257–269 | publisher=SportsBooks Ltd|id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6] .

Garnett spent most of the 1992–93 season out on loan, completely an unwanted hat-trick of being involved in three relegations from the same division during the same season, at Football League Second Division sides Chester City (where he was the final debutant in Harry McNally’s seven year spell in charge [cite book | author=Chas Sumner | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997 | year=1997| pages= stats section |publisher=Yore Publications|id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6] ), Preston North End and Wigan Athletic. He remained at Tranmere until March 1996, when he joined Swansea City for £200,000 [cite web|url= http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=2769
title= Career Stats| publisher = soccerbase.com | accessdate=2008-02-21] but six months later he returned to north-west England with Oldham Athletic for £150,000 [cite web|url= http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=2769| title= Career Stats| publisher = soccerbase.com | accessdate=2008-02-21] .

Garnett spent six years in the Oldham first-team before joining Nationwide Conference side Halifax Town for 2002–03, in a loan move that became permanent. The following season he moved to Morecambe, in another loan deal that was made permanent. He was released at the end of the 2003–04 season [cite web|url= http://www.morecambefc.com/players/garnett.htm| title= Former Player Profile| publisher = Morecambe FC Official Website | accessdate=2008-02-21] and joined Harrogate Town as player-coach [cite web|url= http://www.harrogatetown.com/cgi-script/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=News%20Archives%202004-05%202.db&command=viewone&id=131&op=|title= 2004/2005 Review | publisher = Harrogate Town FC Official Website | accessdate=2008-02-21] . He has since returned to Tranmere as part of the coaching staff at Prenton Park [Cite news | title= Tranmere under-19s 1, Preston under-19s 1 | url= http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0550tranmereroversfc/0080news/tm_headline=tranmere-under-19s-1-preston-under-19s-1&method=full&objectid=20504899&siteid=50061-name_page.html
publisher= Liverpool Daily Post | date= 2008-02-21 | accessdate= 2008-02-21] .

Honours

Tranmere Rovers

* Football League Division Three play–off winners: 1990–91 (runners–up 1989–90).

* Leyland Daf Cup winners: 1989–90.

External links

*soccerbase|id=2769
* [http://www.shaymenonline.org/sol2/players.php?section=profile&id=34 Shaymen Online profile and stats]
* [http://www.morecambefc.com/players/garnett.htm Morecambe FC career details]

References