Brian Gartland

Football player infobox
playername = Brian Gartland
fullname = Brian Gartland


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height = height|ft=6|in=2
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|11|4
cityofbirth = flagicon|IRL Dublin
countryofbirth = Ireland
currentclub = flagicon|IRL Monaghan United
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position = Defender
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years = 2005-2006
2007
2008-present
clubs = flagicon|IRL Bray Wanderers
flagicon|IRL Shelbourne
flagicon|IRL Monaghan United
caps(goals) = 0 (0)
15 (1)
0 (0)
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pcupdate = November 10 2007

Brian Gartland (born November 4 1986 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish footballer who is currently playing for Eircom League of Ireland First Division club Monaghan United. Gartland plays as a central defender.

Career

Brian began his senior career at Bray Wanderers and was one of Bray's promising young players and was voted Bray Wanderers' Under-21 Player of the Year for 2006. Brian had yet to make a competitive first team appearance for Bray at this stage (made his debut for Bray first team in a friendly against Livingston Fc from Scotland in July 2006) and in February 2007 he had interest coming from Shelbourne. Brian took the opportunity to join Shels and he signed for the Tolka Park side on February 27 2007 [ [http://www.shelbournefc.com/news.php?id=583 Official Squad for 2007] → www.shelbournefc.com] . Brian made his debut for Shelbourne on March 9 2007 in a league fixture against Kildare County at Tolka Park, scoring on his debut with the first of Shelbourne's goals in a 2-2 draw [ [http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/0309/shels.html Shels salvage draw against Kildare] → www.rte.ie] . Gartland's battling demeanor saw him become a regular in the Shelbourne first team during the first half of the 2007 season until a raft of mid-season signings saw him pushed down the pecking order at the Tolka Park club. Gartland was released by Shelbourne at the end of the 2007 season [ [http://www.shelbournefc.com/news.php?id=792 Player Update] → www.shelbournefc.com] . Gartland made 16 league and cup appearances and scored one goal during the 2007 Season for Shelbourne. Gartland did not have to wait long to find a new club as he was snapped up by Monaghan United on December 18 2007 [ [http://www.monaghanunited.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=837&Itemid=1 Collins and Gartland join the Mons] → www.monaghanunited.ie] .

References

External links

* [http://www.shelbournefc.com/players.php?playerid=1087 Brian Gartland's profile at www.shelbournefc.com]