Gavin Gordon

Football player infobox
playername = Gavin Gordon


fullname = Gavin Kenyatta Gordon
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|06|24
cityofbirth = Manchester
countryofbirth = England
height = 6 "1
currentclub = Histon
clubnumber = 28
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = Hull City
years = 1995-1997
1997-2000
2000-2004
2002
2004-2006
2006
2007-
clubs = Hull City
Lincoln City
Cardiff City
→ Oxford United (loan)
Notts County
Crawley Town
Histon
caps(goals) = 38 0(9)
99 (29)
50 0(6)
06 0(1)
33 0(5)
04 0(0)
00 0(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 8 January 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Gavin Kenyatta Gordon (born 24 June, 1979 in Manchester) is an English footballer currently playing for Histon.

A youth player at Hull City, Gordon became the second youngest player to ever play for them when he came on as a substitute against Coventry City in the Football League Cup. But he struggled to ever establish himself at Hull and was allowed to leave and join Lincoln City for £30,000 in November 1997 where he formed a very effective strike partnership with Lee Thorpe. His scoring feats at Lincoln lead Cardiff City [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/wales/1076404.stm "Gordon signs for Cardiff"] BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January, 2008] to pay £550,000 for him in December 2000, with the amount due to rise depending on appearances [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/1069343.stm "Gordon deal depends on Jamaica"] BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January, 2008] but he never reached the required amount. He made his debut for the Bluebirds on New Years Day and found the net with a header during a 6-1 victory over Exeter City, but the rest of his season was spent on the treatment table with persistent back problems. The same injury ruled him out of a large part of the following year, although one of the matches he did manage to play in was a LDV Vans Trophy match against Rushden & Diamonds which ended in a 7-1 victory for Cardiff with Gordon finding the net five times.

He spent a short time on loan at Oxford United to gain fitness before returning to Ninian Park where he finally broke into the first team but at the end of the year he was released. He was signed by Notts County where he managed to regain some of the form he showed at Lincoln. After a stuttering second year he left [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/4646760.stm "Gordon confirms Notts County Exit"] BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January, 2008] to joined Crawley Town [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crawley_town/4739274.stm "Crawley bring in striker Gordon"] BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January, 2008] on a free transfer but suffered a serious injury during the season which has seen him out of action for over a year. He is currently signed to Histon where he is still yet to appear due to the injury.

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External links

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* [http://www.theimp.lincolnfans.co.uk/retro2.shtml Unofficial Gavin Gordon Profile] at [http://www.theimp.lincolnfans.co.uk The Forgotten Imp]