On 6 January 2007, for the Third RoundFA Cup tie away at West Ham United, Gargan was involved in the first-team squad for the first time, travelling with the squad. He didn't make the bench, but was seen warming up on the pitch with all the other players beforehand, displaying the number 37 on his shorts. In May 2007, Gargan was offered a one-year professional contract with Brighton.[4][5]
At the beginning of May 2007 it was revealed that Gargan, along with fellow other youth team players Sonny Cobbs, Lloyd Skinner and Chris Winterton were to be loaned out for three months to local teams for them to gain experience playing at a professional level.[6][7] Gargan and Cobbs joined Worthing.[8] Gargan scored a prolific thirteen goals in nineteen league games. In November 2007, he joined teammate Scott Chamberlain on loan at Conference South team Bognor Regis Town.[9] After spending two months at Bognor, Gargan then moved on to Conference South rivals Welling United on a further loan deal, where he was re-united with ex-Brighton player Richard Carpenter. In sixteen league games at Welling, Gargan netted nine times. He made his Football League and Brighton debut on 26 April 2008, coming on as an 85th-minute substitute for Glenn Murray during the 2–0 away victory over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium.[10] At the end of the season he signed another one-year contract.[11]
In a pre-season friendly with Selsey he scored a hat-trick.[12] At the start of the 2008–09 season, Gargan joined Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville on a one-month loan.[13] After the conclusion of this loan deal, Gargan then joined Conference National team Lewes on a one-month loan deal,[14][15] and scored on his debut away at Histon; he then went on to score three goals in six games for the Rooks. Teammate Michael Standing was full of praise for the youngster, and said "he wins headers and gets hold of the ball" and made "a real difference to us".[16] In January 2009, he transferred to rival Sussex team Eastbourne Borough on a month loan.[17][18] With the bad weather in February and games being postponed, Gargan managed to make only two appearances and scored one goal (against Histon). He returned to Brighton and was an unused substitute during the 4–0 home defeat to Crewe Alexandra on 28 February 2009, before two weeks later returning to Eastbourne on loan for the remainder of the season.[19][20] His loan spell was cut short however after suffering a knee injury against Salisbury City, which later needed surgery on his knee cartilage.[21] It was announced in May 2009, that Gargan would be leaving Brighton after the expiration of his contract at the end of June 2009.[22][23]
Sutton UnitedEdit
Gargan was signed by Sutton United manager Paul Doswell in the summer of 2009, along with his former colleague Sonny Cobbs. Gargan established himself as a first team regular, often playing as the sole target man following the departure of Sutton striker Stefan Payne to Fulham. He scored seventeen goals in 46 games over all competitions, as his club came second in the league before losing in the play-offs to Kingstonian. United believed they had lost the player as he went missing after the match, but this appeared not to be the case after Gargan revealed he had been with family in Spain and was unaware of the club's attempts to contact him.[24] He said he would return to Sutton for next season if his attempts at finding a higher level club were to fail.[25]
During the summer of 2010 he was handed a trial at Port Vale by his former manager from Brighton Micky Adams.[26] However he instead opted for a trial at League Two rivals Gillingham, playing in "Gills" colours for the first time in a friendly match with Braintree Town.[27] He later played a pre-season friendly for Rushden & Diamonds.[28] After no success, Gargan declined Sutton's offer to re-sign and instead joined his local team Whitehawk, where his father has strong links. He finished top scorer in an interrupted first season narrowly missing out on promotion. The following season he finished as the club's top scorer again this time netting 23 times from 45 starts as the club finished the 2011–12 season as Isthmian League Division One South champions and won the Sussex Senior Cup for the first time in 50 years with Gargan scoring the winning goal.
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This article is about the English footballer For the former NWT MLA see Samuel Gargan Sam Joseph Gargan born 24 January 1989 in Brighton is an English footballer who plays as a striker whose last known club was Burgess Hill Town Sam GarganPersonal informationDate of birth 1989 01 24 24 January 1989 age 34 1 Place of birthBrighton England 1 Height6 ft 3 in 1 91 m Position s StrikerYouth career2005 2007Brighton amp Hove AlbionSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 2007 2009Brighton amp Hove Albion1 0 2007 Worthing loan 19 13 2007 2008 Bognor Regis Town loan 5 1 2008 Welling United loan 16 9 2008 Havant amp Waterlooville loan 5 1 2008 Lewes loan 8 3 2009 Eastbourne Borough loan 6 1 2009 2010Sutton United45 17 2010 2015Whitehawk110 48 2014 Peacehaven amp Telscombe loan 2015Burgess Hill Town8 5 2016Whitehawk4 0 2016 Burgess Hill Town loan 2016 2017Burgess Hill Town Club domestic league appearances and goals correct as of 07 48 21 June 2016 UTC His professional career started at Brighton amp Hove Albion in 2007 He spent two years at the club but only made the one appearance Meanwhile he enjoyed loan spells at Worthing Bognor Regis Town Welling United Havant amp Waterlooville Lewes and Eastbourne Borough In 2009 he dropped out of the Football League and signed for Sutton United before moving to Whitehawk in 2010 Gargan briefly played for Burgess Hill Town in 2015 2 but re signed for Whitehawk at the end of the year after scoring four times for The Hillians in a 5 1 victory over Merstham He returned to Burgess Hill Town on loan before finally ending the season with Whitehawk He rejoined Burgess Hill Town for the start of the 2016 17 season 3 Contents 1 Playing career 1 1 Brighton amp Hove Albion 1 2 Sutton United 2 Statistics 3 Honours 4 References 5 External linksPlaying career EditBrighton amp Hove Albion Edit On 6 January 2007 for the Third Round FA Cup tie away at West Ham United Gargan was involved in the first team squad for the first time travelling with the squad He didn t make the bench but was seen warming up on the pitch with all the other players beforehand displaying the number 37 on his shorts In May 2007 Gargan was offered a one year professional contract with Brighton 4 5 At the beginning of May 2007 it was revealed that Gargan along with fellow other youth team players Sonny Cobbs Lloyd Skinner and Chris Winterton were to be loaned out for three months to local teams for them to gain experience playing at a professional level 6 7 Gargan and Cobbs joined Worthing 8 Gargan scored a prolific thirteen goals in nineteen league games In November 2007 he joined teammate Scott Chamberlain on loan at Conference South team Bognor Regis Town 9 After spending two months at Bognor Gargan then moved on to Conference South rivals Welling United on a further loan deal where he was re united with ex Brighton player Richard Carpenter In sixteen league games at Welling Gargan netted nine times He made his Football League and Brighton debut on 26 April 2008 coming on as an 85th minute substitute for Glenn Murray during the 2 0 away victory over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium 10 At the end of the season he signed another one year contract 11 In a pre season friendly with Selsey he scored a hat trick 12 At the start of the 2008 09 season Gargan joined Conference South side Havant amp Waterlooville on a one month loan 13 After the conclusion of this loan deal Gargan then joined Conference National team Lewes on a one month loan deal 14 15 and scored on his debut away at Histon he then went on to score three goals in six games for the Rooks Teammate Michael Standing was full of praise for the youngster and said he wins headers and gets hold of the ball and made a real difference to us 16 In January 2009 he transferred to rival Sussex team Eastbourne Borough on a month loan 17 18 With the bad weather in February and games being postponed Gargan managed to make only two appearances and scored one goal against Histon He returned to Brighton and was an unused substitute during the 4 0 home defeat to Crewe Alexandra on 28 February 2009 before two weeks later returning to Eastbourne on loan for the remainder of the season 19 20 His loan spell was cut short however after suffering a knee injury against Salisbury City which later needed surgery on his knee cartilage 21 It was announced in May 2009 that Gargan would be leaving Brighton after the expiration of his contract at the end of June 2009 22 23 Sutton United Edit Gargan was signed by Sutton United manager Paul Doswell in the summer of 2009 along with his former colleague Sonny Cobbs Gargan established himself as a first team regular often playing as the sole target man following the departure of Sutton striker Stefan Payne to Fulham He scored seventeen goals in 46 games over all competitions as his club came second in the league before losing in the play offs to Kingstonian United believed they had lost the player as he went missing after the match but this appeared not to be the case after Gargan revealed he had been with family in Spain and was unaware of the club s attempts to contact him 24 He said he would return to Sutton for next season if his attempts at finding a higher level club were to fail 25 During the summer of 2010 he was handed a trial at Port Vale by his former manager from Brighton Micky Adams 26 However he instead opted for a trial at League Two rivals Gillingham playing in Gills colours for the first time in a friendly match with Braintree Town 27 He later played a pre season friendly for Rushden amp Diamonds 28 After no success Gargan declined Sutton s offer to re sign and instead joined his local team Whitehawk where his father has strong links He finished top scorer in an interrupted first season narrowly missing out on promotion The following season he finished as the club s top scorer again this time netting 23 times from 45 starts as the club finished the 2011 12 season as Isthmian League Division One South champions and won the Sussex Senior Cup for the first time in 50 years with Gargan scoring the winning goal Statistics EditClub performance League Cup League Cup TotalSeason Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsEngland League FA Cup League Cup Total2007 08 Brighton amp Hove Albion League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 02007 08 Worthing Isthmian Division One South 19 13 0 0 0 0 19 132007 08 Bognor Regis Town Conference South 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 12007 08 Welling United Conference South 16 9 0 0 0 0 16 92008 09 Brighton amp Hove Albion League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02008 09 Havant amp Waterlooville Conference South 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 12008 09 Lewes Conference National 8 3 0 0 0 0 8 32008 09 Eastbourne Borough Conference National 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 12009 10 Sutton United Isthmian Premier Division 45 12 0 0 0 0 45 172010 11 Whitehawk Isthmian Division One South 21 17 0 0 0 0 21 172011 12 Whitehawk Isthmian Division One South 34 13 5 3 0 0 39 162012 13 Whitehawk Isthmian Premier 16 8 3 3 0 0 19 112013 14 Whitehawk National League South 17 4 0 0 0 0 19 112014 15 Whitehawk National League South 23 2 1 0 0 0 24 22015 16 Whitehawk National League South 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0Total England 231 84 9 6 0 0 240 90Career total 231 84 9 6 0 0 240 90Notesa Football League Trophy results included in totals Honours Editwith Sutton UnitedIsthmian League Premier Division runner up 2009 10References Edit a b Hugman Barry J ed 2008 The PFA Footballers Who s Who 2008 09 Mainstream ISBN 978 1 84596 324 8 Burgess Hill sign Whitehawk striker Sam Gargan The News 16 October 2015 Retrieved 18 December 2015 Two in one out at Burgess Hill Pitch Hero Non League 23 August 2016 Retrieved 24 August 2016 Camillin Paul 12 May 2007 Scholars Win Pro Deals seagulls premiumtv co uk Archived from the original on 13 March 2018 Retrieved 21 June 2010 Seagulls quartet handed contracts BBC Sport 11 May 2007 Retrieved 21 June 2010 Brighton quartet to be loaned out BBC Sport 22 May 2007 Retrieved 21 June 2010 Dudding Tim 10 July 2007 Youngsters Out On Loan seagulls premiumtv co uk Archived from the original on 13 March 2018 Retrieved 21 June 2010 Seagulls farm young quartet out BBC Sport 10 July 2007 Retrieved 21 June 2010 Gargan makes Bognor loan switch BBC Sport 14 November 2007 Retrieved 21 June 2010 Dudding Tim 8 May 2010 Brighton vs Yeovil Town seagulls premiumtv co uk Retrieved 21 June 2010 permanent dead link Camillin Paul 6 May 2008 Five Offered New Deals seagulls premiumtv co uk Archived from the original on 13 March 2018 Retrieved 21 June 2010 Camillin Paul 2 August 2008 Full Time Selsey 0 Albion 4 seagulls co uk Archived from the original on 13 March 2018 Retrieved 22 June 2010 Dudding Tim 8 August 2008 Strike Duo Out on Loan seagulls premiumtv co uk Archived from the original on 14 March 2018 Retrieved 21 June 2010 Lewes snap up loan striker Gargan BBC Sport 23 September 2008 Retrieved 22 June 2010 Camillin Paul 23 September 2008 Three Loaned Out seagulls premiumtv co uk Archived from the original on 13 March 2018 Retrieved 21 June 2010 Standing hails Gargan recruitment BBC Sport 29 September 2008 Retrieved 22 June 2010 Eastbourne complete double swoop BBC Sport 30 January 2009 Retrieved 22 June 2010 Seagulls poised for double transfer swoop The Argus 29 January 2009 Retrieved 29 January 2009 Albion striker back at Priory Lane The Argus 12 March 2009 Retrieved 12 March 2009 Eastbourne re sign Seagull Gargan BBC Sport 13 March 2009 Retrieved 22 June 2010 Gargan blow for Borough The Argus 2 April 2009 Retrieved 11 April 2009 dead link Camillin Paul 12 May 2009 New Deals for Three seagulls co uk Archived from the original on 14 March 2018 Retrieved 21 June 2010 Fourteen let go in Brighton cull BBC Sport 12 May 2009 Retrieved 21 June 2010 Amos Stuart 9 June 2010 Gargan could make Sutton return Sutton Guardian Retrieved 1 July 2010 Amos Stuart 14 June 2010 Sutton s Gargan targets pro return Sutton Guardian Retrieved 1 July 2010 Port Vale Adams hands trial to Brighton old boy The Sentinel 11 June 2010 Retrieved 14 June 2010 BRAINTREE TOWN 2 1 GILLINGHAM gillinghamfootballclub com 10 July 2010 Retrieved 10 July 2010 Match Report Diamonds 2 1 WBA XI Official website 6 August 2010 Retrieved 13 August 2010 External links EditSam Gargan at Soccerbase Sam Gargan player profile at seagulls co uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sam Gargan amp oldid 1164027981, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
