Bradley Woods-Garness

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Bradley Woods-Garness
Personal information
Full name Bradley Maurice Charles Woods-Garness
Date of birth (1986-06-27) 27 June 1986 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Islington, London, England
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2000–2003 Chelsea
2003–2004 Wycombe Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Barnet 0 (0)
2005–2006 Welwyn Garden City
2006–2007 Farnborough 24 (18)
2007–2009 Billericay Town 39 (33)
2009 → Dartford (loan) 10 (3)
2009–2012 Sutton United 63 (25)
2009 → Billericay Town (loan)
2011–2012 → Canvey Island (loan) 10 (8)
2012–2013 Canvey Island 39 (24)
2013–2016 Lowestoft Town 49 (4)
2016 → Tonbridge Angels (loan) 14 (1)
2016 Bishop's Stortford 9 (1)
2016 Cray Wanderers 7 (4)
2016 Cambridge City 3 (1)
2017 Chalfont St Peter 2 (0)
2017 Ware 3 (0)
2017 Whitehawk 4 (1)
2017–2018 Bedford Town 35 (12)
2018 Cheshunt 2 (1)
2018–2019 Corinthian-Casuals 7 (0)
2020 Wingate & Finchley 2 (0)
National team‡
2012– Montserrat 15 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:24, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:42, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Bradley Maurice Charles Woods-Garness (born 27 June 1986) is an English-born Montserratian footballer who plays as a striker or winger.

He has been capped internationally for Montserrat.

Career[]

Club career[]

As a youth he started out at Chelsea and then Wycombe Wanderers before joining Barnet, playing twice for the first team in the Football League Trophy and Conference League Cup, before establishing himself as a goalscorer, initially at Welwyn Garden City where he was top scorer in the 2005–2006 season,[3] and then at Farnborough, Billericay Town, Sutton United and Canvey Island.

After leaving Lowestoft Town at the end of the 2015–16 season, Woods-Garness started the 2016–17 season at Bishop's Stortford,[4] followed by a number of brief spells at Cray Wanderers, Cambridge City,[5] Chalfont St Peter,[6] and Ware.[7] He finished the season at Whitehawk.[8] On 12 August 2017 he featured for Bedford Town in the Southern League Division One East season opener.[9] Woods-Garnes joined Wingate & Finchley in January 2020.[10]

International career[]

Woods-Garness was called up to the Montserrat national football team in August 2012, for the 2012 Caribbean Championship First Round qualifiers, held in Martinique. He helped Montserrat achieve their first victory since 1995 and their first ever victory since joining FIFA, beating the British Virgin Islands 7–0.[11] He became Montserrat's joint-record scorer on 22 March 2019, with 4 goals, after scoring the winner in a 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification game against Cayman Islands.[12]

Woods-Garness also represented England at schoolboy level.[13]

International goals[]

Scores and results list Montserrat's goal tally first.[14]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 September 2012 Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique  British Virgin Islands
4–0
7–0
 2012 Caribbean Cup qualification
2. 1 April 2015 Blakes Estate Stadium, Lookout, Montserrat  Curaçao
2–1
2–2
 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 16 November 2018 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao  Aruba
2–0
2–0
 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
4. 21 March 2019 , West Bay, Cayman Islands  Cayman Islands
2–1
2–1

Personal life[]

Woods-Garness was educated at Highbury Grove School (1997–2002) and Southgate College (2002–2004). He works as a residential carer for young people aged 16+.

While playing for Sutton United in June 2011, Woods-Garness was arrested and spent six months in prison awaiting trial for allegedly intimidating a witness in a murder trial, in an incident that also involved the then Leyton Orient defender Elliot Omozusi. He was eventually found not guilty and returned to play for Sutton United, having always enjoyed the full support of manager Paul Doswell.[15]

Honours[]

Sutton United

Lowestoft Town

References[]

  1. ^ FIFA.com
  2. ^ "Profile of B. Woods-Garness". footballcritic.com. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. ^ http://www.welwyngardencityfc.org.uk/history/4565433831[dead link]
  4. ^ "Now Boateng Goes for Woods-Garness". Pitchero Non-League. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Good luck to Bradley Woods-Garness at Cambridge City". Cray Wanderers FC. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Well-Travelled Striker Joins Saints". Pitchero Non-League. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  7. ^ "2016/7 - A season in review (Part 2)". Ware FC. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  8. ^ "A review of the season". Cambridge City FC. 26 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Opening day curse strikes again". Bedford Town FC. August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Wingate & Finchley | Appearances | Bradley Woods-Garness | Football Web Pages".
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ Game Detail: Cayman Islands 1-2 Montserrat CONCACAF Nations League. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Footballer will stand trial for threatening murder witness". London Evening Standard. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Woods-Garness, Bradley". National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Sutton United star striker tells of jail hell".

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