Gavin Peers

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Gavin Peers
Gavin Peers (2016).jpg
Peers in action for Sligo Rovers away to Galway United in 2016
Personal information
Full name Gavin Peers
Date of birth (1985-11-10) 10 November 1985 (age 36)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Warrenpoint Town
Number 4
Youth career
2002–2005 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Mansfield Town 13 (2)
2006–2016 Sligo Rovers 274 (19)
2017 St Patrick's Athletic 19 (0)
2018 Derry City 19 (0)
2019–2020 Glentoran 40 (1)
2020– Warrenpoint Town 7 (0)
National team
2010 Republic of Ireland U23 2 (1)
2010 League of Ireland XI 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 January 2021

Gavin Peers (born 10 November 1985) is an Irish footballer currently playing for Warrenpoint Town in the NIFL Premiership, having previously spent 11 seasons at Sligo Rovers, 1 season at St Patrick's Athletic, one season at Derry City and one at English Football League side Mansfield Town.

Career[]

Peers started his footballing career at Blackburn Rovers, and later moved to Mansfield Town, where he made 30 total appearances. He was signed for Sligo Rovers by Sean Connor following the club's promotion to the Premier Division and played regularly at right-back that year. The following year following the departure of centre-backs Michael McNamara and Liam Burns Peers moved into the centre of defence and has been the rock at the heart of the Sligo defence ever since. Injuries forced him to miss much of the 2009 League of Ireland season and his presence was badly missed. He did recover in time to take his place in the team for the 2009 FAI Cup Final, but it would end in disappointment with Sporting Fingal winning 2-1.

The following year was much better with Peers playing consistently and Sligo having a fantastic season that saw him play in both the FAI Cup and League of Ireland Cup finals. He played a major role in the 2010 FAI Cup victory by scoring the winning goal in the 1-0 semi-final win over Bohemian at Dalymount Park. Following the departure of Conor O'Grady at the end of the 2010 season Peers became the club's longest serving player.

Rovers repeated the FAI Cup success in 2011 this time beating Shelbourne in the final. Peers had one of his most consistent seasons making a career-best 46 appearances over the season. The next season brought even more success as Sligo won the league title with the centre-back pairing of Peers and Jason McGuinness a major part of the success.

He scored against FC Spartak Trnava in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.[1]

2013 brought FAI Cup glory again but this time the final would be a bittersweet occasion for Peers as he suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury. Despite this he signed a new two-year contract at the end of the season which kept him at the club for 10 seasons. He has made the 5th most appearances in the history of the club.

After 346 appearances in 11 seasons at The Showgrounds, Peers departed for Dublin side St Patrick's Athletic for the 2017 season. His signing was announced by manager Liam Buckley at the club's 2016 Awards Night on 19 November 2016.[2][3] Peers scored two brilliant diving headers on his Pats debut, scoring the first two goals in a 5–0 pre-season friendly win over Bluebell United at John Hyland Park on 24 January 2017.[4] He made his competitive Pats debut seven days later as Pats beat Bray Wanderers 4–0 in the Leinster Senior Cup at the Carlisle Grounds, with Peers coming off injured in the 45th minute while 3–0 up at the time.[5]

Peers signed for Glentoran of the NIFL Premiership in January 2019.[6]

International career[]

Peers, a former youth international was selected by Pat Fenlon for the Republic of Ireland national under-23 football team in 2007 and on his only appearance scored the opening goal against Slovakia.[7]

In 2010, he was selected for the League of Ireland XI for the opening game at the Aviva Stadium.[8]

Honours[]

Sligo Rovers
Glentoran

Career statistics[]

Professional appearances – correct as of 7 January 2020.[9]

Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mansfield Town 2005–06 EFL League Two 13 2 2 0 0 0 — 0[a] 0 15 2
Sligo Rovers 2006 League of Ireland Premier Division 26 0 6 1 1 0 — — 33 1
2007 23 0 3 0 1 0 — — 27 0
2008 28 2 1 0 1 0 — — 30 2
2009 27 3 5 1 2 0 0[b] 0 — 34 4
2010 31 4 5 1 4 0 0[b] 0 3[c] 0 43 5
2011 32 3 5 1 3 0 2[b] 0 4[c] 0 46 4
2012 28 4 1 0 1 0 2[b] 1 4[c] 0 36 5
2013 26 2 4 1 2 1 2[d] 0 3[c] 0 37 4
2014 11 0 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 0[c] 0 12 0
2015 24 1 3 0 1 0 — — 28 1
2016 18 0 2 0 0 0 — — 20 0
Sligo Rovers Total 274 19 35 5 16 1 7 1 24 0 346 26
St Patrick's Athletic 2017 League of Ireland Premier Division 19 0 0 0 2 0 — 1[e] 0 22 0
Derry City 2018 19 0 2 0 1 0 2[b] 0 — 24 0
Glentoran 2018–19 NIFL Premiership 14 0 — — — 0[f] 0 14 0
2019–20 19 1 1 0 0 0 — 0[f] 0 20 1
Glentoran Total 33 1 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 34 1
Career Total 358 22 40 5 19 1 9 1 25 0 441 29
  1. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b c d e Appearances in Setanta Sports Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup
  6. ^ a b Appearances in County Antrim Shield

References[]

  1. ^ "Spartak Trnava-Sligo 2013 History | UEFA Europa League".
  2. ^ "Club News : Peers Joins Saints From Sligo". stpatsfc.com.
  3. ^ "Pat's announce signing of Sligo defender Peers". 20 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Extratime.ie - Live Updates - 2017 Domestic Friendlies - Bluebell United -v- St. Patrick's Athletic". www.extratime.ie.
  5. ^ "Extratime.ie - Live Updates - 2017 Leinster Senior Cup Fourth Round - Bray Wanderers -v- St. Patrick's Athletic". www.extratime.ie.
  6. ^ "Gavin Peers joins Glentoran". www.glentoran.com.
  7. ^ "Brennan runs the show as Irish sink 'young' Slovaks – Independent.ie".
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Republic of Ireland – G.Peers". ie.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

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