Our new superstriker......... in 2020

[Hansern]

Ace name aswell!

Liverpool schoolboy surpasses Rooney record – and he’s a red
Posted on Thursday, 27th May 2010 by David Tully

Liverpool schoolboy Gerard Garner has surpassed a record set by Wayne Rooney which was believed to be unbeatable. In the same Under 11s team as Rooney, Garner broke the 72 goals in the season record set by Rooney in the 1996/97 season. The 11 year old took the record with two games to spare in the season after bagging his 73rd against Macclesfield at Deepdale in a Under 11s North-West Cup final. Garner said to the Daily Mirror:

“I never thought I would get anywhere near the record at the start of the season. I didn’t even know there was one until much later. I’m only part of the team. I want to thank my team-mates for helping me break the record and those who coached me. I couldn’t have done it without them.â€

A record at Under 11s level is not the only thing Garner has in common with Rooney, he goes to the same primary school, Our Lady & St Swithin’s primary in Croxteth, as the Manchester United striker went to, but their is also one crucial difference between the pair, Garner is a Liverpool supporter rather than a Blue. An interesting name to look out for in a few years time.

 

[Stulikesdrums]

He's a red as in he's a fan?
Good chance he wouldn't sign for us anyway, we're shit.

 

[Hansern]

Gerard Garner - 76 goals this season, already on the books at LFC

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Nice story, hope he can take it to the big-time.



http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/article/4252/

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Wayne Rooney's schoolboy record of scoring 72 goals in a season has been broken by 11-year-old Gerard Garner.
The Liverpool Boys star equalled Rooney's record from the 1996/97 season - achieved with the same team - with two matches left to play.

He then broke it with a goal in the North West Cup Final against Macclesfield before ending his season with a hat-trick against Wirral to sign off a 76-goal season.

"I never thought I would get anywhere near the record at the start of the season," said Garner. "I didn't even know there was one until much later!"

The incredible season has helped his side win all 39 of their matches this season, with the star player himself notching eight hat-tricks as they collected an astonishing nine trophies. Among those hat-tricks he scored four in a match on three occasions and five twice.

The Kirkby-born left-footer attended the same school as Rooney - Our Lady & St Swithun's primary school in Croxteth - and is heading to the same secondary school in September, and is already being tipped to follow the Rooney path to a glorious career.

Yet the lifelong Liverpool fan - who signed for the club at age six - actually prefers Spanish striker Fernando Torres to the England talisman.

"Wayne is a great player and I enjoy watching him," he explained.

"But I have been signed up by the Liverpool Academy and really like Fernando Torres.

"For me, he is my sort of striker and I love to watch him play and score."

And despite his exploits, the boy they nickname 'Jazza' still has his size-five boots well and truly on the ground.

"I'm only part of a team and I want to thank my team-mates for helping me break the record, and those who coached me," he added. "I couldn't have done it without them."
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[Atlas]

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“I never thought I would get anywhere near the record at the start of the season. I didn’t even know there was one until much later. I’m only part of the team. I want to thank my team-mates for helping me break the record and those who coached me. I couldn’t have done it without them.â€
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Great interview from an 11 year old

 

[FoxForceFive]

Neil Mellor anyone?

 

[SaintGeorge67]

No neil mellor as long as he stays off the double cheeseburgers

 

[bobtkelpie]

What really struck me here was the under 11s play 39 games of football a year... how many did our reserves play? 16? 18? Fecking 10 year olds played more than half our squad!

 

[Squiggles]

[quote author=bobtkelpie link=topic=40407.msg1109767#msg1109767 date=1275008040]
What really struck me here was the under 11s play 39 games of football a year... how many did our reserves play? 16? 18? Fecking 10 year olds played more than half our squad!
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Playing football is so outdated now.

Just ask Alberto

 

[spider-Neil]

'Gerard Garner scores an unbelievable goal which sees liverpool promoted to division 2 in an enthralling play off game!!'

 

[Buddha]

Maybe he'll save Rafa a few bob this summer, Garner for back-up striker to Torres.

 

[Dreambeliever]

We are so overdue a big player coming through this looks really excited for 2015/16

 

[RolandG]

This lad has a phenominal scoring record. A natural finisher I dare say?