Gavin Peers

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Gavin Peers
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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 39)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
2002–2005 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2006 Mansfield Town 13 (2)
2006–2016 Sligo Rovers 275 (19)
2017 St Patrick's Athletic 19 (0)
2018 Derry City 19 (0)
2019–2020 Glentoran 40 (1)
2020–2022 Warrenpoint Town 17 (0)
International career
2010 Republic of Ireland U23 2 (1)
2010 League of Ireland XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 May 2022

Gavin Peers (born 10 November 1985) is an Irish football coach and former player.

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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. 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.

Sligo 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.

Peers was awarded a testimonial by Sligo where he scored in a 3-3- draw with Portsmouth F.C. in July 2016 .

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]

He signed for Warrenpoint Town F.C. in August 2020 where he spent two seasons before retiring.

In December 2022, Peers was announced as first-team coach at Longford Town in a role he remained at until resigning in April 2024.

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]

ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup League Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mansfield Town 2005–06 EFL League Two 1322000—0 [a] 0152
Sligo Rovers 2006 League of Ireland Premier Division 2606110——331
2007 2303010——270
2008 2821010——302
2009 27351200 [b] 0—344
2010 31451400 [b] 03 [c] 0435
201132351302 [b] 04 [c] 0464
2012 28410102 [b] 14 [c] 0365
201326241212 [d] 03 [c] 0374
201411000001 [b] 00 [c] 0120
2015 2413010——281
2016 1802000——200
Sligo Rovers Total274193551617124034626
St Patrick's Athletic 2017 League of Ireland Premier Division 1900020—1 [e] 0220
Derry City 2018 19020102 [b] 0—240
Glentoran 2018–19 NIFL Premiership 140———0 [f] 0140
2019–20 1911000—0 [f] 0201
Glentoran Total3311000—00341
Career Total358224051919125044129
  1. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in Setanta Sports Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup
  6. 1 2 Appearances in County Antrim Shield

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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". RTÉ.ie . 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. ↑ "Airtricity League XI v Manchester United - Unknown - Extratime.ie - League of Ireland Fixtures". Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Republic of Ireland – G.Peers". ie.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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