Gavin Johnson (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gavin Johnson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Stowmarket, England | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back, midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1995 | Ipswich Town | 131 | (10) |
| 1995 | Luton Town | 5 | (0) |
| 1995–1998 | Wigan Athletic | 98 | (10) |
| 1998–1999 | Dunfermline Athletic | 18 | (0) |
| 1999–2005 | Colchester United | 146 | (13) |
| 2005 | Boston United | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Northampton Town | 24 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Oxford United[2] | 29 | (1) |
| 2007–2010 | Bury Town | 83 | (8) |
| 2010–2011 | Walsham-le-Willows | ? | (?) |
| 2011–2012 | Needham Market | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Walsham-le-Willows | ? | (?) |
| Total | 538 | (43) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:12, 26 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
Gavin Johnson (born 10 October 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back or midfielder.
Born in Stowmarket, Johnson started his career with nearby Ipswich Town, making his debut in a 2–0 win over Barnsley on 21 February 1989.[3] He moved on to Luton Town in 1995, but was sold to Wigan Athletic for £15,000 in the same year. After three years at Wigan, he spent a season in Scotland with Dunfermline Athletic, before returning to East Anglia to join Colchester United in 1999.
After being released by Colchester in 2005 he had a brief spell with Boston United, before spending a season with Northampton Town and then Oxford United. In 2007, he returned to Suffolk to play for Bury Town, before moving onto Walsham-le-Willows in 2010.
At the start of the 2011–12 season, Johnson signed for Isthmian League Division One North club Needham Market.[4]
