Gavin Johnson (footballer)

Gavin Johnson
Personal information
Full name	Gavin Johnson
Date of birth	10 October 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Stowmarket, England
Position(s)	Left-back, midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1995	Ipswich Town
1995	Luton Town
1995–1998	Wigan Athletic
1998–1999	Dunfermline Athletic
1999–2005	Colchester United
2005	Boston United
2005–2006	Northampton Town
2006–2007	Oxford United
2007–2010	Bury Town
2010–2011	Walsham-le-Willows
2011–2012	Needham Market
2012–2013	Walsham-le-Willows
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct 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.

Career

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]

Ipswich Town^[5]

Wigan Athletic^[6]

Northampton Town

^ "Gavin Johnson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
^ Gavin Johnson Soccerbase
^ Appearance record for Gavin Johnson for season 1988-89 Pride of Anglia
^ "New signings". Needham Market F.C. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
^ "Tier Two (Championship) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ "Tier Four (League Two) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.