fullname years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals position birth_date article_title name
william garner -- 196x -- 1969 1969 1969 -- 1972 1972 -- 1978 -- 1978 -- 1980 1980 -- 1983 1983 -- 1984 196x -- 1966 1966 -- 1967 -- -- loughborough town bedford town southend united chelsea cambridge united chelmsford city united brentford midland athletic notts county loughborough united dunstable 2 102 105 24 3 leicester , england 0 41 31 3 1 centre forward 14 december 1947 bill garner -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 bill garner
bill garner -lrb- footballer -rrb-

william `` bill '' garner -lrb- born 14 december 1947 -rrb- is an english former footballer born in leicester , who played in the football league for notts county , southend united , chelsea , cambridge united and brentford .
a bustling centre-forward , garner started his career in local football in the leicester area before signing professional forms with notts county .
after only two league appearances he returned to loughborough united , then signed for southern league club dunstable town , for whom he scored 25 goals , and then bedford town , who sold him to southend united in november 1969 for a fee of # 12,000 .
he was to score 47 goals in 111 games for southend , and was their top scorer and player of the season in 1971 -- 72 .
after impressing during a league cup match against chelsea in 1972 , he signed for the west londoners three days later for # 100,000 .
garner 's time at chelsea was hindered by the overall decline of the side , culminating in relegation to the second division in 1975 , as well as his own injury problems and loss of form .
he made a total of 119 appearances for chelsea , scoring 36 goals .
he signed for cambridge united on a free transfer in 1978 .
he left cambridge in 1980 and ended his career with stints at chelmsford city and brentford .
