Ian Gillard
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Ian Terry Gillard is an English former professional footballer who made nearly 500 appearances in the Football League
playing for Queens Park Rangers, where he spent the majority of his career, and for Aldershot
. He won three caps
for the England national team
.
Gillard started out at Tottenham Hotspur in the youth ranks before moving to West london and QPR where he made his debut in November 1968. Over the next fourteen years he made the left-back position virtually his own forming a formidable full-back partnership with Dave Clement
for many seasons. He was an integral member of the 1975-76 team that almost won the First Division title, eventually finishing as runners-up to Liverpool
.
His last game for QPR was in the FA Cup
final replay against Tottenham Hotspur in 1982. He then moved on a free transfer to Aldershot
taking up a position as player coach. He played 408 league games (485 in all competitions, which is the third highest in the club's history) and scored a total of 11 goals. Ian won 3 international caps for England
in 1975.
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
playing for Queens Park Rangers, where he spent the majority of his career, and for Aldershot
Aldershot F.C.
Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable...
. He won three caps
Cap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
for the England national team
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
.
Gillard started out at Tottenham Hotspur in the youth ranks before moving to West london and QPR where he made his debut in November 1968. Over the next fourteen years he made the left-back position virtually his own forming a formidable full-back partnership with Dave Clement
Dave Clement
Dave Clement was a football player. Clement was a right fullback who developed with Queens Park Rangers through the club's youth set-up...
for many seasons. He was an integral member of the 1975-76 team that almost won the First Division title, eventually finishing as runners-up to Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
.
His last game for QPR was in the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
final replay against Tottenham Hotspur in 1982. He then moved on a free transfer to Aldershot
Aldershot F.C.
Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable...
taking up a position as player coach. He played 408 league games (485 in all competitions, which is the third highest in the club's history) and scored a total of 11 goals. Ian won 3 international caps for England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
in 1975.