Bradley Garmston

[tetsujin1979]

making his debut today on loan at Colchester, playing at left full today against Sheffield United

Said in an interview with the East Anglian Daily Times that his boyhood hero was Mark Kinsella: http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/colchester-united/u_s_new_boy_garmston_hails_boyhood_hero_kinsella_1 _1936367

[Crosby87]

Is this him posting this of himself lol? :bulgy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHK_BQ8OpiU

[tetsujin1979]

signed a new one year deal at the Hawthorns: http://www.wba.co.uk/news/article/trio-sign-new-albion-deals-906109.aspx

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Surprised not to hear anything about this chap all season after a decent loan spell at Colchester in 12/13 season.

[tetsujin1979]

Think he was injured for a large part of the season, didn't play between november and april.
at least, I can't find any record of him playing for the West Brom U21 side in that period

<EDIT>

Going by his twitter account he had surgery to sort out an abdominal problem during the season: https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3ABradleyGarmston+operation

[tetsujin1979]

Scored a lovely goal last night for West Brom against Port Vale in a pre season friendly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs5oB_NQIdc&t=1m53s

[tricky_colour]

Is this him posting this of himself lol? :bulgy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHK_BQ8OpiU

Seems pretty decent sort confident and capable, obviously someone thinks he is pretty
good, good enough to go to the trouble of making a video, looked pretty good or was that just the music :p
Mind you the video will be his 'best bits'.

One to keep an eye out for, would not too surprised to see him on the pitch for West Brom this season.

[Olé Olé]

Have we ever ascertained his connection? I doubt his mother has Irish blood and Garmston isn't a very Irish name so I'd be reckoning his paternal grandmother is Irish. That seems a distant enough connection given that his profile as being one of the fastest people his age in the UK would surely have propelled him somewhere towards England under-age sides, coupled with the fact that his father is a renowned physio.

[tetsujin1979]

Have we ever ascertained his connection? I doubt his mother has Irish blood and Garmston isn't a very Irish name so I'd be reckoning his paternal grandmother is Irish. That seems a distant enough connection given that his profile as being one of the fastest people his age in the UK would surely have propelled him somewhere towards England under-age sides, coupled with the fact that his father is a renowned physio.

still not sure, but I checked it out before:

not sure actually, his mother ran 100m for the UK - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Lannaman - and his dad was physio for the British Olympic team - http://www.mgphysios.com/physiotherapy/ !
he's been involved with the FAI as far back as U15 level - http://www.fai.ie/international/youth-teams/under-15/4287-late-goal-defeats-ireland-u15s-in-celtic-tri-nations.html

[paul_oshea]

So will he get a call up to the senior squad if he makes appearances for West Brom? He has kinda gone under the radar.

[Olé Olé]

https://twitter.com/BradleyGarmston/status/477932073156501504

:'(

[paul_oshea]

Cant see that at work? Does it say he doesnt want to burn bridges or is keeping his options open or does it say i want to play for england. Dont worry he is young, he is still with Ireland :rolleyes:

Unless of course its the one about him liking Chris Brown I can see why that would upset you.

[tricky_colour]

https://twitter.com/BradleyGarmston/status/477932073156501504

:'(
BradleyGarmston#3 (https://twitter.com/BradleyGarmston)

@BradleyGarmston (https://twitter.com/BradleyGarmston)

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Birmingham
Joined October 2011

[Charlie Darwin]

Throw him on the slag heap with Grealish and Matt Holland. We don't need his type around here.

[DannyInvincible]

still not sure, but I checked it out before:

Lannaman must surely be an Anglicisation of Ó Leanacháin?! :p

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Grand/Father could have been a British soldier stationed in Northern Ireland?

But he loved the Smith'icks.

[gastric]

Prominent in this U21 game against Wolves, however, he failed to score despite having some opportunities.

http://www.wba.co.uk/news/article/albion-u21-2-wolves-u21-1-1838475.aspx

[tetsujin1979]

signed for Gillingham FC on a month's loan: http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/news/article/gillingham-fc-west-brom-bradley-garmston-loan-signing-2207815.aspx

[samhaydenjr]

Hopefully he'll finally get some more first team football - if he doesn't look like breaking into the West Brom next season, perhaps he should follow Derrick Williams' lead and drop a couple of divisions to move forward - it'd be good to have a couple of young specialist left-backs at our disposal over the next few years, rather than having to think about whether we have to improvise with somebody like Robbie Brady and compromise his attacking potential.

[samhaydenjr]

Got his first senior competitive goal for Gillingham yesterday - could be worth our while keeping a close eye on this loan spell, although if he doesn't break into the West Brom first team early next season, he should probably think about following the likes of Robbie Brady, Shane Duffy, Derrick Williams and Samir Carruthers by dropping down a division or two on a permanent deal to get his career going.

[nigel-harps1954]

Got his first senior competitive goal for Gillingham yesterday - could be worth our while keeping a close eye on this loan spell, although if he doesn't break into the West Brom first team early next season, he should probably think about following the likes of Robbie Brady, Shane Duffy, Derrick Williams and Samir Carruthers by dropping down a division or two on a permanent deal to get his career going.

Funny, first senior goal almost exactly two years after his first appearance.

[tetsujin1979]

loan deal extended by a month: http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/news/article/bradley-garmston-extends-loan-spell-at-gillingham-fc-west-brom-fc-2273772.aspx

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015/05/14/west-brom-to-release-young-defender-garmston/

To be released by West Brom.

[Charlie Darwin]

If he's not rated there, might not be the worst for him to be free and try and get a League One contract and work from there.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/gills-keeping-tabs-on-garmston-38055/

Gillingham tracking Garmston.

[samhaydenjr]

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/gills-keeping-tabs-on-garmston-38055/

Gillingham tracking Garmston.

Wouldn't been a bad place to land and start to build his senior career: big-ish League One team, had a loan spell there, fans commenting on that link seem to want him (along with throwing in some praise for John Egan)

[tetsujin1979]

Signed a three year deal with Gillingham: http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/news/article/gillingham-capture-the-signing-of-left-back-bradley-garmston-2493865.aspx

[tetsujin1979]

came off the bench last night against AFC Wimbledon, and had to go off again 30 minutes later with a hamstring injury. no word yet on how serious.

[samhaydenjr]

First goal of the season for Garmston as Gillingham beat Rochdale 2-1