Gavin Strachan

Infobox Football biography
playername = Gavin Strachan


fullname = Gavin David Strachan
nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=10
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|12|23|df=y
cityofbirth = Aberdeen
countryofbirth = Scotland
currentclub = Notts County
clubnumber = 15
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997–2003
1999
2002
2003
2003
2003–2007
2005
2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Coventry City
→ Dundee (loan)
→ Motherwell (loan)
Peterborough United
Southend United
Hartlepool United
→ Stockport County (loan)
→ Peterborough United (loan)
Peterborough United
Notts County
caps(goals) = 15 0(0)
06 0(0)
00 0(0)
02 0(0)
07 0(0)
78 0(7)
04 0(0)
02 0(0)
17 0(3)
08 0(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Scotland under-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 12 0(0)
pcupdate = 10:59, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Gavin David Strachan (born 23 December 1978 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish footballer, who plays in midfield for Notts County.

Strachan began his football career at Leeds United moving with his father to Coventry City in 1995. In 1996 his father, Gordon Strachan, took over the managerial reins at Coventry City. He was loaned out to Scottish club Dundee in 1998, making nine appearances and gaining experience first team football. Back at Coventry he never really broke into the team, playing in just sixteen league games, without scoring. When Gordon stepped down as manager in late 2001, it wasn't long before Gavin followed him out the door.

In March 2003 Strachan joined Peterborough United, in a loan deal scheduled for the remainder of the season. [Cite news
title = Strachan joins Posh
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/2851737.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2003-03-14
accessdate = 2008-06-03] He joined Southend on a free transfer shortly afterwards however, but was released by the club six weeks later, at the end of 2002–03. [Cite news
title = Southend release Strachan
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southend_utd/3006679.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2003-05-07
accessdate = 2008-06-03] He then moved to Hartlepool United on a free transfer. He enjoyed more success here and managed to play regular first team football for three seasons, appearing in seventy-two matches and scoring six.

During the 2005–06 season, Strachan missed a large amount of the season due to a fractured foot against Blackpool, despite this he managed to complete the match. After recovering from his injury, he was loaned out to Stockport County in his third season at Hartlepool.

By the 2006–07 season, Strachan had fallen out of favour with new Pools boss Danny Wilson after the signings of Gary Liddle and Willie Boland. He consequently signed for Peterborough United initially on loan in January 2007, before making the move permanent just two days before the close of the January transfer window. [Cite news
title = Posh seal permanent Strachan deal
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/6311843.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2008-01-29
accessdate = 2008-06-03]

Strachan signed for Notts County on 10 January 2008 after his release from Peterborough United. [Cite news
title = Strachan completes County switch
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/7180763.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2008-01-10
accessdate = 2008-06-03]

In September 2008, Strachan began writing a blog for the BBC website. [cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gavinstrachan/2008/09/welcome_to_the_gavin_strachan.html|title=Welcome to the Gavin Strachan blog|date=2008-09-23|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-09-24]

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=10547|name=Gavin Strachan
* [http://www.uptheposh.com/people/1294/ Profile] at [http://www.uptheposh.com/ UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gavinstrachan/ BBC blog]