Career
He plays as a midfielder and can also play as a striker. He previously played in the Football League for Crewe Alexandra. Celtic
Dan Gardner was attending The Manchester College, training to be a panel beater and playing for their academy team (affiliated with Football Club United of Manchester) when he was noticed by scouts from Scotland and invited for a trial with Celtic"s youth team in mid-October 2008.
An "outstanding" performance against Rangers secured a short-term deal which was extended to a three-year professional contract.
He went on to make a couple of substitute appearances for the reserve team However the SPL decided to scrap the Reserve League and so teams continued with a smaller first-team roster and a youth team
This effectively left him surplus to requirements and he was released by the club in May 2009. Flixton
Gardner returned to Manchester where he was persuaded to join local team Flixton in the Vodkat Premier Division.
His performances soon attracted the attention of football league sides, he spent two weeks on trial at Oldham Athletic and a month training with Crewe Alexandra.
Crewe Alexandra
While training with the club he hit the only goal in a reserve game against Aston Villa on 20 January 2010. This earned him a deal till the end of the season. He was handed the number 34 shirt and went on to make two substitute appearances in League Two before being released at the end of the 2009-2010 season.
Gardner joined Droylsden for the 2010-2011 season in the Conference North.
He signed for fellow Conference North team Halifax Town in July 2012. Halifax Town
His first league goal for the club was a penalty in a 3–3 draw at home to Histon in February, a couple of days after scoring a brace in the FA Trophy at Dartford.
He went on to score 8 more league goals for the club and was instrumental in the Conference North play-off final at Brackley Town which secured Town"s place back in the Conference Premier for the 2013-2014 season. Chesterfield
lieutenant was announced on 4 January 2014 that Gardner had joined League Two side Chesterfield.
