JORDON GARRICK

Full Name: Jordon D'Andre Garrick

Born: 15 July 1998

Came from: Swansea City   Went to:

First game: 21 August 2021   Last game: 30 April 2022

Appearances: 50 (25/25)   Goals: 7

Born in Jamaica, Garrick settled with his family in Liversedge in West Yorkshire, attending Whitcliffe Mount School in Cleckheaton before studying sport and exercise science at Huddersfield New College. He played football as a teenager and then took up rugby league with local amateur side Dunley Hill at the age of 16. A chance soon came to train with Bradford Bulls RLFC, and he came close to giving up football when the Bulls expressed an interest in signing him. However, his mother and the manager of his amateur side persuaded him to concentrate on the round ball game.

He continued to play football for his sixth form college and then with Ossett Albion, where his strength and speed caught the eye of visiting scouts. After a two-week trial at Swansea City, he moved to South Wales on an initial two-year contract in the summer of 2016, and progressed with the academy and under-21 development sides.

Garrick made his first team debut as a 72nd minute substitute in an EFL Cup tie against Northampton in August 2019, and his League debut as a 62nd minute substitute at Queens Park Rangers came a week later. In February 2021 he joined Swindon Town on a three-month loan deal, where he played 19 times and scored twice. However, he was unable to help the Robins avoid relegation to the fourth tier, in a season with no crowds because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Garrick's return to Swansea was followed by another spell back in England, this time joining Ryan Lowe's Pilgrims on a season-long loan in August 2021, to become the club's ninth new face that summer.

He made an equal mix of appearances from the bench as he did starts, but weighed in with seven goals as the season reached its painful climax with a 5-0 home defeat by MK Dons, finally extinguishing any lingering play-off hopes, in a season that started with Ryan Lowe and ended with Steven Schumacher at the helm.

The following season he was loaned to League One Lincoln City, for whom he played 16 times and scored once before being recalled to Swansea in January 2023. In four seasons at the Liberty Stadium, he made 19 appearances and scored twice.

His recall was to allow him to join Forest Green Rovers on the same day, signing an 18-month deal. He was released, however, following the second of back-to-back relegations, from League One back to the National League, at the end of the 2023-24 season. He had played 30 times and scored seven for the Gloucestershire side during their brief stay in the EFL.

In October 2024, following a successful trial, Garrick joined National League side Oldham Athletic on a non-contract basis, but only played 61 minutes for the Latics before rejoining Forest Green Rovers on a short-term deal two months later.