Pat Gardner (footballer)


Pat Gardner is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Queen of the South, Airdrieonians, Raith Rovers, Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee United, Motherwell and Arbroath.
Gardner began his senior career with player / manager, George Farm at Dumfries club, Queen of the South in two seasons with them in the Scottish league top division at the time. He joined Farm again at Raith Rovers then moved to Dunfermline in the summer of 1967 for a "sizeable" fee, following manager George Farm. He then helped Dunfermline win the 1967–68 Scottish Cup, scoring two goals in the 1968 Scottish Cup Final victory against Hearts. Dunfermline progressed to the semi-finals of the 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup, with Gardner scoring the only goal of the quarter-final tie against West Bromwich Albion. Gardner later helped Dundee United reach the 1974 Scottish Cup Final, which they lost 3–0 to Celtic.