Sam Gargan

Sam Joseph Gargan (born in Brighton on the 24 Jan 1989) is an English professional footballer. Gargan plays as a striker.

Career

Brighton & Hove Albion

On the 6 January 2007, for the 3rd round FA Cup tie away at West Ham United, Gargan was involved in the first-team squad for the first time, travelling with the squad: he didn't make the bench, but was seen warming up on the pitch with all the other players beforehand, displaying the number 37 on his shorts.

During May 2007, Gargan was offered a one-year professional contract with Brighton.

At the beginning of July 2007 it was revealed that Sam, along with fellow other youth team players Sonny Cobbs, Lloyd Skinner and Chris Winterton were to be loaned out for three months to local teams for them to gain experience playing at a professional level.

Sam, along with first-year professional Sonny Cobbs joined Worthing.

Once this deal expired, the club were keen for the quartet to go on loan again to achieve more experience of playing regular first-team football. On the 14 November 2007, Gargan joined team-mate Scott Chamberlain on loan at Conference South team Bognor Regis Town. After spending two months at Bognor Regis Town, Sam then moved on to Conference South rivals Welling United on a further loan deal, where he was re-united with ex-Brighton player Richard Carpenter.

On the 26 April 2008, Gargan made his Brighton first-team debut coming on as an 85th minute substitute for Glenn Murray during the 2-0 away victory over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium.

Gargan signed a new one-year contract with Brighton on the 6 May 2008.

At the start of the 2008/09 season, Sam joined Blue Square South side Havant & Waterlooville on a month's loan.

After the conclusion of this loan deal, Gargan then joined Conference team Lewes on a one-month loan deal , and scored on his debut away at Histon, he then went on to score 3 goals in 6 games for the Rooks On 29 January 2009, he transferred to rival Sussex team Eastbourne Borough on a month loan . With the bad weather in February and games being postponed, Sam managed to make only two appearances and scored 1 goal against Histon.

After completing his initial loan deal, Sam returned to Brighton and was an unused substitute during the 4-0 home defeat to Crewe Alexandra on the 28 February, 2009, before returning to Eastbourne Borough on loan for the remainder of the season, beginning on March 12. Gargan's loan spell was cut short after suffering a injury against Salisbury which later needed surgery on his knee cartilage.

It was announced on May 12, 2009, that Gargan would be leaving Brighton after the expiration of his contract at the end of June 2009 .