Bradley Woods-Garness
Quick Facts
Biography
Bradley Maurice Charles Woods-Garness (born 27 June 1986) is an English-born Montserratian footballer who plays for Whitehawk as a striker or winger. He has been capped internationally for Montserrat.
Career
Club career
As a youth he started out at Chelsea and then Wycombe Wanderers before establishing himself as a goalscorer, initially at Welwyn Garden City where he was top scorer in the 2005-2006 season, and then at Farnborough, Billericay Town, Sutton United and Canvey Island. After leaving Lowestoft Town at the end of the 2015–2016 season, Woods-Garness played briefly for Bishop's Stortford, Cray Wanderers and then Cambridge City. Without a club after leaving Chalfont St Peter he signed for Brighton based National League South side Whitehawk in March 2017.
Honours
Barnet
- Conference National: Winner 2004-2005
Sutton United
- Ryman League: Winner 2010-2011
Lowestoft Town
- Ryman League: Play-Off Winner 2013-2014.
International career
Woods-Garness was called up to the Montserrat national football team in August 2012, for the 2012 Caribbean Championship First Round qualifiers, held in Martinique. He helped Montserrat achieve their first victory since 1995 and their first ever victory since joining FIFA, beating the British Virgin Islands 7–0.
International goals
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
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1. | 9 September 2012 | Stade Municipal Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, France | British Virgin Islands | 2012 Caribbean Cup qualification | [1] | ||
2. | 1 April 2015 | Blakes Estate Stadium, Look Out, Montserrat | Curaçao | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | [2] |
Personal life
Woods-Garness was educated at Highbury Grove School (1997–2002) and Southgate College (2002–2004). He works as a residential carer for young people aged 16+.
While playing for Sutton United in June 2011, Woods-Garness was arrested and spent six months in prison awaiting trial for allegedly intimidating a witness in a murder trial, in an incident that also involved the then Leyton Orient defender Elliot Omozusi. He was eventually found not guilty and returned to play for Sutton United, having always enjoyed the full support of manager Paul Doswell.