Gareth Wardlaw is a footballer currently playing for Scottish First Division

Scottish Football League First Division

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 club Ayr United

Ayr United F.C.

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Ayr United (first spell)

After many years in amateur and Junior football, Wardlaw started his senior career at Ayr United in 2004. He made 111 appearances and scored 28 goals for the club in all competitions.

Raith Rovers

Wardlaw signed for his hometown club Raith Rovers on 29 May 2008. Wardlaw started the season well but then suffered a horrific injury in a game against East Fife which kept him out of the game for months. After returning from injury Wardlaw struggled to get a place in the starting lineup, and ended up making only 13 appearances, scoring only 2 goals, eventually being released at the end of the season.

Cowdenbeath

Having struggled at Raith and getting released, in 2009 Wardlaw signed on at their neighbours Cowdenbeath

Cowdenbeath F.C.

Cowdenbeath Football Club are a professional Scottish football team based in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife. They currently play in the Second Division of the Scottish Football League. The club plays its home games at Central Park in the centre of the town which has the unusual feature of a motor...

 and was a regular starter in the line-up that season making 38 appearances and scoring 19 goals in all competitions.

St Mirren

In July 2010, St. Mirren

St. Mirren F.C.

St Mirren Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire who play in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the First Division in 2005–06.St...

 agreed a deal with Cowdenbeath

Cowdenbeath F.C.

Cowdenbeath Football Club are a professional Scottish football team based in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife. They currently play in the Second Division of the Scottish Football League. The club plays its home games at Central Park in the centre of the town which has the unusual feature of a motor...

 to sign Wardlaw. Wardlaw followed manager Danny Lennon

Danny Lennon

Danny Lennon is a former association football player and current manager of Scottish Premier League club St. Mirren. Lennon played internationally for the Northern Ireland B national football team.-Club career:...

 in signing for the Paisley club from Cowdenbeath. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 defeat against Motherwell

Motherwell F.C.

Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...

 on 2 October 2010 and his second on against Motherwell

Motherwell F.C.

Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...

 on 20 November 2010 once again . Wardlaw became a full-time professional for the first time at the age of 31 when he signed for St. Mirren, giving up a career as a postman.

His goal at Pittodrie

Pittodrie Stadium

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on the 10th of May gave St Mirren a 1-0 victory which not only kept St. Mirren in the SPL, but gave them their first victory in Aberdeen since 1987.

He was later released by the club.