{"id":131329,"date":"2023-09-30T10:12:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T10:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=131329"},"modified":"2023-09-30T10:12:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T10:12:40","slug":"forgotten-arsenal-ace-whose-only-premier-league-game-was-at-start-of-49-match-unbeaten-run-was-forced-to-retire-at-27-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/forgotten-arsenal-ace-whose-only-premier-league-game-was-at-start-of-49-match-unbeaten-run-was-forced-to-retire-at-27-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Arsenal ace whose only Premier League game was at start of 49-match unbeaten run was forced to retire at 27 | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
RYAN GARRY'S only Premier League appearance came at the start of Arsenal's 49-match unbeaten streak.<\/p>\n
The Gunners academy graduate was later forced to retire aged just 27.<\/p>\n
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Garry came through the Arsenal youth system and won the FA Youth Cup in 2001 before being promoted to the first-team.<\/p>\n
The centre-back went on to make two senior appearances under Arsene Wenger, with one of those coming in the league.<\/p>\n
Garry played the full 90 minutes as Arsenal thrashed Southampton 6-1 at Highbury in May 2003.<\/p>\n
Reflecting on his debut in 2018, he told Planet Football: "I remember going to the hotel before the game; the pre-match meeting was based around a player I would be marking, a French winger named Fabrice Fernandes.<\/p>\n
"He was their best player and I was going to have to stop him."<\/p>\n A hat-trick from Jermaine Pennant, two goals from Robert Pires and a Thierry Henry strike brushed the Saints aside to kickstart an historic run for the Gunners.<\/p>\n Arsenal would go on to avoid defeat in their next 48 matches, including the entirety of their Invincible 2003\/04 title triumph.<\/p>\n Garry would never play for the club again, though, learning that summer that he had been playing with multiple stress fractures to both shins.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS<\/strong><\/p>\n He left the club on a free transfer in 2007, joining Bournemouth and ending his eight-year spell with Arsenal.<\/p>\n His injury woes continued, however, and he ultimately hung up his boots in 2011 aged just 27.<\/p>\n Garry immediately transitioned into coaching, first with the Cherries' reserves side.<\/p>\n He has since worked with both Arsenal and England's youth set-ups and is currently part of the Young Lions' coaching team.<\/p>\n Still only 39, Garry was appointed England under-18s manager in August, with Premier League icon Emile Heskey serving as one of his assistants.<\/p>\n<\/picture>I'VE GOT A TEXT! <\/span><\/p>\n
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