Garry Birtles

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Personal information
Garry Birtles
Full name	Garry Birtles
Date of birth	July 27, 1956
Place of birth	Nottingham, England
Position	Centre Forward
Club information
Current club	None
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
. . 1976-80 1980-81 1982-86 1987-88 1989-91	Long Eaton Rovers Long Eaton United Nottingham Forest Manchester United Nottingham Forest Notts County Grimsby Town	. . 87 (32) 58 (11) 125 (38) 63 (9) 69 (9)
National team
1979-80 1980 1980	England Under-21s England B England	2 (1) 1 (0) 3 (0)
Teams managed
1997-99	Gresley Rovers
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Garry Birtles (born July 27, 1956 in Nottingham) was an English football player. He was a skillful forward who never scored as many goals as his talent suggested.

Birtles was signed by Forest from non-league Long Eaton United, and less than 2 years later, he was a European Cup winner, scoring many vital goals on the way.

Birtles started his career with Nottingham Forest, helping them win two consecutive European Cups and a league title. In 1980, he transferred to Manchester United for a fee of £1.25M where he scored a disappointing 12 goals before returning to Nottingham Forest in a cut-price transfer. His initial run of only 1 goal in 32 games, was followed by 11 goals in his next 32, but this return to form was not enough.

Birtles won three caps for England.

He now co-commentates on Sky Sports, and previously co-commentated on Nottingham Forest matches on local radio. He also writes a weekly column for Nottingham's local news paper The Nottingham Evening Post.