Editing Gavin McCann (section)

==Club career==
McCann played junior football for Y.M.C.A juniors in [[Lytham St Annes]]. He signed for [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] where he was a product of their [[Everton Academy|academy]]. In 1998, he moved to [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] where he was a member of the side which won the Division One title and promotion to the Premiership with 105 points in 1999.

He signed for Aston Villa in 2003, where he had numerous injury setbacks. He scored one goal in the [[2006–07 in English football|2006–07 season]] in a 3–1 home loss to [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]. He was no longer guaranteed first team football, so decided to leave Villa Park,{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} and in June 2007, he signed a five-year contract with [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]].

McCann scored his first goal for Bolton in their 1–0 [[2007–08 UEFA Cup group stage#Group F|UEFA Cup group]] win over [[Red Star Belgrade]] in December 2007<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7128973.stm
|title=Red Star Belgrade 0–1 Bolton
|publisher=[[BBC]]
|date=6 December 2007 |access-date=2 November 2009}}</ref> and followed this up with a goal in a 1–1 draw with [[Sporting Clube de Portugal]] at the [[Reebok Stadium]] three months later in the [[2007–08 UEFA Cup knockout stage#Round of 16|knockout stage]] of the cup.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7272668.stm
|title=Bolton 1–1 Sporting
|publisher=[[BBC]]
|date=6 March 2008 |access-date=2 November 2009}}</ref> He scored his first league goal for Bolton in a 1–0 victory over [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] at the [[Riverside Stadium]] on 19 April 2008.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7344102.stm
|title=Middlesbrough 0–1 Bolton
|publisher=[[BBC]]
|date=19 April 2008 |access-date=2 November 2009
 |first=Nabil
 |last=Hassan}}</ref>

In November 2008 he received high acclaim from the Bolton manager [[Gary Megson]] who stated that the midfielder was playing some of the best football of his career since moving to the Reebok Stadium.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bwfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/General/0,,1004~1458360,00.html |title=McCann Earns Megson Praise |work=bwfc.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113040453/http://www.bwfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/General/0%2C%2C1004~1458360%2C00.html |archive-date=13 January 2009 }}</ref>

McCann's contract ran out at the end of June 2010, McCann had picked up a knee injury and [[Owen Coyle]] said that once he recovered from the injury, he would have a chance to earn a new contract.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6119164,00.html | publisher=Sky Sports | title=Coyle plans Bolton changes | date=27 April 2010}}</ref>

In early 2011, teammate [[Kevin Davies]] confirmed on the social networking site Twitter that McCann had retired from the game having failed to overcome injury.