{"id":554922,"date":"2020-06-22T18:46:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T22:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=554922"},"modified":"2020-12-28T11:28:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:28:40","slug":"lewis-gard-pens-new-deal-with-southend-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/06\/22\/lewis-gard-pens-new-deal-with-southend-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Gard Pens New Deal With Southend United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-year-old Southend United midfielder Lewis Gard has penned a new one-year deal with the club, with the option of a second year. Gard has been with the Blues since the age of eight and made his debut against Oldham Athletic in April 2018.<\/p>\n<h2>Lewis Gard Signs New One-Year Deal at Southend United<\/h2>\n<h3>Sticking With the Club<\/h3>\n<p>Gard&#8217;s new deal means that he will be sticking with the club despite their relegation from League One this season. The Essex club were unable to avoid the drop and go down a division alongside Bolton Wanderers and Tranmere Rovers.<\/p>\n<p>After Gard&#8217;s debut against Oldham, he came off the bench in the following game against Bradford City and featured in two EFL Trophy fixtures that season.<\/p>\n<p>A nasty injury saw the youngster spend a lengthy spell on the sidelines with twin medial ligament damage which he suffered against Colchester United. However, he returned in style in February when he scored against Oxford United and he also went on to feature against Bristol Rovers before the season was brought to an early conclusion.<\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the Southend Echo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southendunited.co.uk\/news\/2020\/june\/box-to-box-midfielder-lewis-gard-pens-new-deal-with-blues\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gard said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really happy to have got the deal done. It\u2019s been going on for a couple of weeks now and I\u2019m really happy it\u2019s all been sorted so I can play for another year. I can\u2019t wait to get going again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really annoying everything had to stop after I\u2019d had those two games. I felt like I was playing well when it got cut short but I\u2019m happy I at least got those games because without them it could\u2019ve been a completely different story for me now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got the win in what turned out to be the last game and I was happy to get a goal against Oxford too. 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