Charlton Gauvain
Midfielder
The creative midfielder starting training with the club on his 16th birthday and signed ahead of a match at Footes Lane soon after.
Vance suggested that he would be integrated slowly into the squad but was called up for a trip to Walton Casuals just a couple of weeks after signing and made his debut with five minutes to go, becoming the club’s youngest ever player at the time, the 70th player to represent the Green Lions and the first person born in this century to make an appearance. He went on to make seven appearances in his first season and really caught the eye.
Spent time at Bristol City’s youth academy between the ages of eight and 15. Because a regular from 2017 onwards and is a potent attacking threat with his dribbling ability and shooting. He has a talent for the spectacular, and won the GFC Goal-of-the-Season award two years running. A goal scored from the halfway line against Ramsgate in August 2018 went viral online and was featured on Soccer AM’s Non-League Goal-of-the-Week feature.
Charlton has developed into a tenacious midfielder capable of playing in several different roles, and an unfortunate injury in preseason forced him out of the majority of 2022-23, however he did return to help complete Guernsey’s escape from relegation. His fine form earned him a hat-trick of awards at the end of the 2024-25 season.
Charlton will wear the #7 shirt for the 2025-26 season.
| PLAYER STATISTICS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Breakdown | This Season | To Date |
| Appearances (Sub in brackets) | – | 194 (73) |
| Goals | – | 37 |
| Yellow Cards | – | 46 |
| Red Cards | – | 1 |
| Clean Sheets | – | 0 |