 Garner had a three-year spell with Preston North End, where he made over 150 appearances and won the 2015 Football League One play-off Final.Garner moved to Wigan Athletic in 2018.Born in Blackburn, Garner started his career at then Premier League club Blackburn Rovers and playing as a striker played in the same position as his namesake Simon Garner, Blackburn's highest-ever goalscorer and club legend during the 1980s and early 1990s.