[6] His performance in the academy led Gerrard to sign his first professional contract in May 2004[5] After signing a professional contract with the club, Gerrard went on trial with clubs based in the National League[7] and his impressive performance at the trial led him to be sent out on loan for a month to Accrington Stanley on 6 September 2004.

[12] Gerrard made his Walsall debut two days later on 26 March 2005, playing 90 minutes, in a 1–0 loss against Oldham Athletic.

[15] Gerrard 's first appearance after signing for the club on a permanent basis came in the opening match of the season, where he played 90 minutes, in a 2–1 win over Rotherham United.

[18] In the 2006–07 season, Gerrard managed to remain in the first team and started for the first nine matches until he received a straight red card for a high tackle, in a 5–0 win over Peterborough United on 9 September 2006.

[19] After serving three match as a result following an unsuccessful appeal,[20] Gerrard soon scored his first Walsall goal on 30 September 2006, in a 4–0 win over Mansfield Town.

[26] Towards the end of the season, Gerrard formed a central defence partnership with Scott Dann[27] and went on to score two more goals against Brighton & Hove Albion[28] and Cheltenham Town.

[30] A series of impressive performances in Walsall's first season back in League One led to a bid for Gerrard from Southampton in the summer of 2008.

[36][37] Despite suffering injuries towards the end of the season,[38][39] Gerrard scored two more goals against Brighton & Hove Albion[40] and Stockport County.

On 2 July 2009, Gerrard signed for Championship club Cardiff City, a week after an offer of £200,000 was rejected from Scunthorpe United.

[47] After suffering a calf injury that kept him sidelined for four matches,[48] Gerrard made his return to the team and set up one of Michael Chopra's goals, in a 2–1 win over rivals, Swansea City on 3 April 2010.

[57] Cardiff decided to leave Gerrard behind from their pre-season trip to Switzerland[58] and then later rejected a bid from an unnamed Championship club.

[70] On 7 August 2012, Gerrard signed a three-year contract at newly promoted Championship club Huddersfield Town for an undisclosed fee.

[71] He made his Huddersfield debut in the League Cup first round 2–0 away defeat to Preston North End on 13 August 2012 playing 75 minutes.

[76] Then on 12 February 2013, Gerrard captained for the club for the first time to cover for Peter Clarke, in a 2–1 win over Leicester City in fourth round replay.

However, after missing out for two matches, due to Mark Robins' decision,[80][81] Gerrard scored on his return on 9 November 2013, in a 3–1 loss against Birmingham City.

[82] During a match against Millwall that saw Huddersfield Town win 1–0 on 11 January 2014, Gerrard was involved that saw him resulted having a gashed eye that he needed stitches.

[85] After months on the sideline, Gerrard then made his first appearance of the 2014–15 season on 20 December 2014, where he played 90 minutes, in a 1–0 loss against Birmingham City.

[89] After falling out of favour at the John Smith's Stadium, Gerrard was loaned to League One club Oldham Athletic on 19 March 2015.

[90] Two days after signing for the club on loan, Gerrard made his Oldham Athletic debut, playing 90 minutes, in a 1–0 win over Crewe Alexandra.

[98] Gerrard revealed to the press that having received no offers over the close season, he was playing for free at Shrewsbury in a bid to get his professional football career going again.

[108] After again spending the first half of the 2016–17 season without a club Gerrard began training with Oldham and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract on 20 January 2017.

[citation needed] After being dismissed by Oldham for racism, Gerrard signed for League Two club Carlisle United on 9 August 2018 on a contract until January 2019.