Lisa Gerard (Danielle Tarento) 2001-2002

First Regular Appearance: 5.7 (#235) 36 Hours In Dublin  Sunday 28th October 2001

Temporary Departure: 5.9 (#237) Give And Take  Sunday 11th November 2001

Returned: 5.19 (#247) Danny And Peggsy Go Large  Sunday 3rd February 2002

Last Regular Appearance: 5.32 (#260) Forsaking All Others  Sunday 5th May 2002

Duration: EP: 235 - 237, 247 - 260  |  SE: 5.7 - 5.9, 5.19 – 5.32 

Last Seen: At Sam and Lynda's reception before Danny leaves for the UEFA Cup Final, where he is killed in the coach crash.

At one point, Lisa's only connection to Harchester United was through her young son Charlie who idolised the club. Since her divorce from Charlie's father, Lisa has had custody of their son, and she takes him traveling to Harchester's away games. This included the 2nd Leg of the club's 1st Round UEFA Cup Tie with Shelbourne, where a star-struck Charlie runs into Danny Rawsthorne in a Dublin park. With her son the big HUFC fan, Lisa doesn't even recognise Danny, and tells her son off for talking to strangers!

When Lisa learns Danny is in fact playing that day, she warms to him and they make plans to meet up after the game. They miss each other however when Danny is forced to take a random drugs test by UEFA, which to his shock comes back positive owing to a food supplement from team mate Andrei Belanov. To escape the situation, Danny finds Lisa and hides out at hers, where she proves a sensible influence and persuades Danny to return and face his problem head on.

Now dating, Lisa finds herself the object of unwanted media attention for being Danny's girlfriend, and wanting a more stable life for Charlie, calls time on their relationship. Danny cares too much about Lisa to let things fade out, and shows her he wants to settle down so the two get back together.

Danny is now in his element, with interest from both the England Under-21 and Ireland side, not to mention the prospect of playing in that summer's World Cup. Sensing a big cash deal in front of him, greedy agent Taylor Doyle manipulates Danny into going to Atletico Madrid. Lisa is proud of Danny but when Charlie's father Nick would never let her take him abroad, has to tell Danny she wouldn't be coming with him. Danny tries to back out of the Madrid deal, and on the eve of the UEFA Cup game against Dynamo Moscow, proposes to Lisa, though she pledges her commitment without the need for them to marry.

Just as everything looks to be OK for the pair, tragedy strikes and Danny is killed when the Harchester coach crashes while on the way to the airport for the UEFA Cup final. Lisa quietly drifts away grieving for Danny.