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Gary Silk
Personal information
Full name Gary Lee Silk
Date of birth (1984-09-13) 13 September 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Newport, Isle of Wight
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Position(s) Right Back
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
(Masseur)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Portsmouth 0 (0)
2003–2004 → Barnet (loan) 1 (0)
2004–2005 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 22 (0)
2006 → Boston United (loan) 14 (0)
2006–2008 Notts County 63 (2)
2008–2011 Mansfield Town 102 (2)
2011–2012 Grimsby Town 24 (0)
2012–2013 Boston United 26 (0)
2013 Boston United 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:53, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Gary Lee Silk (born 13 September 1984) is an English former professional footballer who now is on the medical staff at Premier League side Leicester City where he is a masseur.

As a player he was a right back who played between 2003 and 2013 for Portsmouth, Barnet, Wycombe Wanderers, Boston United, Notts County, Mansfield Town and Grimsby Town.

Career

Portsmouth

Born in Newport, Isle of Wight, Silk started his career as a youth player at Portsmouth. He made his professional debut as a player in December 2003 whilst on loan at Barnet, and since spent much of season 2004/05 on loan at Wycombe Wanderers. He was a presence in Wycombe's quarter-final Football League Trophy run of 2004–05.

Notts County

At the end of the 2005–06 season he was released by Portsmouth and joined Notts County, before being released on 13 May 2008.[1]

Mansfield Town

He joined their neighbours Mansfield Town and soon became a fans favourite at Field Mill. He won every player of the year award available and signed a two-year deal with the Stags despite having an offer from a Football League club.[2]

Grimsby Town

In June 2011, he left Mansfield Town after three seasons, to join Grimsby Town,[3] he would become Grimsby's first new signing for 2011–12.[4] After an injury plagued season in which Silk only featured 24 times in the league he was released by the club on 3 May 2012.[5]

Boston United

In July 2012 he joined Lincoln City on trial.[6] In August he signed a one-year deal with Jason Lee's Boston United.[7] Following a managerial change at the club, new United boss Graham Drury released Silk on 12 February 2013 after his university commitments had prevented him from training on Thursday nights. Drury added "I need all my players to train on thursday nights". Silk played 26 times for The Pilgirms and made his final appearance against local rivals Gainsborough Trinity.[8]
On 14 March it was announced on the Boston United website that Silk, who's registration had never been cancelled, was being brought back to the club by new manager Dennis Greene.[9] Silk was released by Boston for a second time at the end of the 2012–13 season.[10]

Personal life

Whilst playing for Mansfield, Silk gained a diploma in sports massage from Loughborough College. He gained experience by joining the medical staff at Sheffield Wednesday before being appointed first masseur at Leicester City in 2013.[11]

Honours

Grimsby Town

References

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External links

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Silk Somner Commintent Shows Stags Mean Business thisismansfieldtown.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2011
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ First Summer Signing grimsbytown.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  5. ↑ http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~2757312,00.html
  6. ↑ http://savethemightyimps.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/who-is-gary-silk/
  7. ↑ http://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/sport/boston-united/boston-united-3-peterborough-united-1-it-s-good-to-be-back-says-gary-silk-on-his-pilgrims-return-1-4138644
  8. ↑ http://www.bostonunited.co.uk/news/drury-releases-defender-silk-858337.html
  9. ↑ http://www.bostonunited.co.uk/news/silk-returns-as-smith-departs-894243.html
  10. ↑ http://www.bostonunited.co.uk/news/greene-releases-six-united-pla-939281.html
  11. ↑ http://www.lcfc.com/team/medical_staff/
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