Gary Silk

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Gary Silk
Personal information
Full name Gary Lee Silk
Date of birth (1984-09-13) 13 September 1984 (age 38)
Place of birth Newport, Isle of Wight
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
(first team physiotherapist)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total259(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Lee Silk (born 13 September 1984) is an English former professional footballer and first team physiotherapist for Premier League club Leicester City

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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.

Playing career

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.

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]

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]

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]

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 Pilgrims and made his final appearance against local rivals Gainsborough Trinity. [8]
On 14 March it was announced on the Boston United website that Silk, whose 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.

Physiotherapist

He gained experience by joining the medical staff at Sheffield Wednesday before being appointed first masseur at Leicester City in 2013. [11] He graduated from the University of Salford in July 2016 with a bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy and was appointed as a physiotherapist for the first team. [12]

Honours

Grimsby Town

Mansfield Town

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References

  1. ↑ "Eight Magpies allowed to leave". Sky Sports. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
  2. ↑ Silk Somner Commintent Shows Stags Mean Business thisismansfieldtown.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2011
  3. ↑ "Grimsby Go For Silk". Football Conference. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  4. ↑ First Summer Signing Archived 10 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine grimsbytown.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  5. ↑ http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~2757312,00.html%5B%5D
  6. ↑ "Who Is Gary Silk". wordpress.com. 16 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Boston United 3 Peterborough United 1: "It's good to be back", says Gary Silk on his Pilgrims return". Boston Standard.
  8. ↑ "Drury releases defender Silk". Boston United Football Club.
  9. ↑ "Silk returns as Smith departs on loan". Boston United Football Club.
  10. ↑ "Greene releases six United players". Boston United Football Club.
  11. ↑ "Medical Staff". lcfc.com.
  12. ↑ Sutcliffe, Steven. "LCFC physio graduates from University of Salford". thepfa.com.
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