Josh Gray (footballer)

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Personal information
Full name Joshua Ian Gray
Date of birth (1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth South Shields, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 Darlington 49 (1)
2011Blyth Spartans (loan) 7 (0)
2014 Consett
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joshua Ian Gray (born 22 July 1991) is an English footballer who last played as a winger for Northern Premier League Division One East club Consett.

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Career

Football

Gray made his debut for Darlington in an FA Cup first-round game with Droylsden on 8 November 2008, as a late substitute. [1] The game finished 0–0. [2] He made his league debut four months later as one of four teenagers among the squad for a 1–0 victory against Notts County at the Darlington Arena, one week after the club entered administration. [3] His first league goal came in April 2010 in a 2–1 League Two victory against Burton Albion at the Pirelli Stadium. [4] On 11 February 2011, Gray joined Blyth Spartans on a month-long loan. [5] Gray was released by Darlington in June 2011. Since 2013/14 he has played for Consett AFC.

Doctorate

Following on from his football career Gray took an access course at Gateshead College and went onto study Biomedical Science at Northumbria University where he gained a BSc. [6] Upon receiving his degree, Gray undertook a PhD in immunology at the University of Glasgow in the laboratory of Dr. Megan MacLeod. [7] His thesis entitled "Molecular Mechanisms of Antigen-specific Memory CD4 T Cell Tolerance and the Implications for Tolerogenic Therapy" was successfully defended on 7 June 2019. Upon receiving his doctorate Gray moved to New York City with his wife to undertake postdoctoral research at Columbia University.

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References

  1. Richardson, Lynsey (16 November 2008). "Break will help Clarke". Sunday Sun. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
  2. "Darlington 0–0 Droylsden". BBC Sport. 8 November 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  3. Stoddart, Craig (3 March 2009). "Darlington 1 Notts County 0". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  4. "Burton Albion 1-2 Darlington". BBC Sport. 3 April 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  5. "Spartans Sign Colourful Duo". Blyth Spartans AFC. 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  6. "Where are they now: Joshua Gray". thepfa.com. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. "University of Glasgow – Research Institutes – Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation – Our staff – Dr Megan Macleod". gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2019.