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Gary Blissett (born 29 June 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Gary Blissett

Personal information
Full name	Gary Paul Blissett[1]
Date of birth	(1964-06-29) 29 June 1964 (age 58)
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1987	Crewe Alexandra	122	(79)
1987–1993	Brentford	233	(105)
1993–1997	Wimbledon	31	(3)
1995	→ Wycombe Wanderers (loan)	4	(2)
1996	→ Crewe Alexandra (loan)	10	(1)
1997	Sembawang Rangers	32	(10)
1997–2001	SV Elversberg	65	(26)
Total		465	(226)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He notably played in the Premier League for Wimbledon, and in the Football League for Crewe Alexandra, Brentford and Wycombe Wanderers. He finished his career in Singapore and Germany with Sembawang Rangers and SV Elversberg respectively.

Playing career

In December 1992, Blissett was acquitted of GBH after challenging for an aerial ball with Torquay United player John Uzzell in an away game at Plainmoor 12 months earlier. It was alleged by Uzzell that Blissett had deliberately elbowed him in the face, fracturing his eye socket, although the court did not agree with this. Blissett has always maintained that the incident was an accidental collision and video evidence of the challenge was deemed to show that Blissett kept his eyes on the ball and, furthermore, that in jumping to head an aerial ball, a player would typically raise one or both arms to gain height.[2][3][4]

Blissett scored over 100 league goals for Crewe and Brentford, before being sold to Wimbledon in the summer of 1993. He had picked up a Third Division title medal with Brentford in 1992.

He was mostly a substitute in his four seasons at Wimbledon, starting only ten matches and scoring three goals. He had a loan spell with Wycombe Wanderers during that time, and also a loan spell back at Crewe, before leaving Wimbledon in 1997 for a brief spell with Sembawang Rangers in Singapore. He completed his playing career with a four-year spell in Germany at SV Elversberg.

Personal life

He is currently based in Florida where he is the Director of Coaching for Florida Premier FC Zephyrhills [5]

Honours

As a player

Brentford

• Football League Division Three: 1991–92[6]

As an individual

• Brentford Hall of Fame[6]

References

External links

• Gary Blissett at Soccerbase

На других языках

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Gary Paul Blissett, appelé couramment Gary Blissett, est un footballeur anglais, né le 29 juin 1964 à Manchester. Évoluant au poste d'attaquant, il est principalement connu pour ses saisons à Crewe Alexandra, Brentford et Wimbledon.

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