Barry Silkman

Barry Silkman

Football player infobox
playername = Barry Silkman


fullname = Barry Silkman
nickname =
height =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1952|6|29
cityofbirth = Stepney
countryofbirth = England
currentclub =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
1974-1976
1976-1978
1978-1979
1979
1979-1980
1980
1980-1981
1981-1985
1985-1986
1986
clubs = Barnet
Hereford United
Crystal Palace
Plymouth Argyle
Luton Town (loan)
Manchester City
Brentford
QPR
Leyton Orient
Southend United
Crewe Alexandra
caps(goals) = 00? 0(?)
037 0(2)
048 0(6)
014 0(2)
003 0(0)
019 0(3)
014 0(1)
023 0(2)
140 (14)
040 0(1)
002 0(0)

Barry Silkman, (born 29 June, 1952 in Stepney, England) is an English former footballer who had a brief spell in midfield at Manchester City in 1979 and a longer one at Leyton Orient (1981-1985).

He also played for Hereford United (1974-1976), Crystal Palace (1976-1978), Plymouth Argyle (1978-1979), Luton Town (on loan 1979), Brentford (1980), Queens Park Rangers (1980-1981), Southend United (1985-1986) and Crewe Alexandra (1986).

It was at Plymouth that he first came to the attention of Malcolm Allison, who deemed him to be a suitable player to bolster Manchester City's midfield as they struggled in the First Division, although it was soon evident that this was a mistake and Silkman moved on to Brentford.

He was the last British-born Jewish footballer to play professionally in one of the top divisions before Joe Jacobson in 2007. Maccabi Tel Aviv, one of Israel's top clubs, offered him a contract during the early 1970s. At the time foreign players could not play in the Israeli league, but Silkman's Jewish faith meant that, according to the Law of Return, he was eligible for immediate Israeli citizenship. However, on hearing that this would also mean that he would have to serve in the Israeli army, he decided to continue to ply his trade in the English football league.

He is now a successful greyhound trainer, and a players' agent.

On 15 June 2007, he was named in Lord Stevens' final report on transfer bungs along with Pinhas Zahavi. He has denied any wrong-doing.

"“Agent Pinhas Zahavi has failed to co-operate fully with the inquiry . There was an initial failure to disclose his involvement in a number of transfers but, more seriously, he has failed to provide the inquiry with complete bank statements due to the confidential nature of them. There has also been a lack of responsiveness by Zahavi. There remains questions relating to his relationship with, and payments to, licensed agent Barry Silkman, and with Silkman's failure to initially disclose his involvement in all the transactions in which he has received fees.”" [cite news | title = What Stevens said about each club | publisher = www.telegraph.co.uk| date = 2007-06-16| url =http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2007/06/16/sfnste116.xml
accessdate =2007-06-17
]

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.uit.no/mancity/players/old/silkman.html Profile on www.uit.no/mancity/players]


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