- Gary Blissett
Football player infobox
playername = Gary Blissett
fullname = Gary Blissett
height = 6' 01"
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dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1964|6|26|mf=y
cityofbirth =Manchester
countryofbirth =England
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position = Forward
years = 1983-1987 1987-1993 1993-1997 1995 1996 1997 1997-2001
clubs = CreweBrentford F.C.
Wimbledon Wycombe (loan) Crewe (loan)Sembawang Rangers
SpVgg Elversberg
caps(goals) = 122 (39) 233 (79) 031 0(3) 004 0(2) 010 0(1)
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pcupdate =25 January 2007
ntupdate =Gary Blissett (born
26 June ,1964 inManchester ) is a former English professional footballer.He played for Crewe, Wycombe, Wimbledon and Brentford in a professional career spanning almost fifteen years.
Whilst at Brentford, Blissett became a strong fan-favourite and fitted well into the teams long ball style at the time, similar to
Marcus Gayle who was also at the club during this era.In 1992, Blissett was acquitted of GBH after challenging for an aerial ball with Torquay United player
John Uzzell in an away game at Plainmoor. 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 maintained eye contact with the ball and furthermore that in jumping to head an aerial ball, a player would typically raise one or both arms to gain height.He later played in Singapore for Sembawang Rangers, and in Germany for SpVgg Elversberg. He has stayed in Germany post retirement firstly as Assistant Manager, then Reserve team Manager at Elversberg. [cite web | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-2330249,00.html
title = Rise of the elbow
accessdate =
accessmonthday =25 January
accessyear = 2007
author = Rob Hughes
publisher = timesonline.co.uk] .References
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NAME= Gary Blissett
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= English footballer
DATE OF BIRTH=26 June 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH=Manchester, England
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