Barry Silkman
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| Barry Silkman | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Barry Silkman | |
| Date of birth | June 29, 1952 | |
| Place of birth | Stepney, England | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1974-1976 1976-1978 1978-1979 1979 1979-1980 1980 1980-1981 1981-1985 1985-1986 1986 |
Barnet Hereford United Crystal Palace Plymouth Argyle → Luton Town (loan) Manchester City Brentford QPR Leyton Orient Southend United Crewe Alexandra |
? (?) 37 (2) 48 (6) 14 (2) 3 (0) 19 (3) 14 (1) 23 (2) 140 (14) 40 (1) 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Barry Silkman, (born 29 June 1952 in Stepney, England) is an English former footballer who had a brief career in midfield at Manchester City in 1979 and a longer career 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 English born Jewish footballer to play professionally in one of the top divisions before Joe Jacobson in 2007. Maccabbi Tel Aviv, one of Israel's top clubs, offered him to play for them during the early 1970's. At the time foreign players could not play in the Israeli league, but Silkman's being Jewish 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.
In March 2008, Barry Silkman was taped saying that he told Sir Bobby Robson "I hope your cancer spreads and f****** suffer for f****** years.
“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.”[2]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "What Silkman said about Sir Bobby Robson".
- ^ "What Stevens said about each club", www.telegraph.co.uk, 2007-06-16. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
