Gary Blissett

Gary Blissett

Personal information
Full name	Gary Paul Blissett
Date of birth	(1964-06-29) 29 June 1964
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1987	Crewe Alexandra	122	(39)
1987–1993	Brentford	233	(79)
1993–1997	Wimbledon	31	(3)
1995	→ Wycombe (loan)	8	(3)
1996	→ Crewe Alexandra (loan)	10	(4)
1997	Sembawang Rangers
1997–2001	SV Elversberg
Total		404	(128)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Blissett (born 26 June 1964) is a former English professional footballer.

He played for Crewe Alexandra, Brentford and made his name at Griffin Park for his hatred of Fulham.

Whilst at Brentford, Blissett became a strong fan favourite and fitted well into the team's long-ball style at the time, similar to Marcus Gayle, who was also at the club during this era and would later be his team-mate at Wimbledon.

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.

He later played in Singapore for Sembawang Rangers and in Germany for SV Elversberg. He has stayed in Germany post-retirement, firstly as assistant manager, then reserve team manager at Elversberg.

He is currently based in Philadelphia, where he and his business partner, Allan Cockram, are coaching under 18's, as well as developing their business; Soccer Sounds.

Honours

As a player

Brentford

• Football League Division Three: 1991–92

As an individual

• Brentford Hall of Fame

External links

• Gary Blissett career statistics at Soccerbase