Barry Silkman

Barry Silkman (born 29 June 1952) is a football agent and former player, who played as a midfielder for 11 clubs including at Manchester City in 1979 and at Leyton Orient from 1981 to 1985. He competed for 16 years. In total, he made 340 professional appearances, and scored 31 goals. In the 1990s he became an agent. Metro named him as the 10th-most influential agent in football in 2013.

Playing career In 1973, to obtain Silkman Barnet offered Wimbledon what was then a record fee for a non-league player, and his earnings rose from £5 a week to £20 a week.

Silkman 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).

In total, he made 340 professional appearances, and scored 31 goals.

He coached the Team GB 45-plus football squad at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Metro named him as the 10th most influential agent in football in 2013. He is Jewish, had a bar mitzvah, and said in 2013: "I was brought up Jewish and I'm Jewish through and through."

He was a student at Canon Barnett Primary and Robert Montefiore Secondary schools.

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