Barry Silkman was born on 29 June 1952 and 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.
10 Facts About Barry Silkman
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Barry Silkman played for Hereford United, Crystal Palace, Plymouth Argyle, Luton Town, Brentford, Queens Park Rangers, Southend United and Crewe Alexandra.
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Barry Silkman was a player-coach at Leyton Orient for three seasons with Frank Clark as manager.
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Barry Silkman was a member of the gold-medal winning 45-plus Team GB at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
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In November 2018, Barry Silkman was briefly appointed manager of Staines Town, before leaving the club due to the Football Association deeming the job to represent a conflict of interests with his work as an agent.
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Barry Silkman coached the Team GB 45-plus football squad at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
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Barry Silkman was born in Whitechapel in East London, and brought up in the East End of London.
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Barry Silkman was a student at Canon Barnett Primary and Robert Montefiore Secondary schools.
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Barry Silkman has been involved in greyhound training and greyhound racing, with his dogs Half Awake, Skomal and Carlsberg Champ respectively winning the 1987 Gold Collar, 1988 Guineas and the 1990 Cesarewitch.
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Barry Silkman is involved in horse racing and is a presenter on Racing Post Greyhound TV.