Marcus Gayle
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcus Anthony Gayle | ||
| Date of birth | 27 September 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Hammersmith, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1994 | Brentford | 156 | (22) |
| 1990 | → KuPS (loan) | 22 | (9) |
| 1994–2001 | Wimbledon | 236 | (37) |
| 2001 | Rangers | 4 | (0) |
| 2001–2005 | Watford | 102 | (5) |
| 2005–2006 | Brentford | 30 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Aldershot Town | 24 | (7) |
| 2007–2008 | AFC Wimbledon | 29 | (3) |
| Total | 603 | (85) | |
| National team | |||
| c.1987 | England U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 1990 | England Youth | ||
| 1998–2000 | Jamaica | 18 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012–2014 | Staines Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Marcus Anthony Gayle (born 27 September 1970, Hammersmith, London) is an English born Jamaican former professional footballer, who was most recently manager of Staines Town. Gayle's primary position was as a striker but also played as a Winger and central defender towards the end of his career. His most notable clubs included Wimbledon and Watford before he finished his playing career at AFC Wimbledon. He is a member of the Brentford Hall of Fame and made 230 appearances in two spells with the club. He won 14 caps for Jamaica and was a key player for his country at the 1998 World Cup tournament.
After retiring as a player, he became manager of the AFC Wimbledon reserve team for three years before taking charge of Staines Town in 2012.
Gayle started his career at Brentford in 1988, scoring 26 goals in 193 appearances for the Bees. He was loaned to KuPS in 1990, before becoming a regular player in the Brentford side under new manager Phil Holder in 1990–91, when the Bees qualified for the playoffs but lost to eventual promotion winners Tranmere Rovers in the semi finals. He played 33 games in the Third Division that season, scoring six goals. He was a key part in their Third Division title success for the 1991–92 season, scoring 6 goals in 38 games to give Brentford a place in the new Division One, as the old Second Division would be known from the start of the 1992–93 campaign due to the creation of the FA Premier League. The 1992–93 season looked as though it would be a successful one for the Bees, who entered the new year in 10th place and on the brink of the playoff zone, with all the talk at Griffin Park being about a second successive promotion and top division football for the first time since 1947. However, a collapse in the second half of the season saw the Bees relegated. Gayle initially remained loyal to the Bees, but on 24 March 1994 he linked up with his old Brentford striker partner Gary Blissett in a £250,000 move to Wimbledon, who were in the process of finishing a creditable sixth place in the Premier League. In May 2015, Gayle was inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame.
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