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PETER GILBERT
Full Name: Eric Peter Gilbert
Born: 31 July 1983
Came from: Birmingham City Went to: Leicester City
First game: 12 August 2003 Last game: 08 May 2005
Appearances: 84 (84/0) Goals: 2
Gilbert began his career as a trainee at Birmingham City but did not make a first team appearance before his move to Argyle. After arriving at Home Park in July 2003, initially on loan, he quickly established himself as first-choice left-back and was virtually ever-present over the next two seasons, helping Argyle win the Second Division title and earning himself a call-up to the Welsh under-21 team.
Gilbert’s form led to interest from other clubs and he eventually was sold to Leicester City, a move that did not work out as he made just five appearances for the club. A loan move to Sheffield Wednesday followed, which led to a permanent transfer in January 2006, but he only played occasionally for the first team over the next three years and had a spell on loan at Doncaster Rovers. After his release by Wednesday he had a brief spell on a short-term contract at Oldham Athletic and then joined Northampton Town.
In 2010 Gilbert joined forces again with Paul Sturrock at Southend United, and two years later he spent a season at non-league Lincoln City, which included a loan spell back in the Football League with Dagenham & Redbridge.
In January 2014, Gilbert signed for Northern Premier League First Division South club Goole, managed by his former teammate Curtis Woodhouse. Later that year, he travelled to California, where he played in two friendly matches for then USL Pro League, Western Conference (later renamed the USL Championship) club Sacramento Republic.
Having hung up his boots, he studied for a BSc Hons in Broadcasting & Sports Writing before becoming a Professional Development Phase coach, and joined West Bromwich Albion Academy's coaching staff as assistant coach to their under-18s in 2018.
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I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.
The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.
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