Marcus Gayle

Marcus Anthony Gayle, born on 27 September 1970 in Hammersmith, London, is a football coach and former professional player who serves as club ambassador at Brentford. He was mainly a striker, though he also played as a winger and, late in his career, as a central defender. He began at Brentford in 1988, moved to Wimbledon in March 1994 for a reported 250,000 pounds and spent seven years there, playing 285 games and scoring 48 goals in the Premier League era. He then played for Rangers, Watford, Brentford again, Aldershot Town and AFC Wimbledon. Born in England to a Jamaican father, he switched allegiance to Jamaica, won 14 caps and played at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the nation's first finals. He later managed Staines Town.