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Alex Sykes (born 2 April 1974) is a former English professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He also played internationally for the England Futsal side. He is currently joint-manager of Southern League side Shortwood United and the former manager at Bishop's Cleeve. ==Career== Sykes was a product of the youth setups at both Hereford United and Mansfield Town.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mansfield Town 1946/47-2007-08 )〕 He had originally begun his career with Westfields who received a club record fee of £4,000 from Mansfield for his services in 1992. He made his senior debut for Mansfield in a Football League match against Walsall, scoring on his debut. He turned down the offer of a new contract from manager Andy King to attend university in Cheltenham at the University of Gloucestershire. During this time he played for defunct Hellenic League club Endsleigh, and also for the reserves at Cheltenham Town. He signed for Forest Green Rovers in March 1996 and was part of their successful double league winning side that won back-to-back promotions into the Football Conference in 1998 under Frank Gregan. In 1999, Sykes reached the final of the FA Trophy with Forest Green at Wembley Stadium but the club lost 1-0 against Kingstonian. He finished as top goal scorer in the competition that season and scored in the semi final second leg against St Albans City. He then joined fellow Conference side Nuneaton Borough, ruling out the opportunity to sign for Stevenage Borough.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First Home League Match For The Borough )〕 His first goal for Nuneaton Borough came on 28 August 2000 in a 4-2 away defeat against Morecambe. He helped the club to an FA Cup giant killing against Stoke City however he returned to Forest Green on loan in March 2001 until the end of the season. He made 7 appearances on loan back at Forest Green scoring 2 goals, the first of which again came against Morecambe in April 2001. He missed the club's 2001 FA Trophy final defeat against Canvey Island at Villa Park because he had been cup tied from playing for Nuneaton in a previous round. Sykes returned to Nuneaton for the 2001-02 campaign but re-joined Forest Green permanently under the management of former England international Nigel Spink in January 2002. His two final goals for Nuneaton Borough came in one match on 18 September 2001 when his brace helped Nuneaton to a point in an away game against Doncaster Rovers. He made his third debut for the club in a 1-1 away draw against Dagenham & Redbridge on 19 January 2002. In November 2002, he featured in Forest Green's 0-0 FA Cup first round draw with Exeter City which was broadcast live on Match of the Day. A loan move to Bath City in September 2003 saw Sykes gain match fitness and he joined Bath permanently in September 2004 after making his final Forest Green appearance in an away defeat against Halifax Town.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='S' Past Players )〕 He was a part of the Bath side who pulled off a cup shock beating Barnet away from home in the FA Cup first round in November 2004. That result saw Sykes feature in the second round where Bath lost 2-0 away to Football League side Peterborough United. Sykes suffered from injury problems at Twerton Park and was loaned out to Gloucester City to play under his former manager at Forest Green, Tim Harris. He made his debut against Aylesbury United in December 2005 and played six times in his loan spell before returning to Bath.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=As expected - Mustoe gets Tigers' post )〕 At the end of the season he was released by Bath and re-signed permanently for Gloucester. He went on to make his second full debut against Maidenhead United in August 2006. He played a pivotal role in Gloucester's 2008-09 season as they gained promotion through the Southern League play offs. Sykes scored 27 goals including a hat-trick at home to Mangotsfield United. He spent a few months of the 2009-10 season with Gloucester City in the Conference North as well as a short loan spell at Shortwood United, before departing in December 2009 for Bishop's Cleeve to take on the role of player/assistant manager at Kayte Lane.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bishops Cleeve sign Sykes from Gloucester City )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alex Sykes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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