Mark Gayle
Mark Gayle
Born 21 October 1969 (Age 28 at debut)
Total appearances 21
(14 League, 5 FA Cup, 1 FA Trophy, 1 Hillier Senior Cup)
Debut:
15 August 1998 (Away Forest Green Rovers)
Final game:
2 March 1999 (Away Cogenhoe United)
Goalkeeper Mark Gayle joined the club from Crewe Alexandra prior to the start of the 1998-99 season. He had previously played for Walsall, and had made almost 100 appearances for both of his former clubs. He made an impressive start to his Diamonds career, helping the team to seven straight wins at the start of the season, before an injury at Doncaster Rovers kept him out of the team.
On his recovery he struggled to get back in to the team, picking up a further injury that kept him out of the team in the latter stage of the FA Cup run that culminated in two games against Leeds United. He was then unable to gain his place back in the side, although few Diamonds fans had seen him have a bad game for the club, and he moved on to Hednesford Town before playing for several other non-league clubs in the West Midlands area, and then becoming coach at Rushall Olympic where he remained at the end of the 2008-09 season.
| Date | Opponent | League | Goals | Shirt | Time |
| 15-Aug-98 | Forest Green (A) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 18-Aug-98 | Welling United (H) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 22-Aug-98 | Barrow (H) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 25-Aug-98 | Kingstonian (A) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 29-Aug-98 | Southport (A) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 31-Aug-98 | Hayes (H) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 05-Sep-98 | Yeovil Town (A) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 08-Sep-98 | Dover Athletic (A) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 12-Sep-98 | Telford United (H) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 19-Sep-98 | Doncaster Rovers (A) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 07-Nov-98 | Hednesford (A) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 09-Nov-98 | Leatherhead (FA Cup) (A) | FA Cup | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 11-Nov-98 | Leatherhead (FA Cup) (H) | FA Cup | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 14-Nov-98 | Shrewsbury (FA Cup) (H) | FA Cup | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 21-Nov-98 | Bath City (FA Trophy) (H) | FA Trophy | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 28-Nov-98 | Cheltenham (A) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 05-Dec-98 | Doncaster Rovers (FA Cup) (A) | FA Cup | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 12-Dec-98 | Telford United (A) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 15-Dec-98 | Doncaster Rovers (FA Cup) (H) | FA Cup | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 19-Dec-98 | Farnborough Town (H) | Conference | 0 | 1 | 90 |
