Gary Holt 2181157 220647810 2008-06-20T21:49:13Z Eubot 231599 Hatnote formatting, see [[User:Eubot/Hatnote formatting]] {{for|the musician of the same name|Gary Holt (musician)}} {{Football player infobox | playername = Gary Holt | image = | fullname = Gary James Holt | dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1973|3|9}} | cityofbirth = [[Irvine, Ayrshire|Irvine]] | countryofbirth = [[Scotland]] | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | currentclub = [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]] | clubnumber = 15 | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears = | youthclubs = | years = 1994-1995<br />1995-2001<br />2001-2005<br />2005-2007<br />2007- | clubs = [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]<br />[[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]]<br />[[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]<br />[[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]<br />[[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]] | caps(goals) = {{0}}{{0}}0 (0)<br />150 (9) <br />168 (3)<br />{{0}}62 (3)<br />{{0}}32 (2) | nationalyears = 2000-2004 | nationalteam = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] | | nationalcaps(goals) = {{0}}10 (1) | pcupdate = 14:41, 18 February 2008 (UTC) | ntupdate = 18:47, 9 February 2008 (UTC) }} '''Gary James Holt''' (born [[March 9]], [[1973]] in [[Irvine, Ayrshire|Irvine]], [[Ayrshire]]) and a [[Scotland|Scottish]] defensive [[midfielder]] is a former [[Scotland national football team|Scottish International]] player, who received 10 caps and scored 1 goal.<ref>[http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/player_details.cfm?playerid=43168&CFID=357219&CFTOKEN=37132060 Scottish Football Association: The Scottish FA: Scotland :<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He currently plays for [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]. == Career == Holt came late to professional football, having had a spell in the [[Royal Engineers]] as a chef and played for the [[British Army]] team prior to joining [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]. He did not play for the Bhoys first team and moved on to [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]. After a brief stay, Holt returned to his boyhood favourites, [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]], where he excelled in the Ayrshire team's most consistent period of success since the 1960s. He set up home in his place of birth with his wife in the [[Bourtreehill]] part of Irvine. Despite his excellent form with Kilmarnock, international recognition proved elusive, and Holt briefly explored the option of playing for [[Canada national football team|Canada]] in 1998. However, it eventually emerged Holt wasn't eligible for Canada, and Holt gained his first Scotland cap a year later. [[Image:GaryHoltCapitalCanariesPotSApril2002.jpg|right|thumb|[[Gary Holt]] being presented with the [[Capital Canaries]] Player of the Season trophy at [[Carrow Road]] in April 2002]] In 2001, [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] paid £135,000 for Holt. He was voted [[Norwich City player of the year]] in [[2001-02 in English football|2001-02]], when he also collected a number of fans' awards, including the [[Capital Canaries]] Player of the Season trophy. He was reckoned to be the best player on the pitch at The 2002 Play Off Final at The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. However, after playing well in [[Football League Division One|Division One]] for his first three seasons with the club and helping them win promotion to the [[Premier League|Premiership]] in 2004, Holt's final season with Norwich City was a difficult one. He found playing in the Premiership difficult and struggled to adapt to the higher level. Manager [[Nigel Worthington]] was criticised by supporters for keeping Holt in the team too long and some supporters made Holt a scapegoat for the team's struggles. Holt revealed towards the end of the [[2004-05 in English football|2004-05]] season that he had received anonymous hate-mail earlier in the campaign. In his four years at [[Carrow Road]] Holt played almost 200 games for the club, and is still thought of fondly by Norwich Fans who admired his never-say-die attitude. He was affectionately known by the Norwich City fans as 'three lungs' for his tireless coverage of the football pitch. Holt spent two years with [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]], before being released at the end of the [[2006-07 in English football|2006-07]] season. He subsequently signed for [[Football League Two|League Two]] side [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]] on [[12 July]] [[2007]].<ref> He is set to join Dundee FC on Monday[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/6896225.stm Wycombe capture midfielder Holt]</ref> == International career == Holt made his Scotland debut on [[September 2]] [[2000]] as an 89th minute substitute against [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]] in a match that Scotland won 1-0. He kept his place in the squad for the next year and a half before he was omitted from after a friendly against [[France national football team|France]] that ended in a 5-0 defeat for Scotland in March 2002. He was not capped again for two years when his final cap came in a 1-1 draw against [[Moldova national football team|Moldova]] in October 2004. His only international goal came in a 4-1 win over Trinidad & Tobago in 2004. ==Honours== * Scottish Cup Winner Kilmarnock 1997 * Norwich City Player of the Year 2002 * Division One Championship winner 2004 ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{soccerbase|id=3587|name=Gary Holt}} *[http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/holt.htm Career Information at Ex-Canaries.co.uk] {{Wycombe Wanderers F.C. squad}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Holt, Gary}} [[Category:1973 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Royal Engineers soldiers]] [[Category:Kilmarnock F.C. players]] [[Category:Norwich City F.C. players]] [[Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. players]] [[Category:Scottish footballers]] [[Category:Stoke City F.C. players]] [[Category:Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players]] [[Category:Scotland international footballers]] [[Category:Premier League players]] [[Category:Scottish Premier League players]]