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Josh Gray (footballer)

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Josh Gray
Josh Gray, 2011
Personal information
Full name Joshua Ian Gray
Date of birth (1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth South Shields, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Darlington 49 (1)
2011Blyth Spartans (loan) 7 (0)
2014 Consett
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joshua Ian Gray (born 22 July 1991) is an English footballer who last played as a winger for Northern Premier League Division One East club Consett.

Career

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Football

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Gray made his debut for Darlington in an FA Cup first-round game with Droylsden on 8 November 2008, as a late substitute.[1] The game finished 0–0.[2] He made his league debut four months later as one of four teenagers among the squad for a 1–0 victory against Notts County at the Darlington Arena, one week after the club entered administration.[3] His first league goal came in April 2010 in a 2–1 League Two victory against Burton Albion at the Pirelli Stadium.[4] On 11 February 2011, Gray joined Blyth Spartans on a month-long loan.[5] Gray was released by Darlington in June 2011. Since 2013/14 he has played for Consett AFC.

Doctorate

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Following on from his football career Gray took an access course at Gateshead College and went onto study Biomedical Science at Northumbria University where he gained a BSc.[6] Upon receiving his degree, Gray undertook a PhD in immunology at the University of Glasgow in the laboratory of Dr. Megan MacLeod.[7] His thesis entitled "Molecular Mechanisms of Antigen-specific Memory CD4 T Cell Tolerance and the Implications for Tolerogenic Therapy" was successfully defended on 7 June 2019. Upon receiving his doctorate Gray moved to New York City with his wife to undertake postdoctoral research at Columbia University.

References

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  1. ^ Richardson, Lynsey (16 November 2008). "Break will help Clarke". Sunday Sun. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
  2. ^ "Darlington 0–0 Droylsden". BBC Sport. 8 November 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  3. ^ Stoddart, Craig (3 March 2009). "Darlington 1 Notts County 0". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Burton Albion 1-2 Darlington". BBC Sport. 3 April 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Spartans Sign Colourful Duo". Blyth Spartans AFC. 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Where are they now: Joshua Gray". thepfa.com. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. ^ "University of Glasgow – Research Institutes – Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation – Our staff – Dr Megan Macleod". gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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