Giles Coke

Giles Coke

Personal information
Full name	Giles Christopher Coke
Date of birth	3 June 1986 (1986-06-03)
Place of birth	Westminster, London, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bury (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday)
Number	15
Youth career
2002–2004	Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2005	Kingstonian	28	(6)
2005–2007	Mansfield Town	70	(5)
2007–2009	Northampton Town	52	(7)
2009–2010	Motherwell	32	(2)
2010–	Sheffield Wednesday	27	(4)
2011–	→ Bury (loan)	17	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:46, 13 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Giles Christopher Coke (born 3 June 1986 in London, England) is an English footballer who currently plays for Football League One side Bury on loan from Sheffield Wednesday.

Club career

He started his career as a youth player at Queens Park Rangers, before joining non-league side Kingstonian with older brother Jon, who played for the club up to August 2009.

Mansfield Town

Giles was soon snapped up by Mansfield Town, and subsequently bought by Northampton Town in the summer of 2007. His name was linked with several Championship clubs, including Southampton, Reading, Norwich City, Watford and Wolverhampton Wanderers. However, Coke decided to remain at Mansfield for a further year, signing a new one-year deal with Mansfield in the summer of 2006.

Northampton Town

He signed for Northampton Town on 2 July 2007 on a two-year contract after rejecting a new contract from Mansfield Town. A Football League tribunal on 24 September 2007 ruled that Northampton must pay Mansfield a maximum fee of £70,000 (depending on appearances) for the transfer, as well as a sell on clause of 20%. Due to Coke good performance for Northampton, Coke reportly turned down a new contract for Northampton, announcing he leave the club on a free transfer.

Motherwell

Coke's contract with Northampton expired in the summer of 2009. On 21 July, he signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premier League club Motherwell, becoming new manager Jim Gannon's third signing. Northampton claim that the player's agent had accepted a deal with that club on the player's behalf, and were taking advice as to whether compensation should be due from Motherwell. His first goals for Motherwell came in a thrilling 6–6 draw with Hibernian on 5 May 2010 in which he scored a brace.

Sheffield Wednesday

Coke signed for Sheffield Wednesday under freedom of contract in July 2010. Coke make his debut for Sheffield Wednesday in a 2-0 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge on August 7 2010. Coke went to make 27 appearance for the club and scoring 4 including against Brighton & Hove Albion, Hartlepool United, Rochdale United and Plymouth Arygle.

Bury

After one season at Hillsborough, Coke fell out of favour and went on loan to Bury until January. That was later extended until the end of the 2011-12 season. Coke made his debut for Bury in a 4-0 loss against Sheffield United on 3 September 2011. On 1 October 2011, Coke scored his first goal for Bury in a 3-1 victory over Yeovil Town. On 21 January 2012, Coke was in a row with captain Steven Schumacher over who should take a penalty. Shortly after, both players were booked. Eventually, Schumacher took the penalty and score to make it 3-0 which the match ended 3-2 victory over Yeovil Town. 3 day later after Bury match, Coke shortly apologisedprivately to the team, the captain, and the manager.

External links

• Giles Coke career stats at Soccerbase
• Player profile at ntfc.co.uk