Gary Paul Michael Roberts (born 5 April 1960) is a Welsh retired professional footballer who played as a forward and winger.
As a player, he is best remembered for his six years in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made over 220 appearances and is a member of the club's Hall of Fame.
[5] Needing to raise transfer funds,[7] Roberts was transfer-listed by manager Frank McLintock and moves to Derby County and Bradford City fell through.
[6] Working alongside Steve Cook, the pair managed the Southern League First Division East club , winning The Herts Senior Cup just prior to it folding in 2001.
[17] A mid-table finish followed in the 2001–02 season,[18] but the pair were sacked in December 2002, with the club top of the Isthmian League Premier Division table.
[19] An eighth-place finish followed in 2003–04, before a restructuring of the non-League pyramid in 2004 saw the Lilywhites playing in the newly formed Conference South for the 2004–05 season.
[19] Roberts led the club to a second-place finish, but the season ended in a defeat to Eastbourne Borough in the playoff semi-finals.
[20] Roberts kept City in the Conference South for three further seasons before getting demoted back to the Southern League Premier Division in 2008, due to irregularities with the club's Milton Road ground.