best left-winger with 80.6% of the vote. Gilkes played at the Madejski Stadium in the Royals Legends game on 1 May 2006. Later career Gilkes was head coach of Southern League Division One South & West side Hungerford Town until November 2012, when he was appointed assistant manager at Conference South side Basingstoke Town. In November 2015, Gilkes was appointed first team manager for the remainder of the 2015–16 season, after Jason Bristow agreed to step down from the position, with Basingstoke Town at the bottom of the Conference South. Gilkes was sacked as Basingstoke manager in March 2016 and took a role at the Reading FC Academy. On 1 September 2017, Gilkes was promoted to first team coach at Reading, and on 19 February 2022 he was appointed interim team manager, alongside Paul Ince. References External links Royals Legends video 1965 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney English sportspeople of Barbadian descent People with acquired Barbadian citizenship English footballers Barbadian footballers Barbados international footballers English Football League players Association football wingers Reading F.C. players Mikkelin Palloilijat players Chelsea F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Slough Town F.C. players Sports commentators English football managers Basingstoke Town F.C. managers