Gary Chivers (born 15 May 1960) is an English former

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who played as a defender in

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for

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Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...

Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league ...

AFC Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth () is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest division of English club football. Formed in 1899 as B ...

, and in the

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

for

Lyn Oslo Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn (lit. "Ski and Football Club Lightning") is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Aker, Oslo. It has two sections; for association football and Nordic skiing. Until 2010 they had a third section, for top-level as ...

. A central defender, Chivers began his career with

in 1979, and remained with the club until 1983, a poor period in the club's history. He then moved to

, followed by spells with

and

. He settled at

, enjoying a six-year stint with the club from 1987. He spent the summer of 1993 playing in Norway with

before playing out his career at

, retiring from professional football in 1995. He played

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, becoming a chauffeur (with his own stretch-limo) for a living in Surrey before going on to work in the football-related media and in private

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1960 births Living people Footballers from Stockwell English footballers Association football defenders Chelsea F.C. players Swansea City A.F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Watford F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Lyn Fotball players AFC Bournemouth players Worthing F.C. players St. Leonards F.C. players English Football League players Eliteserien players Expatriate footballers in Norway English expatriate footballers {{England-footy-defender-1960s-stub