Brynjar Gunnarsson (born October 16, 1975 in Reykjavik) is an Icelandic footballer. His position is midfielder or defender, and he plays professionally for Reading F.C.. He previously played for Nottingham Forest, Stoke City F.C. and Watford F.C. in England as well as Vålerenga and Örgryte IS in Scandinavia. October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... See also: Reykjavík, Manitoba in Canada Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland, its largest city and the worlds northernmost capital. ... In association football (soccer), a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted. ... Reading F.C. is a football team, based in the English town of Reading and currently playing in the Football League Championship. ... History Nottingham Forest F.C. are an English football club, based at the City Ground, which is just outside the official boundary of Nottingham on the south side of the River Trent. ... Stoke City Football Club (known as Stoke Football Club until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England (the other league club in the city being Port Vale F.C.). The club is reputedly the second-oldest football league club in the world, after Notts County F... Watford Football Club is an English Football League team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. ... This article is about the football section, for other sections of Örgryte IS, see Örgryte IS (disambiguation). ...

Gunnarsson signed for Watford in the summer of 2004, after being released by Forest. He made 43 appearances in an impressive first season. However, Ray Lewington's replacement as Watford manager, Adrian Boothroyd, to some raised eyebrows from the Watford support, allowed Gunnarsson to leave for Reading for a nominal fee in the summer of 2005. Boothrpyd gave the justification that Gunnarsson was too similar and of lesser quality to his central midfield partner, Gavin Mahon. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ray Lewington was a midfield player at Chelsea F.C. in the 1970s who also played for Fulham and Brighton. ... Adrian Boothroyd (born February 8, 1971) is the current (July 2005) manager of Watford F.C.. Before joining Watford on March 29, 2005, Boothroyd was a coach for Leeds United. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...