Charlie Palmer (footballer) explained

Charlie Palmer
Birth Date:10 July 1963
Birth Place:Aylesbury, England
Height:5 ft 11 in[1]
Position:Defender
Youthclubs1:Watford
Years1:1981–1984
Caps1:10
Goals1:1
Years2:1984–1986
Caps2:51
Goals2:2
Years3:1986–1989
Caps3:70
Goals3:1
Years4:1989–1994
Caps4:182
Goals4:7
Years5:1994–1996
Caps5:54
Goals5:2
Years6:1996–1997
Years7:1998
Years8:1998–2000
Totalcaps:367
Totalgoals:13
Manageryears1:2012–2013
Managerclubs1:Mickleover Sports
Manageryears2:2013–2015
Managerclubs2:Long Eaton United
Manageryears3:2015–2017
Managerclubs3:Belper Town

Charlie Palmer (born 10 July 1963)[2] is an English ex-professional footballer who played in the 1980s and 90s for a variety of clubs in England at right-back and latterly centre-back.

Playing career

Born in Aylesbury, Palmer started his football career as an apprentice at Watford, managed by Graham Taylor. He played 18 matches for Watford in all competitions between 1981 and 1984, including four in the UEFA Cup. In July 1984, Palmer moved to Derby County on a free transfer.[2] Under the management of Arthur Cox, he was part of the team that won the Football League Second Division in the 1986–87 season. However, before the end of that season, Palmer moved to Hull City, for a transfer fee of £30,000.[2] After a two-year stay in Hull, he moved to Notts County, under the management of Neil Warnock.[3]

The next few years had journeys to Wembley Stadium to play in consecutive playoff finals, winning both. Then an Anglo-Italian Cup Final against Brescia, led by Gheorghe Hagi. During this time at Notts, Charlie Palmer is probably best remembered for the winning goal against city rivals Nottingham Forest in the local derby.[4] Palmer moved on to Walsall in 1994,[2] before moving on to non-League clubs Burton Albion, Moor Green and Hinckley United.[5]

Coaching career

Since finishing playing, Palmer has coached Hinckley United in the Conference North under the management of ex-Notts colleague Dean Thomas,[6] and was later assistant manager at Mickleover Sports, where he was briefly caretaker manager during the 2012–13 season.[7] On 14 April 2013 Palmer took over as manager of Northern Counties East Premier Division club Long Eaton United, replacing former Notts County player Mick Galloway who left the club in March 2013. He remained at Long Eaton until October 2015 when he took over as manager at Belper Town.[8] He resigned as manager at the end of the 2016–17 season.[9]

Honours

Walsall

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 . Peter . Dunk . Queen Anne Press . London . 1987 . 198 . 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. Book: Jones, Trefor. 1996. Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. 180. 0-9527458-0-1.
  3. Web site: Warnock's County memories. BBC Nottingham. 25 March 2011. 14 August 2007. 19 April 2013. https://archive.today/20130419184616/http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2007/08/14/neil_warnock_feature.shtml. dead.
  4. http://www.nottinghampost.com/February-12-Charlie-Palmer-Day/story-18167402-detail/story.html "February 12 will always be 'Charlie Palmer Day'"
  5. http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/charlie-palmer/ Charlie Palmer
  6. Web site: Neil Warnock: What I've learnt this week. The Independent. 3 March 2007. 4 September 2010.
  7. http://mickleoversportsfc.com/history/ History
  8. http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/derby-county-defender-charlie-palmer-new-belper/story-27941886-detail/story.html Former Derby County defender Charlie Palmer is new Belper Town manager
  9. http://www.belpernews.co.uk/sport/football/charlie-palmer-resigns-from-belper-town-1-8561339 Charlie Palmer resigns from Belper Town