Ashley Grimes (footballer, born 1957)

Ashley Grimes
Personal information
Full name Augustine Ashley Grimes[1]
Date of birth (1957-08-02) 2 August 1957 (age 67)[1]
Place of birth Dublin,[1] Republic of Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s)
Youth career
Stella Maris
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1977 Bohemians (3)
1977–1983 Manchester United 109 (10)
1983–1984 Coventry City 32 (1)
1984–1989 Luton Town 87 (3)
1989–1991 Osasuna 15 (0)
1991–1992 Stoke City 10 (1)
Total 234 (18)
International career
1978–1979 Republic of Ireland U21 6 (2)
1978–1988 Republic of Ireland 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Augustine Ashley Grimes (born 2 August 1957) is an Irish former footballer.[3] He played for Manchester United, Coventry City, Luton Town, Stoke City and Osasuna (Spain). He won 18 caps for the Republic of Ireland and scored one goal, a long-range strike against Spain in a Euro 84 qualifier at Lansdowne Road in November 1982.

Career

On 8 March 1978 at Dalymount Park, Dublin, Grimes played in the first ever Republic of Ireland U21 game; he went on to win six under-21 caps, scoring two goals, both from penalty kicks. Grimes, who played as a defender and midfielder, began his career with junior side Villa United before joining Stella Maris Football club. He had a trial with Manchester United in August 1972, but returned to Bohemians. After a second trial, he joined Manchester United in March 1977 for £35,000.

Between 1977 and 1983, Grimes made 107 first-team appearances and scored 11 goals for Manchester United, where he won an FA Cup-winner's medal as a non-playing substitute in the 1983 final against Brighton. He subsequently joined Coventry City for a fee of £200,000. After only one season he moved to Luton Town where he made 117 appearances and scored 4 goals. In 1988, he won a League Cup winners medal, coming on a substitute and crossing the ball to set up Luton's last-minute winning goal as they achieved a shock 3–2 victory over Arsenal to secure the first major trophy in their history.

In 1989, he joined Osasuna, making his La Liga debut on 8 November 1989 against Celta Vigo. Grimes played 15 games for CA Osasuna in total before returning to England to play for Stoke City where he made 15 appearances in 1991–92.[4]

He retired from playing in May 1992 and became youth team manager at Stoke[5] and Celtic under Lou Macari[6] and later at Huddersfield Town. He joined the coaching staff at Welsh side Colwyn Bay in February 2013.[5]

Career statistics

Club

Sourced from Ashley Grimes at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester United 1977–78 First Division 13 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 17 2
1978–79 First Division 16 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 21 1
1979–80 First Division 26 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 3
1980–81 First Division 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
1981–82 First Division 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
1982–83 First Division 16 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 21 2
Total 90 10 5 1 6 0 6 0 107 11
Coventry City 1983–84 First Division 32 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 35 2
Luton Town 1984–85 First Division 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0
1985–86 First Division 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
1986–87 First Division 31 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 36 2
1987–88 First Division 32 1 5 0 4 1 4 0 45 2
1988–89 First Division 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 0
Total 87 3 11 0 12 1 4 0 114 4
Osasuna 1989–90 La Liga 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1990–91 La Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Stoke City 1991–92 Third Division 10 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 15 1
Career total 234 15 16 1 21 2 15 0 286 18
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Full Members Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs, UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

International

Source:[7]

National team Year Apps Goals
Republic of Ireland 1978 3 0
1979 3 0
1980 2 0
1981 3 0
1982 2 1
1983 1 0
1984 2 0
1987 1 0
1988 1 0
Total 18 1

Honours

Bohemians

Manchester United

Luton Town

Stoke City

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ashley Grimes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ "Ashley Grimes". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  4. ^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  5. ^ a b "Former Manchester United star joins Colwyn Bay FC". North Wales Pioneer. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  6. ^ McGuirk, Brian (2009). Celtic FC - the Ireland Connection. Black and White Publishing. ISBN 978-1845022488. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  7. ^ Grimes, Ashley at National-Football-Teams.com