Charlie Palmer (footballer)

Charlie Palmer
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-07-10) 10 July 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Aylesbury, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Watford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1984 Watford 10 (1)
1984–1986 Derby County 51 (2)
1986–1989 Hull City 70 (1)
1989–1994 Notts County 182 (7)
1994–1996 Walsall 54 (2)
1996–1997 Burton Albion
1998 Moor Green
1998–2000 Hinckley United
Total 367 (13)
Managerial career
2012–2013 Mickleover Sports
2013–2015 Long Eaton United
2015–2017 Belper Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charlie Palmer (born 10 July 1963)[2] is an English ex-professional footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s 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,[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] Palmer moved on to Walsall in 1994,[2] before moving on to non-League clubs Burton Albion, Moor Green and Hinckley United.[6]

Coaching career

Since finishing playing, Palmer has coached Hinckley United in the Conference North under the management of ex-Notts colleague Dean Thomas,[7] and was later assistant manager at Mickleover Sports,[8] where he was briefly caretaker manager during the 2012–13 season.[9] 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.[10]

Honours

Walsall

References

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ^ a b c d Jones, Trefor (1996). Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 180. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
  3. ^ Charlie Palmer at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  4. ^ "Warnock's County memories". BBC Nottingham. 14 August 2007. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  5. ^ "February 12 will always be 'Charlie Palmer Day'" Archived 10 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Nottingham Post, 16 February 2013
  6. ^ Charlie Palmer World Football
  7. ^ "Neil Warnock: What I've learnt this week". The Independent. 3 March 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2010.[dead link‍]
  8. ^ a b Former Derby County defender Charlie Palmer is new Belper Town manager Archived 14 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine Derby Telegraph, 8 October 2015
  9. ^ History Mickleover Sports F.C.
  10. ^ Charlie Palmer resigns from Belper Town Archived 29 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Belper News, 25 May 2017