Gary Ingham

Gary Ingham
Personal information
Full name Gary Ingham[1]
Date of birth (1964-10-09)9 October 1964
Place of birth Rotherham, England
Date of death 20 November 2012(2012-11-20) (aged 48)
Place of death Rotherham, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Rotherham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983 Kiveton Park
Gainsborough Trinity
→ Shepshed Charterhouse (loan)
→ Goole Town (loan)
→ Bridlington Town (loan)
→ Maltby Miners Welfare (loan)
1993–1994 Rotherham United 0 (0)
1994 Doncaster Rovers 1 (0)
1994–1997 Gainsborough Trinity
1997 Doncaster Rovers 10 (0)
1997–1998 Stalybridge Celtic 8 (0)
→ Stocksbridge Park Steels (loan)
1998–1999 Leek Town
1999–2001 Stalybridge Celtic 87 (0)
2001–2002 Gainsborough Trinity
2002–2004 Belper Town
2004–2006 Frickley Athletic
Grantham Town
Ossett Albion
2007 Stocksbridge Park Steels
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Ingham (9 October 1964 – 20 November 2012) was an English professional footballer and coach who played as a goalkeeper. He spent most of his career in non-league football but had two spells in the Football League with Doncaster Rovers.

Playing career

Born in Rotherham,[1] began his career with hometown club Rotherham United.[2] After a spell with Kiveton Park in August 1983,[3] he signed for Gainsborough Trinity, where he spent loan spells at Shepshed Charterhouse, Goole Town, Bridlington Town and Maltby Miners Welfare.[2]

He returned to Rotherham United in March 1993, moving to Doncaster Rovers in March 1994, for whom he made his Football League debut.[1] After a spell back with Gainsborough Trinity he returned to Doncaster Rovers in August 1997, making a further 10 Football League appearances.[1] He later played for Conference side Stalybridge Celtic; after suffering an injury he was loaned to Stocksbridge Park Steels (where he made 19 appearances[4]) and then sold to Leek Town.[2] He returned to Stalybridge Celtic in 1999, and then moved back to Gainsborough Trinity in 2001,[2][5] his third spell with the club.[6]

He joined Belper Town as a player-coach in June 2002, moving to Frickley Athletic in October 2004.[7] He moved to Grantham Town in 2006, before returning to Stocksbridge Park Steels as player-assistant manager.[8][9][10] He also played for Ossett Albion.[2]

Coaching career

Ingham was a player-coach at Belper Town,[7] and worked as an assistant manager at Stocksbridge Park Steels.[8][10] He left the club in November 2011.[9]

Death

Ingham died on 20 November 2012.[1][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Gary Ingham". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Stalybridge Celtic - Official Site - Player Profile Gary Ingham". www.stalybridgeceltic.co.uk.
  3. ^ Worksop Guardian, 13 August 1983, page 7
  4. ^ "Parksteels • All Time Appearances". 1 October 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Bolt out of the blue". Manchester Evening News. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Tributes paid to Blues hero". www.worksopguardian.co.uk.
  7. ^ a b "NonLeagueDaily.com". 21 September 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.
  8. ^ a b c "Blues mourn former keeper - The Pitching In Northern Premier League". www.thenpl.co.uk.
  9. ^ a b "Marrow resigns from Steels post - The Pitching In Northern Premier League". www.thenpl.co.uk.
  10. ^ a b "Stocksbridge Park Steels".


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