Tony Gallimore

Anthony Mark Gallimore[2] (born 21 February 1972) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back from 1990 to 2007.[1]

Tony Gallimore
Personal information
Full name Anthony Mark Gallimore[1]
Date of birth (1972-02-21) 21 February 1972[1]
Place of birth Crewe, England[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1988–1989 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Stoke City 11 (0)
1991 → Carlisle United (loan) 8 (0)
1992 → Carlisle United (loan) 8 (0)
1993–1996 Carlisle United 124 (9)
1996–2003 Grimsby Town 273 (4)
2003–2004 Barnsley 20 (0)
2004–2006 Rochdale 68 (0)
2006–2007 Northwich Victoria 12 (1)
2007 → Hucknall Town (loan)
Total 524 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He began his career with Stoke City in 1990 and subsequently spent two separate loan spells with Carlisle United in 1991 and 1992. He joined United on a permanent deal a year later and went on to spend three years at Brunton Park before joining Grimsby Town in 1996. It was at Grimsby where he arguably played some of his best football, during the 1997–98 season the club earned promotion via the play-offs as well as a few weeks earlier being victorious in the Football League Trophy. He departed Grimsby in 2003 after spending seven seasons at Blundell Park, his next port of call was league rivals Barnsley where he remained for a year before joining Rochdale. Having spent two seasons with Dale, Gallimore dropped out of professional football and signed with non-league Northwich Victoria in 2006. He finished his seventeen-year career whilst on loan with Hucknall Town in 2007. During his career he made more than 500 appearances in the Football League.

After retiring Gallimore returned to live in Grimsby where he works as a scaffolder.

Career

Stoke City

Gallimore joined Stoke City as a youngster and progressed into the club's first team setup in 1990 after several seasons in the youth system.[1] He made his debut as a substitute against Blackburn Rovers towards the end of the 1989–90 season.[1] He made seven appearances in 1990–91 and struggled to establish himself under Lou Macari in 1991–92 making just three appearances and was twice loaned out to Carlisle United in 1991 and again in 1992, making 8 appearances for Carlisle each time round.[1]

Carlisle United

In March 1993, Carlisle paid £15,000 for Gallimore to register the left back as a permanent player at Brunton Park. He went on to make over 150 appearances in all competitions for United and was an integral part of the first team. This in turn would sound the alerts of bigger teams, and in March 1996, he made a £125,000 move to Grimsby Town who at the time were playing their football in the First Division.

Grimsby Town

At Blundell Park he would turn out to be the club's long-term replacement for departing left back Gary Croft who had left Grimsby in a multimillion-pound deal to join Blackburn Rovers. After playing out the last few games of the 1995–96 campaign, Gallimore would prepare himself for a tough first full season, with The Mariners losing their first division status, and suffering a relegation, this spelled the end of an era at the club and important key players such as John Oster and Clive Mendonca moved on to new clubs. In the 1997–98 season, Gallimore would play an important role in the club's sudden return to the first division, whilst beating Northampton Town at Wembley Stadium in the play-offs, the club also defeated AFC Bournemouth in the Football League Trophy at the same venue. Gallimore along with fellow defenders John McDermott, Peter Handyside and Mark Lever as well as goalkeeper Aidan Davison were noted as the strongest defensive line up in the Second Division that year, and one of the strongest in the whole country. Gallimore went on to play the next five seasons at Grimsby and featured as the club's main choice left back until his departure at the end of the 2002–03 season, when Grimsby were to lose their first division status once more. Injury had troubled Gallimore in parts of his last couple of seasons with Grimsby, and his place had been contested by youngster Ben Chapman and also with the arrival of Darren Barnard in 2002, Gallimore had struggled to hold his place down in the team. With the club relegated, Grimsby opted not to renew his contract and he left the club after featuring in seven different seasons for The Mariners.

Barnsley

In August 2003 he signed a one-year deal with Grimsby's rivals Barnsley along with former teammate Peter Handyside. He went on to feature in just over 20 games for the club as yet again, injury blighted his season.[3] At the end of the season, Gallimore was released again and dropped down another league to join Rochdale in August 2004.[4]

Rochdale

Dale at that time were managed by Steve Parkin, who previously managed Gallimore at Barnsley. He featured regularly for the club before being released at the end of the 2005–06 season.

Northwich Victoria

Gallimore joined Conference side Northwich Victoria in June 2006,[5] but found it hard to break into the side and was transfer listed a few months later. He then made a loan move to Conference North side Hucknall Town in January 2007,[6] where he spent two months before being recalled by Northwich in March 2007.[7] Gallimore retired from professional football in May 2007 following the close of the 2006–07 campaign.

Personal life

After retiring from Football in 2007, Gallimore went on to work for a scaffolding firm based in Grimsby.[8] In December 2009, Gallimore signed for Grimsby and Cleethorpes Sunday League side Aston Estates.[9]

Career statistics

Source:[10]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 1989–90 Second Division 1000000010
1990–91 Third Division 7000000070
1991–92 Third Division 3000000030
Total 110000000110
Carlisle United 1991–92 Fourth Division 160000000160
1992–93 Third Division 8100000081
1993–94 Third Division 401312090542
1994–95 Third Division 405404081566
1995–96 Second Division 362102070462
Total 1249818024116411
Grimsby Town 1995–96 First Division 101000000101
1996–97 First Division 421102000451
1997–98 Second Division 3526050100562
1998–99 First Division 430105000490
1999–2000 First Division 390102100431
2000–01 First Division 280202100321
2001–02 First Division 380203000430
2002–03 First Division 380201000410
Total 27341502021003186
Barnsley 2003–04 Second Division 200201020250
Rochdale 2004–05 League Two 340201020380
2005–06 League Two 340101010370
Total 680302030760
Northwich Victoria 2006–07 Conference National 121000000121
Career Total 5081428131239160618
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy and Football League play-offs.

Honours

Grimsby Town

References
  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. Hugman, Barry, ed. (2005). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006. Queen Anne Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-85291-662-6.
  3. "Gallimore out until January". BBC Sport. 18 December 2003. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  4. "Gallimore joins Dale". BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  5. "Gallimore signs deal at Northwich". BBC Sport. 8 June 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  6. "Vics let Gallimore join Hucknall". BBC Sport. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  7. "Northwich sign Dale's Warburton". BBC Sport. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  8. Struthers, Greg (28 December 2008). "Grimsby's catch of the day". London: The Sunday Times. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  9. "Mariners cult hero joins Aston". Grimsby Telegraph. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  10. Tony Gallimore at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External sources

Tony Gallimore at Soccerbase

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