Ashley Grimes (Irish footballer)

Ashley Grimes

Personal information
Full name	Augustine Ashley Grimes
Date of birth	2 August 1957 (1957-08-02)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Midfielder Left back
Youth career
	Stella Maris
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1974–1977	Bohemians
1977–1983	Manchester United	90	(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	(15)
National team
1978–1988	Republic of Ireland	18	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Augustine Ashley Grimes (born 2 August 1957 in Dublin) is an Irish former footballer. He won 18 caps for the Republic of Ireland and scored one goal, a spectacular long-range strike against Spain in a Euro 84 qualifier at Lansdowne Road in November 1982.

He also scored two penalties in six appearances for the Republic of Ireland U21 side. 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 winners 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 Littlewoods Cup (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 win over Arsenal to attain the first - and to date only - major trophy of Luton's 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. After retiring as a player, he worked on the coaching staff at Stoke City and Huddersfield Town.

He resides in Bolton with his wife Joanne.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Ashley Grimes at Sporting Heros