Carlton Palmer

Carlton Palmer

Personal information
Full name	Carlton Lloyd Palmer
Date of birth	5 December 1965 (1965-12-05)
Place of birth	Rowley Regis, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1984–1989	West Bromwich Albion	121	(4)
1989–1994	Sheffield Wednesday	205	(14)
1994–1997	Leeds United	103	(5)
1997–1999	Southampton	45	(3)
1999	Nottingham Forest	16	(1)
1999–2001	Coventry City	30	(1)
2000–2001	→ Watford (loan)	5	(0)
2001	→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	22	(0)
2001–2003	Stockport County	43	(4)
2004	Dublin City
2005	Mansfield Town	1	(0)
Total		591	(32)
National team
1989	England U21	4	(1)
1989	England B	5	(0)
1992–1993	England	18	(1)
Teams managed
2001–2003	Stockport County (player-manager)
2004–2005	Mansfield Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Carlton Lloyd Palmer (born 5 December 1965 in Rowley Regis) is a former English professional football player who played as a midfielder, most notably for Sheffield Wednesday.

Playing career

Palmer started his career at West Bromwich Albion, joining as an apprentice in July 1983 before turning professional in December 1984. He made his league debut in September 1985, as a substitute against Newcastle United. He earned a move to Sheffield Wednesday in February 1989 for £750,000, where he made his name in the Premiership. This led to him being bought by Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson for £2.6 million in June 1994.

In September 1997 he was signed by Southampton manager Dave Jones for a fee of £1.0 million. In the dressing room he was "abrasive, awkward and argumentative" but on the pitch he was "determined, hard-working and persistent" and his long legs made him "a most difficult player to compete against". Jones said of Palmer "He covers every blade of grass out there, but that's only because his first touch is so crap". In January 1999 he was transferred to Nottingham Forest for a fee of £1.1 million and was replaced in Southampton's midfield by Chris Marsden.

He scored once for Nottingham Forest, his strike coming in a 2-1 win over Grimsby Town. He later played for Coventry City, scoring his first and what turned out to be only goal for the club in a 4-1 win over Newcastle United. Coventry loaned him out to Watford for three months in 2000–01. He also had a loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday, before joining Stockport County in November 2001 as player-manager. Palmer also briefly played for Dublin City in Ireland, whom he joined in August 2004.

Palmer won 18 caps for the English national team, scoring once against San Marino. He was a member of the England squad that went to the 1992 European Championships in Sweden. He was also capped 5 times for the England B team.

Management career

Palmer's management career began when he was appointed player-manager of Stockport County in November 2001. He was sacked by the club in September 2003, following a poor start to the season.

In November 2004, events involving Mansfield Town manager Keith Curle resulted in Curle being suspended. With no manager, the Mansfield Chairman rang up Carlton and asked him if he would join The Stags temporarily as manager of the club, which Carlton accepted, without being paid. Curle was later dismissed and Carlton Palmer signed a contract until 2006 as manager of Mansfield Town. In September 2005, after Mansfield Town were beaten 2-0 by Rochdale and close to the League Two relegation zone, Palmer resigned as manager saying "I have had a good career and I don't need to take the abuse from the crowd. Keith Haslam, the Mansfield chairman, is a good mate of mine and I want to keep it that way so I will be stepping down as manager".

Post-management

Palmer now works as a pundit on the BBC show Final Score, and also provides match analysis for the Football Channel alongside Peter Reid. He represented Sheffield Wednesday in the 2006 Yorkshire Masters. He also owns the Dam House in Sheffield.

Palmer owned an online estate agency in Sheffield called The Home Game which ceased trading in August 2008. He now works for Repton school Dubai and teaches football and P.E.

In March 2009 he starred in the hugely popular Paddy Power TV advert which involved him being in a bath with a football fan.

In June 2010 Palmer appeared in a one-off football special of Come Dine With Me where he came in first place and won £1000 for charity.^{[citation needed]}

He currently is a resident pundit on Ten Sports and Ten Action doing analysis of La Liga, UEFA Champions League and I-League broadcasting to Asia based from Dubai.

Honours

Sheffield Wednesday

• 1993 F.A. Cup: finalist
• 1993 League Cup Final: finalist

Leeds United

• 1996 League Cup: finalist

External links

• Carlton Palmer career stats at Soccerbase
• Carlton Palmer management career stats at Soccerbase