Steve Rimmer

Steve Rimmer
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Rimmer
Date of birth	23 May 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Manchester City
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1999	Manchester City
1999	→ Doncaster Rovers (loan)
1999–2000	Port Vale
	Marine
	Hyde United
2001–2003	Marine
	Skelmersdale United
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen "Steve" Rimmer (born 23 May 1979) is an English former footballer. His career in the Football League was brief but eventful, playing in front of a record low crowd at Maine Road and getting sent off 23 minutes into his Port Vale debut. In 2000, he ventured into non-league football, and turned out for Marine, Hyde United, and Skelmersdale United.

Playing career

A product of the Manchester City youth system, he made one first team appearance for the club on 8 December 1998. City lost 2–1 to Mansfield Town in the First Round of the Football League Trophy. Rimmer picked up a booking in a match primarily remembered as having Manchester City's lowest ever recorded attendance (just 3,007 turned up). He spent January 1999 at Conference National side Doncaster Rovers. He left Maine Road at the end of the season and quickly signed up with First Division club Port Vale.

Handed his Vale debut by manager Brian Horton on 28 December 1999 at Oakwell, replacing Mark Snijders at half time, he was sent off on 68 minutes for serious foul play.^[1] He only one more appearance, on 12 February 2000, replacing Stewart Talbot at Blundell Park after just 13 minutes.^[2] He was let go at the end of the season.

He then went into non-league football with Marine and then Hyde United. He returned to Marine in 2001, staying with the club for two years before joining Skelmersdale United.

Post-retirement

After leaving the professional game he began working as a PE teacher at Parklands High School in Chorley.

Statistics

Sourced from Steve Rimmer at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Manchester City	1998–99	Second Division	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Port Vale	1999–2000	First Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

References

^ Pierson, Mark (29 December 1999). "Football: Scowcroft's strike keeps Ipswich in contention". The Independent. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
^ "Grimsby v Port Vale Match facts". The Guardian. 12 February 2000. Retrieved 30 July 2009.

External links

Steve Rimmer at Soccerbase

[1] Pierson, Mark (29 December 1999). "Football: Scowcroft's strike keeps Ipswich in contention". The Independent. Retrieved 30 July 2009.

[2] "Grimsby v Port Vale Match facts". The Guardian. 12 February 2000. Retrieved 30 July 2009.

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