Stuart Balmer
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stuart Murray Balmer[1] | ||
Date of birth | 20 September 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Falkirk, Scotland | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Airdrieonians (assistant manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
?–1987 | Celtic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1990 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
1990–1998 | Charlton Athletic | 227 | (8) |
1998–2001 | Wigan Athletic | 101 | (3) |
2001–2003 | Oldham Athletic | 36 | (6) |
2002 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2002–2004 | Boston United | 47 | (3) |
2004–2005 | Clyde | 13 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Hamilton Academical | 15 | (1) |
2006–2008 | St Mirren | 0 | (0) |
Total | 445 | (21) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2007 |
Stuart Murray Balmer (born 20 September 1969 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland) is a former Scottish professional football defender who is currently assistant manager at Airdrieonians, having joined them from Ross County in November 2013.
Playing career
Balmer was a young player at Celtic, having progressed from the Celtic Boys Club, in the late 1980s.[2] Having never made a competitive first team appearance at Parkhead, he was sold to Charlton Athletic in August 1990 for a fee of £120,000.[3] He has the distinction of being the first outfield player in the English league to be allocated the squad number 1; Charlton in the early 1990s allocated their squad numbers alphabetically, hence Balmer (and not a goalkeeper as is typical) wore the number 1 shirt for the season[citation needed].
After eight years at Charlton, Balmer moved to Wigan in September 1998 for £200,000.[3] In three seasons there, Balmer made over 100 appearances before going on to play for several lower league English sides.[3]
In July 2004, Balmer returned to Scotland as player/assistant-manager to Billy Reid at Clyde[4] and then followed him when he moved to Hamilton Academical a year later.[5] Balmer scored one goal for Hamilton, ironically in a game against former club Clyde.[6]
Coaching career
In January 2011, Balmer joined the coaching staff at Ross County F.C. as assistant to manager Willie McStay.[7] McStay was sacked as manager a month later, but Balmer remained on the coaching staff under Jimmy Calderwood who was appointed to manage the side until the end of the season.[7] Ross County only narrowly avoided relegation and Calderwood left at the end of the season.[7] Balmer was re-appointed assistant manager by Derek Adams on his appointment as manager in June 2011,[7] and that following season the management team helped Ross County win the Scottish First Division championship and promotion to the Scottish Premier League.[8] In a further readjustment of the coaching staff at Victoria Park in November 2012, Balmer took on the duties of coaching the Under-20 side.,[9] before leaving the club completely in May 2013.[10]
Balmer joined Airdrie in November 2013 as assistant to their recently appointed manager, Gary Bollan[11] and subsequently followed Gary, as his assistant, to Forfar in December 2015. [12]
See also
External links
- Stuart Balmer at Soccerbase
References
- ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 33. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
- ^ Traynor, James (12 April 1990). "Desperate times as Celtic find themselves short at the back". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ^ a b c http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=365
- ^ "Reid takes charge at Clyde". BBC Sport. 9 January 2004.
- ^ "Jones becomes Accies' assistant". BBC Sport. 5 October 2006.
- ^ "Clyde 2-2 Hamilton Academical". BBC. 28 January 2006. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Stuart Balmer to assist Derek Adams at Ross County". BBC Sport. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Ross County celebrate promotion to SPL". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Neale Cooper returns to Ross County as assistant manager". BBC Sport. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ https://twitter.com/TheStaggies/status/336507204695896065
- ^ Paterson, Colin (7 November 2013). "Gary Bollan appoints Stuart Balmer as Airdrieonians assistant". Daily Record. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ http://www.forfarathletic.co.uk/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&cid=6%3Anews&id=2113%3Aour-new-management-team&Itemid=27
- Use dmy dates from November 2012
- 1969 births
- Boston United F.C. players
- Celtic F.C. players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Clyde F.C. non-playing staff
- Clyde F.C. players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Living people
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Falkirk
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish footballers
- Scunthorpe United F.C. players
- St. Mirren F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. non-playing staff
- Scottish football defender stubs