Tony Gallimore
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| Tony Gallimore | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Mark Gallimore | |
| Date of birth | 21 February 1972 | |
| Place of birth | Crewe, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1988-1989 | Stoke City | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1990–1993 1991 1992 1993-1996 1996-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-2007 2007 |
Stoke City → Carlisle United (loan) → Carlisle United (loan) Carlisle United Grimsby Town Barnsley Rochdale Northwich Victoria → Hucknall Town (loan) |
11 (0) 8 (0) 8 (0) 124 (9) 273 (4) 20 (0) 68 (0) 12 (1) N/A |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Anthony Mark "Tony" Gallimore(born February 21, 1972 in Crewe, England ) is a former professional footballer who played between 1990 and 2007, notably for Grimsby Town and Carlisle United . He was a left sided defender, but also could operate as a make shift centre back.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Stoke City
Gallimore joined Stoke City as a youngster and progressed into the clubs first team setup in 1990 after several seasons in the youth system. He struggled to cement a place in the team and was twice loaned out too Carlisle United in 1991 and again in 1992, making 8 appearances for United each time round.
[edit] Carlisle United
In March 1993, Carlisle payed £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 .
[edit] Grimsby Town
At Blundell Park he would turn out to be the clubs long term replacement for departing left back Gary Croft who had left Grimsby in a multi million pound deal to join Blackburn Rovers . After playing out the last few games of the 1995-1996 campaign , 'Gally' 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 1997-1998 season, Gallimore would play an important role in the clubs sudden return to the first division, whilst beating Northampton Town at Wembley Stadium in the play-offs, the club also defeated 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 clubs main choice left back until his departure at the end of the 2002-2003 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.
[edit] Barnsley
In August 2003 he signed a one year deal with Grimsby's rivals Barnsley along with former team mate Peter Handyside. He went on to feature in just over 20 games for the club as yet again, injury blighted his season. At the end of the season, Gallimore was released again and dropped down another league to join Rochdale .
[edit] Rochdale
Dale at that time were managed by Steve Parkin, who previously managed Tony at Barnsley. Gallimore featured regularly for the club before departing in 2006.
[edit] Northwich Victoria
Tony would then move on to join Conference side Northwich Victoria in June 2006. Gallimore 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, where he played out the rest of the season with the club. Gallimore retired from professional football in May 2007 following the close of the 2006-2007 campaign.
[edit] After Football
After retiring from Football in 2007, Gallimore went on to work for a scaffolding firm based in Louth, Lincolnshire.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Grimsby Town
- Second Division play-off winner: 1997-98
- Auto Windscreens Shield winner: 1997-98
