Carlton Palmer

Carlton Lloyd Palmer ( born December 5, 1965 in Rowley Regis) is a former English football player and coach. Between 1992 and 1993 he played eighteen times for England.

  • 2.1 Stockport County ( 2001-2003)
  • 2.2 Mansfield Town (2004-2005)

Playing career

West Bromwich Albion (1984-1989)

Carlton Palmer began his playing career in the Football League First Division 1985/86 for his youth club West Bromwich Albion. He played twenty league games and climbed on the end of the season as Table in the second division from. After almost three years as a regular in the Second Division, he left West Bromwich on 23 February 1989, changed hands for £ 750,000 for first division club Sheffield Wednesday.

Sheffield Wednesday (1989-1994)

For his new club, he played thirteen league games ( one goal) in the 1988/89 season and secured with Sheffield in the league. This team headed by Carlton Palmer ( 34 league games) in the following season not, Sheffield rose on goal difference instead of Luton Town in the second division from. Considerably more successful designed Wednesday the season 1990/91 with the direct resurgence and the finals of the English League Cup in 1990/91. By a 1-0 victory in the final over Manchester United, the club won (45 league games / 2 goals) for the first time this competition without the Palmer not used. At the beginning of the First Division in 1991/92 took Trevor Francis as coach of Aston Villa exchanged Ron Atkinson and Sheffield led to a very good third place in the table. Palmer ( 42 league games / 5 hits ) presented now in the upper house of English football 's class demonstrated and captured the attention of the English national coach Graham Taylor. In addition to a seventh place in the Premier League 1992/93 Wednesday reached the finals in both English cup competitions. First, the team led by Viv Anderson, Chris Waddle and Carlton Palmer played on 18 April 1993, the final game in the League Cup in 1992/93 against FC Arsenal and lost it 1-2. Just one month was the opponent in the final of the FA Cup Arsenal again and again this Competition has been the team from London to a 1-1 aet in the first game, the replay by 2-1.

Leeds United (1994-1997)

On 30 June 1994 Palmer moved for £ 2.6 million for the Liga rivals Leeds United. In the Premier League 1994/95 he was regularly used and managed on the fifth place qualifying for the UEFA Cup in 1995/96, in the United but retired prematurely. The performances in the league also deteriorated significantly in 1996 and 1997 and led to two placements in the lower middle. For Leeds reached the League Cup final in 1995/96, but lost 0-3 to Aston Villa.

Southampton FC, Nottingham Forest and Coventry City (1997-2001)

In the course of the Premier League 1997/98 he signed on 26 September 1997 a contract with Southampton FC and played for the club until 21 January 1999, before the acute League relegation rivals Nottingham Forest joined. After the descent with his new team, he moved on 17 September 1999 the club again and played from then on for the first division club Coventry City. He later returned twice more back on loan to his old club Sheffield Wednesday, before he trailed off his career as player-manager of unterklassigen clubs.

English national team (1992-1993)

On 29 April 1992, the 26 -year-old Carlton Palmer made ​​his debut in the England national team in a 2-2 draw in Russia. In the summer of 1992, he played three warm-up matches for the European Football Championship in Sweden in 1992 and was appointed national coach Graham Taylor in the English Championship squad. Palmer played in all three group stage matches, had to compete with England, however, already after the first round the home. After the tournament, he played eight games in qualifying for the World Cup 1994 in the USA, scoring in a 6-0 home win over San Marino his first goal. However, England reached only third behind Norway and the Netherlands, and thus missed the part in the final tournament. Under Taylor's successor Terry Venables Palmer was no longer used.

Coaching career

Stockport County (2001-2003)

On 6 November 2001 Palmer joined Coventry City for second division club Stockport County and took over the post of coach players. County rose at the end of the season 2001/ 02 as a Table to the third tier from and ended the 2002/03 season in the new league as Fourteenth. After a false start in the 2003/ 04 season, Carlton Palmer was released on 18 September 2003 in Stockport.

Mansfield Town (2004-2005)

After an intermediate player joining Dublin City Palmer took over on November 11, 2004 initially on a transitional basis as coach at fourth division club Mansfield Town. After only six points from their first nine games of the season 2005/ 06 Palmer joined September 17, 2005 from his post.

Achievements

  • FA Cup finalist: 1993 (1:1 and 1:2 nV against Arsenal )
  • League Cup Runners-up: 1993 ( 1:2 against Arsenal )
  • League Cup Runners-up: 1996 ( 0:3 against Leeds United)
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Southampton F.C. Nottingham Forest F.C. Coventry City F.C. Watford F.C. Dublin City F.C. 1985–86 in English football Football League Second Division 1988–89 in English football 1989–90 Football League First Division 1990–91 Football League Cup Manchester United F.C. 1991–92 Football League First Division 1992–93 FA Premier League 1992–93 Football League Cup 1992–93 FA Cup 1994–95 FA Premier League 1995–96 UEFA Cup 1995–96 Football League Cup 1997–98 FA Premier League
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