Graham Stack (footballer)
Graham Christopher Stack ( born September 26, 1981 in Hampstead ) is an Irish football goalkeeper. After his training at the London club Arsenal FC, the seven-time Irish U- 21 international was there but not work up the hierarchy and landed after club changes, and several loan periods - without in each case permanently as " number 1" to enforce the English fourth division FC Barnet.
Career
The goalkeeper started his career in the summer of 1998 in the youth team of FC Arsenal and 2000 was brought into the first team as the third goalkeeper. In 2002 he joined with three other Arsenal players on loan to Belgian club KSK Beveren cooperation. In the season 2002/ 03 he came here regularly used and made national attention to himself, when he was attacked in the match against Royal Antwerp by an opposing hooligan after the final whistle and stack these felled with one blow. On his return to London he completed on 28 October 2003 in the League Cup against Rotherham United his first game for Arsenal, this won on penalties and denied to the semifinals, all games in this competition - there lost the team against Middlesbrough FC. In July 2004 Stack hired on loan from the city rivals Millwall FC and played for the second division 26 league games.
Immediately after his return was followed by the second division rivals and later promoted FC Reading the nearest hire station that on 30 December 2005 to decided to undertake the ex- Arsenal keeper permanently with a 2 ½ -year contract. But even there he did not get beyond the reservists existence. He came almost exclusively in the Cup for the course and moved in October 2006 on loan to Leeds United on and finished the season 2006/ 07 after enduring operations in autumn 2006 finally on the bench. The "Odyssey" was in August 2007 with a scale at one month loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers on, where the Irishman was needed after the injury to Matt Murray and Carl Ikeme as a "safety " behind the still single goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey - the deadline was twice until finally the end of the season 2007/ 08 extended. After the descent of the Reading FC in the Premier League on 16 May 2008 Stack received clearance for a change of club.
His new footballing home stack was in July 2008 for the second division Plymouth Argyle, where he signed a two year contract after a trial and 9 August 2008, celebrated his debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers. To have and but returned without a competitive match at the " Seasiders " completed back - On 27 November 2008, he went for a month to Blackpool FC - his now already the sixth Leihklub. He pulled one more time before the season end on to the Wolverhampton Wanderers. Then gave Plymouth its only a year earlier committed goalkeeper's transfer release.
24 July 2009 gave Scottish media representatives announced that Stack had signed a two -year contract with first division club Hibernian. After his debut on the occasion of the second-round success in the Scottish League Cup against Brechin City he came in direct connection in the Scottish Elite League against Celtic Glasgow at his first championship game. After three seasons at Hibs stack joined in August 2012 free transfer to Barnet FC from the Football League Two.