| Geoff Palmer | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | July 11, 1954 | |
| Place of birth | Cannock, England | |
| Playing position | Right-back | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1970–1971 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1971–1984 1984–1985 1985–1986 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers Burnley Wolverhampton Wanderers Total |
394 (13) 34 (0) 22 (0) 460 (13) |
| National team | ||
| 1974 | England U-23 | 2 (0) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Geoff Palmer (born July 11, 1954 in Cannock, Staffordshire) is a former professional footballer, who spent almost his entire career with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Cannock is a town in Staffordshire, England, just north of the West Midlands conurbation. Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
Palmer spent 16 years with Wolves, playing 495 times for the club in total. He joined as an apprentice in July 1970, turning professional on his 17th birthday the following year. After remaining in the reserves over the next two seasons, he made his senior debut on 13 October 1973 in a 2-1 defeat at Birmingham. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham.
The right-back retained his place through the rest of the 1973/74 season at the expense of Gerry Taylor, which culuminated in winning the League Cup after a 2-1 victory over Manchester City at Wembley. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the After two seasons where his appearances were hampered by injuries, he was an ever-present in the side that won the Second Division championship in 1976/77, and missed just 3 league games over the next two seasons. From 1892 until 1992 the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.
He won a second League Cup winners' medal in 1980 after a 1-0 triumph over Nottingham Forest, and stuck with the club after relegation in 1982, winning promotion back at the first attempt. The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham However, after another relegation, Palmer finally left Molineux for Burnley in November 1984. Molineux Stadium is a football stadium situated in Wolverhampton, England. Burnley Football Club, nicknamed The Clarets, is a professional football club managed by Owen Coyle and based in Burnley, Lancashire
His stay at Burnley was short-lived though, as he stayed just 13 months before rejoining Wolves, under his old manager Bill McGarry, in December 1985 in a campaign that saw the club relegated to the fourth tier for the first time in their history. Burnley Football Club, nicknamed The Clarets, is a professional football club managed by Owen Coyle and based in Burnley, Lancashire William Harry "Bill" McGarry ( June 10 1927 - March 15 2005) was an English international football player
After a solitary final appearance in the Fourth Division in September 1986, Palmer retired to join the police force, with whom he still remains. "Fourth Division" redirects here For usage of the term in the Military, see 4th Division.
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