Stuart Balmer

Infobox Football biography


playername= Stuart Balmer
fullname = Stuart Balmer
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|9|20
cityofbirth = Falkirk
countryofbirth = Scotland
height =
currentclub = St Mirren
clubnumber = 29
position = Defender
years = 1988–1990
1990–1998
1998–2001
2001–2003
2002
2002–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
clubs = Celtic
Charlton Athletic
Wigan Athletic
Oldham Athletic
→ Scunthorpe United (loan)
Boston United
Clyde
Hamilton Academical
St Mirren
caps(goals) = 000 (0) 227 (8) 101 (3) 036 (6) 006 (0) 047 (3) 013 (0) 015 (1) 000 (0)
pcupdate = December 29, 2007

Stuart Balmer (born 20 September 1969 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland) is a former Scottish professional football defender who currently coaches St Mirren in the SPL.

Career

Balmer has the distinction of being the first outfield player in the English league to be allocated the squad number 1. When at Charlton in the early 1990s the squad numbers were allocated alphabetically, hence Balmer (and not a goalkeeper as is typical) wore the number 1 shirt for the seasonFact|date=December 2007.He was previously the player/assistant-manager to Billy Reid at both Clyde [cite news |title=Reid takes charge at Clyde|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/clyde/3841401.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=9 January 2004] and Hamilton Academical [cite news |title=Jones becomes Accies' assistant |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hamilton_academical/5410936.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=5 October 2006] .

ee also

*Clyde F.C. season 2004-05

External links

*soccerbase|id=365|name=Stuart Balmer

References