Carlton Lloyd Palmer (born 5 December 1965 in Rowley Regis, West Midlands) is a former English professional football player who played as a midfielder, most notably for Sheffield Wednesday. December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Map sources for Rowley Regis at grid reference SO9687 Rowley Regis is a town in the Sandwell borough of the West Midlands county, and a part of the Black Country. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In association football a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders. ... Sheffield Wednesday Football Club (abbreviated as SWFC, nicknamed The Owls) are one of the oldest football clubs in England and play in The Football League. ...

Playing career

Palmer started his career at West Bromwich Albion, coming through their youth team in time for the 1985-86 season. He earned a move to Sheffield Wednesday in February 1989 for £750,000, where he made his name in the Premiership. This led to him being bought by Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson for £2.6 million in June 1994. West Bromwich Albion Football Club is an English football club that plays in the Football League Championship. ... Youth system is a football (soccer) terminology used to refer to a particular teams youth investment program, which develops and nurtures young (often local) talent, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise. ... Sheffield Wednesday Football Club (abbreviated as SWFC, nicknamed The Owls) are one of the oldest football clubs in England and play in The Football League. ... Leeds United Football Club is the only professional association football club in the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire. ... Howard Wilkinson (born 13 November 1943 in Sheffield) is a former English football manager. ...

In September 1997 he was signed by Southampton manager Dave Jones for a fee of £1.0 million. In the dressing room he was abrasive, awkward and argumentative but on the pitch he was determined, hard-working and persistent and his long legs made him difficult to play against. In January 1999 he was transferred to Nottingham Forest for a fee of £1.1 million and was replaced in Southampton's midfield by Chris Marsden. Southampton Football Club (originally St Marys YMA) are an English football team, nicknamed The Saints. ... Dave Jones (born August 17, 1956 in Liverpool) is an English football manager currently in charge of Cardiff City F.C. // Playing career Like most professional managers in the game, he enjoyed a career as a player in his early years. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Chris Marsden (born in 3 January 1969, Sheffield) is a former Southampton Football Club player who is famed for his bald head and great mind for football. ...

He later played for Coventry City and Dublin City in Ireland, before joining Stockport County in November 2001. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, is a football club based in Coventry, England. ... Dublin City F.C. was an Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ...

Palmer won 18 caps for the English national team, scoring once against San Marino. He was a member of the England squad that went to the 1992 European Championships in Sweden. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Cap (sport). ... First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in... The 1992 European Football Championship (Euro 92) final tournament was hosted by Sweden. ...

He was recently voted as the worst player ever to play for England. And he looks like a turtle.

Management career

His management career began at Stockport County, where he served as player-manager before being sacked in 2003. Stockport County Football Club are an English football club based in Stockport, Cheshire, currently playing in League Two, after dramatically avoiding relegation to the Conference in the 2005-06 season. ... This is the first product to successfully combine football management and action games together. ...

In November 2004, events involving Mansfield Manager Keith Curle resulted in Curle being suspended. With no manager, the Mansfield Chairman rang up Carlton and asked him if he would join The Stags temporarily as Manager of the club, which Carlton accepting, without being paid. Keith Curle was later dismissed and Carlton Palmer signed a contract till 2006 as manager of Mansfield Town,[1]. The fans however, were not happy at this appointment and voiced their opinions in every game, hurling abuse at Palmer. In September 2005, after Mansfield Town were beaten 2-0 by Rochdale FC, Carlton Palmer resigned as Manager saying "I have had a good career and I don't need to take the abuse from the crowd. Keith Haslam, the Mansfield chairman, is a good mate of mine and I want to keep it that way so I will be stepping down as manager".[2]. November 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: November 2004 in sports November 2004 in science Events Deaths in November • 30 Pierre Berton • 29 John Drew Barrymore • 26 Bill Alley • 24 Arthur Hailey • 23 Rafael Eitan • 18 Bobby Frank Cherry • 16 John... Statistics Population: 69,987 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SK537610 Administration District: Mansfield (district) Shire county: Nottinghamshire Region: East Midlands Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Nottinghamshire Historic county: Nottinghamshire Services Police force: Nottinghamshire Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: East Midlands Post office and telephone... Keith Curle (born 14 November 1963 in Bristol) was an English professional football player who currently played as a central defender, until moving into management. ... Suspended is an interactive fiction game published by Infocom in 1983. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Dismissed is a reality television show on MTV that premiered in 2001. ... Mansfield Town F.C. are an English football club who will play the 2004-05 season in League Two of the Football League. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat... Mansfield Town F.C. are an English football club who will play the 2004-05 season in League Two of the Football League. ... Rochdale Association Football Club are an English football club based in Rochdale, Lancashire. ... A resignation occurs when a person holding a position gained by election or appointment steps down. ...

Since management

He now works as a pundit on the BBC show Final Score and represented Sheffield Wednesday in the 2006 Yorkshire Masters. He also owns the Dam House pub, near the Arts Tower in Sheffield. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... Final Score is a BBC TV programme which runs on Saturday afternoons and is presented by Ray Stubbs. ... Sheffield Wednesday are a football club in the English Football League. ...

External links

• Carlton Palmer career stats at Soccerbase
• Carlton Palmer management career stats at Soccerbase

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References

• Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.