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Early career

A very talented centre forward, Collymore started his career as an apprentice footballer with Walsall, and also Wolverhampton Wanderers, before being released and signing for then GM Vauxhall Conference team, Stafford Rangers, where again he caught the eye of several football league clubs by demonstrating the ability for spectacular goals before being given his chance as a full-time professional with Crystal Palace at the age of 19, when he signed for them in December 1990. The striker (wearing the red shirt) has run past the defender (in the white shirt) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to attempt to stop the ball. ... Walsall Football Club are an English football club based in Walsall, West Midlands, currently reigning champions in the season in Football League Two. ... Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. are an English football club playing at Molineux. ... The Football Conference is a football league at the top of the National League System of non-League football in England. ... Stafford Rangers Football Club are a semi-professional English football team from Stafford who play in the Conference National. ... A professional can be either a person in a profession (certain types of skilled work requiring formal training / education) or in sports (a sportsman / sportwoman doing sports for payment). ... Crystal Palace Football Club is an English professional football team based in the London Borough of Croydon. ...

Professional career

After learning his trade as understudy to the prolific Crystal Palace partnership of Mark Bright and Ian Wright, Collymore dropped down a division to Southend United and there scored 18 goals in 31 games to help keep the club in the then First Division when the odds of relegation seemed certain. Mark Bright (born June 6, 1962 in Stoke-on-Trent) is a former footballer, who is now a sports pundit and BBC Londons sport presenter. ... For other persons named Ian Wright, see Ian Wright (disambiguation). ... Southend United Football Club is an English football team based at Roots Hall Stadium in Prittlewell, in the Borough of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, which plays in the Football League One. ...

Collymore enjoyed his time at Southend saying, "I count helping to keep Southend in the first division in my season there as one of my finest achievements." [1]

However such were the quality of his goals, usually spectacular solo efforts, Nottingham Forest bought the striker for a club-record fee that reached ₤3 million in the summer of 1993, having only been bought by Southend also for a club record fee of ₤150,000 six months earlier. Collymore's goalscoring record with Forest (50 goals in 71 games) was exceptional, and after being the main catalyst for helping Forest to immediate promotion back to the Premiership in 1993, cemented his reputation as one of the brightest young talents in world football by finishing his first season in the top flight with 25 goals and helping a team that had been relegated only two years earlier to finish third in the Premiership,a feat now that would guarantee UEFA Champions League qualification. That prompted Liverpool to come in for him with a then British transfer record bid of ₤8.5 million at the end of the 1994-95 season. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Liverpool Football Club are an English professional football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who play in the Premier League; they are historically the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. ... The 1994-1995 season was the 115th season of competitive football in England. ...

Collymore scored a spectacular goal on his Liverpool debut against Sheffield Wednesday and began a fruitful, enigmatic, and controversial two-year spell at Anfield. He scored at a ratio of a goal every other game and created many goals in a superb partnership with Robbie Fowler, who were regarded as arguably the best strike partnership in Europe, to winning caps for England. He also scored two goals, including the winner against Newcastle United at Anfield in a game that was regarded as one of the most exciting in the history of the English Premiership. Indeed, it was voted by viewers of Sky Sports as the greatest sporting moment in the channel's first ten years. ^{[citation needed]} Robert Bernard Robbie Fowler, born 9 April 1975 is an English footballer who currently plays for Championship side Cardiff City. ... 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... Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ...

Collymore also helped Liverpool to third place in the Premiership, the club's highest position since winning the old First Division title in 1990. Undoubtedly a great footballer on his day, after two seasons at Anfield the striker was sold to Aston Villa in 1997 for ₤7 million, again a club record. Aston Villa Football Club (also known as The Villa and The Villans)[3] is an English professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. ...

In the three years that he spent at the club, Collymore scored only 15 goals, having been frozen out of the squad for over a year of John Gregory's reign as manager. Highs included being only the third Aston Villa player in history to score a hat-trick in European competition (the other two being his boyhood idols Gary Shaw and Peter Withe). In sports, a hat-trick (more often rendered in North America as hat trick, without the hyphen) is associated with achieving something in a group of three. ... Gary Shaw was an expolsive striker with Aston Villa and his goals helped them win the League in 1980 and the European Cup the following year. ... Peter Withe (born 30 August 1951, Liverpool) is a much-travelled English footballer of the 70s and 80s golden era. ...

Relationship with Ulrika Jonsson

Collymore spent many days on tabloid front pages in 1998, the result of the disintegration of his relationship with Swedish-born British television presenter Ulrika Jonsson after it was revealed he had hit her^[1]. Jonsson, who described Collymore as a "monster" in her autobiography, later took out an injunction preventing him from releasing a sex tape involving the two, apparently made while they were on holiday in Jamaica; Collymore subsequently claimed to have destroyed the video. The incident, together with his admission of having sex with married strangers around that time^[2] was widely reported.^[3] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... Eva Ulrika Jonsson (born 16 August 1967)) is a Swedish television presenter whose most famous work has been on British television. ... Private sex acts filmed on a video tape but eventually leaked to the sensational media. ...

Current career

Collymore contributed to his biography with Oliver Holt (2004). Stan : tackling my demons. ISBN 0-00-719807-8.  which was released to critical acclaim for its portrayal of the modern footballer. In 2005 he acted the character of Kevin Franks in the film Basic Instinct 2 alongside Sharon Stone. Collymore is seen and heard regularly on television and radio in the UK, and owns Maverick Spirit Productions, a UK Television Production Company. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Basic Instinct 2, also known as Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction is a 2006 film, being the long awaited sequel to 1992s Basic Instinct. ... Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning American actress, producer, and former fashion model. ...

On May 19, 2007, Collymore summarised for Australian television on the FA Cup Final between Manchester United and Chelsea at Wembley,and also the Champions League Final between former club Liverpool and AC MIlan in Athens. is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The FA Cup Final 2007 will be played on Saturday May 19, 2007[1] between Chelsea and Manchester United. ... Manchester United Football Club are a world-famous English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and are one of the most popular sports clubs in the world, with over 50 million supporters worldwide. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ... Wembley Stadium is a football stadium in Wembley, London, England. ...

This season has seen him return to full time broadcasting at the BBC,being a regular commentator for BBC Radio 5 Live,both at Premiership games,and in the studio,on "The Monday Night Club".

He also has a weekly Monday football column in the Daily Mirror newspaper.

References

1. ^ Stan Collymore interview. BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved on 2007-04-04.
2. ^ Tim Adams. "Stan of many parts", Observer, Guardian News, 2004-03-14. Retrieved on 2007-03-29. 
3. ^ http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/021028/128/dd8xq.html

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