Ashley Grimes (footballer, born 1957)

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Ashley Grimes
Personal information
Full name Augustine Ashley Grimes [1]
Date of birth (1957-08-02) 2 August 1957 (age 65) [1]
Place of birth Dublin, [1] Republic of Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s)
Youth career
Stella Maris
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1974–1977 Bohemians (3)
1977–1983 Manchester United 109 (10)
1983–1984 Coventry City 32 (1)
1984–1989 Luton Town 87 (3)
1989–1991 Osasuna 15 (0)
1991–1992 Stoke City 10 (1)
Total234(18)
International career
1978–1979 Republic of Ireland U21 6 (2)
1978–1988 Republic of Ireland 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Augustine Ashley Grimes (born 2 August 1957) is an Irish former footballer. [3] He played for Manchester United, Coventry City, Luton Town, Stoke City and Osasuna (Spain). He won 18 caps for the Republic of Ireland and scored one goal, a long-range strike against Spain in a Euro 84 qualifier at Lansdowne Road in November 1982.

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Career

On 8 March 1978 at Dalymount Park, Dublin, Grimes played in the first ever Republic of Ireland U21 game; he went on to win six under-21 caps, scoring two goals, both from penalty kicks. Grimes, who played as a defender and midfielder, began his career with junior side Villa United before joining Stella Maris Football club. He had a trial with Manchester United in August 1972, but returned to Bohemians. After a second trial, he joined Manchester United in March 1977 for £35,000.

Between 1977 and 1983, Grimes made 107 first-team appearances and scored 11 goals for Manchester United, where he won an FA Cup-winner's medal as a non-playing substitute in the 1983 final against Brighton. He subsequently joined Coventry City for a fee of £200,000. After only one season he moved to Luton Town where he made 117 appearances and scored 4 goals. In 1988, he won a League Cup winners medal, coming on a substitute and crossing the ball to set up Luton's last-minute winning goal as they achieved a shock 3–2 victory over Arsenal to secure the first major trophy in their history.

In 1989, he joined Osasuna, making his La Liga debut on 8 November 1989 against Celta Vigo. Grimes played 15 games for CA Osasuna in total before returning to England to play for Stoke City where he made 15 appearances in 1991–92. [4]

He retired from playing in May 1992 and became youth team manager at Stoke [5] and Celtic under Lou Macari [6] and later at Huddersfield Town. He joined the coaching staff at Welsh side Colwyn Bay in February 2013. [5]

Career statistics

Club

Sourced from Ashley Grimes at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOther [A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester United 1977–78 First Division 132101020172
1978–79 First Division160312000211
1979–80 First Division263001000273
1980–81 First Division80000020100
1981–82 First Division111000000111
1982–83 First Division162102020212
Total901051606010711
Coventry City 1983–84 First Division321003100352
Luton Town 1984–85 First Division90002000110
1985–86 First Division3010100050
1986–87 First Division312500000362
1987–88 First Division321504140452
1988–89 First Division120005000170
Total873110121401144
Osasuna 1989–90 La Liga 150000000150
1990–91 La Liga0000000000
Total150000000150
Stoke City 1991–92 Third Division 101000050151
Career total2341516121215028618
A.  ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Full Members Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs, UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

International

Source: [7]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Republic of Ireland 197830
197930
198020
198130
198221
198310
198420
198710
198810
Total181

Honours

Bohemians

Manchester United

Luton Town

Stoke City

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ashley Grimes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  226. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ↑ "Ashley Grimes". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  4. ↑ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN   0-9524151-0-0.
  5. 1 2 "Former Manchester United star joins Colwyn Bay FC". North Wales Pioneer. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  6. ↑ McGuirk, Brian (2009). Celtic FC - the Ireland Connection. Black and White Publishing. ISBN   978-1845022488 . Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Grimes, Ashley at National-Football-Teams.com
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