Ian Gallagher (footballer)

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Ian "Buster" Gallagher
Personal information
Full name Ian Gallagher
Date of birth (1978-05-30) 30 May 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Hartlepool, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Hartlepool United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1997 Hartlepool United 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian "Buster" Gallagher (born 30 May 1978) is an English former footballer. Gallagher owns his own physiotherapy business called First Team Physiotherapy.

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Career

Playing career

In 1996, Gallagher made his first and only league appearance for his boyhood club Hartlepool in a Nationwide Division Three game against Plymouth Argyle. [1] [2]

Gallagher also made an appearance as a substitute in a Football League Trophy defeat against Burnley in December 1996. [3]

Physiotherapy career

Following a knee injury, Gallagher was forced to retire which led to him training as a physio. [4] Gallagher started working as a sports therapist at Hartlepool United following his retirement and became the club's Head Physio in 2012. [5]

In April 2017, following the sacking of Hartlepool manager Dave Jones, Gallagher was one of three men – along with Stuart Parnaby and Billy Paynter – tasked with joint caretaker-managers Matthew Bates for the final two games of the season, which ended in a defeat and a victory, but ultimately relegation due to a late Newport County goal. [6] [7]

In June 2017, Gallagher was controversially sacked from Hartlepool by the club's chairperson Pam Duxbury ending his 25-year spell with the club. [8] [9] Duxbury said of his departure: "Times need to change at Hartlepool United FC to build for the future and unlock the potential that Hartlepool United has. I am fully aware of the comments which have been made on social media overnight – not just from our supporters but also from former players and managers at HUFC - and understand this may not be a popular decision." [10]

Gallagher was appointed Head Physiotherapist at National League North club York City in August 2017. [11]

Gallagher left York in August 2020 to re-take up his old position at Hartlepool United as the club's Head Physiotherapist. [12] Buster left Pools in October 2021 citing personal and business reasons. [13]

Buster opened his second physiotherapy clinic in December 2021. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Caulkin, George. "Healing Hand who carries the scars". The Times. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Buster is Back". Hartlepool United. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Match Details". In The Mad Crowd. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Buster is Back". Hartlepool United. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ian 'Buster' Gallagher no longer with the club after 25 years service". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "New Hartlepool United boss must have man-management skills". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Bates: If only we'd got the job sooner". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Ian 'Buster' Gallagher no longer with the club after 25 years service". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Pools chief: Why I sacked Ian 'Buster' Gallagher". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Pools chief: Why I sacked Ian 'Buster' Gallagher". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "City appoint new medical team". York City FC. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "Popular physio Ian Gallagher to return to Hartlepool United". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  13. ↑ "Hartlepool United make physio appointment after Buster departure".
  14. ↑ "Former Hartlepool United physio opens second clinic". Northern Echo.


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