Jimmy Rimmer

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Jimmy Rimmer
Personal information
Full name John James Rimmer [1]
Date of birth (1948-02-10) 10 February 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth Southport, Lancashire, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1963–1965 Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1965–1974 Manchester United 34 (0)
1973 → Swansea City (loan) 17 (0)
1974–1977 Arsenal 124 (0)
1977–1983 Aston Villa 229 (0)
1983–1986 Swansea City 66 (0)
1986 Ħamrun Spartans 0 (0)
1986 Luton Town 0 (0)
Total470(0)
International career
1976 England 1 (0)
Managerial career
1995–1996 Swansea City (caretaker)
1996 Swansea City (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John James Rimmer (born 10 February 1948) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Manchester United, Swansea City, Arsenal and Aston Villa. [3]

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Rimmer, who won two European Cup winners medals, has been described by the Birmingham Mail as "perhaps the greatest goalkeeper in Aston Villa's history". [1] [4]

Club career

Rimmer joined Manchester United as a schoolboy in 1963, turning professional two years later. He spent eleven years at Old Trafford, chiefly as Alex Stepney's understudy, including being on the bench in the 1968 European Cup final. Rimmer only played 46 times for United and in October 1973, he was loaned to Swansea City. Arsenal signed him from United in February 1974, as a long-term replacement for Bob Wilson. [5]

Rimmer made only one appearance in 1973–74, keeping a clean sheet on his debut against Liverpool. After Wilson's retirement at the end of that season, Rimmer became Arsenal's No. 1 for the next three seasons, and was a near ever-present for the Gunners, winning Arsenal's Player of The Year award in 1975.

A year after Tottenham Hotspur manager Terry Neill took over at Arsenal, he signed Pat Jennings from his old club and Rimmer was sold to Aston Villa, having played 146 games for Arsenal. At Villa, Rimmer was No. 1 for the next six seasons, winning a First Division winners' medal in 1981. The following year Villa reached the European Cup final, but Rimmer was injured after only nine minutes and had to be replaced by Nigel Spink. Villa beat Bayern Munich 1–0, meaning Rimmer became the second player, after Saul Malatrasi, to win a European Cup winners' medal at two clubs. [5]

Rimmer left Villa in 1983 to rejoin Swansea City.

International career

During his time at Arsenal, Rimmer also won his only England cap, against Italy in a friendly. Rimmer let two goals in and was substituted at half-time; England went on to recover and win 3–2. [5]

Management and coaching

After retiring from playing, Rimmer became Swansea's goalkeeping coach. During the 1995–96 season, he had two spells as caretaker manager. He succeeded fellow caretaker manager Bobby Smith, and had another spell in charge following the resignation of Kevin Cullis, before being replaced by Jan Mølby. [6] He then spent several years in China as goalkeeping coach for their national team and Dalian Shide.

Personal life

Rimmer was born in Southport, Lancashire. [3]

After coaching in Canada, Rimmer retired from football and now lives in Gorseinon, Swansea. [4]

Honours

Manchester United

Aston Villa [4]

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jimmy Rimmer". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 26 January 2010. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 . London: Queen Anne Press. p.  54. ISBN   0362020175.
  3. 1 2 "Birmingham City : 1946/47 – 2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 "Jimmy Rimmer". BirminghamLive. Reach. 30 January 2008.
  5. 1 2 3 "Jimmy Rimmer: Profile". Arsenal FC. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010.
  6. ↑ "OUR MANAGERS". Swansea City A.F.C. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "12 players who featured for both Arsenal and Manchester United – and where they performed best". The Telegraph . 11 September 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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