Keith Gorman

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Keith Gorman
Personal information
Full name Keith Gorman [1]
Date of birth (1966-10-13) 13 October 1966 (age 56) [1]
Place of birth Bishop Auckland, [1] England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1982–1984 Ipswich Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1987 Ipswich Town 0 (0)
1986 → Colchester United (loan) 1 (0)
1986 → Northampton Town (loan) 0 (0)
1987 Darlington 7 (2)
Brandon United
West Auckland Town
Total8(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keith Gorman (born 13 October 1966) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a winger for Colchester United, on loan from Ipswich Town, and for Darlington.

Career

Gorman was born in Bishop Auckland, but began his career as a youth with Ipswich Town in 1982. He was prolific during his youth spell with the club, scoring 59 goals in 41 appearances. He turned professional at the club in 1984, and played one reserve-team game, also scoring in that game. [3]

He signed for Colchester United on loan from Ipswich in September 1986. He made one substitute appearance, his Football League debut, [1] on 3 October at home to Wrexham, coming on for Nicky Chatterton who had dislocated his shoulder; Colchester won 2–1. [4]

On his return to Ipswich, Gorman failed to break into the first-team squad, and joined Darlington permanently in January 1987. [3] He made seven appearances for Darlington, scoring twice, during the latter half of the 1986–87 season. [5] He later played for Brandon United and West Auckland Town. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Keith Gorman". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  150. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. 1 2 "Player A–Z: Keith Gorman". Pride of Anglia. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Colchester Utd 2–1 Wrexham". Coludata. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Keith Gorman". Coludata. Retrieved 8 February 2020.


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