Stuart Walker (footballer)

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Stuart Walker
Personal information
Full name Stuart Walker [1]
Date of birth (1951-01-09) 9 January 1951 (age 72)
Place of birth Garforth, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Aston Villa (physiotherapist)
Youth career
Leeds United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Tadcaster Albion
1975–197? York City 2 (0)
Marine
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stuart Walker (born 9 January 1951) is an English former professional football goalkeeper and is currently a physiotherapist at Aston Villa.

Walker began his football career as an apprentice with Leeds United, [2] but joined York City in August 1975 from non-league Tadcaster Albion, [3] making his debut in the 1976–77 season. He played just two league games for York before injury ended his professional career [2] and he returned to non-league football with Marine.

Walker initially worked in Rugby league with Leeds and was Castleford's physio when they played on the 1985 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley. [3] He then returned to football and became physio at Sunderland. In July 1998 he was awarded a degree in physiotherapy from the University of Salford while working as the physio at Chester City. [2]

He became physio at Aston Villa under manager John Gregory and after a spell as Shrewsbury Town physio [4] also worked under Gregory with Derby County. He left Derby under a cloud after being suspended along with Gregory and assistant manager Ross McLaren in March 2003. [5] [6]

He subsequently returned to Aston Villa as physio and following the departure of manager David O'Leary Walker was temporarily one of Villa's first team coaches under caretaker manager Roy Aitken.

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References

  1. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (1998). The PFA Premier and Football League Players' Records 1946-1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 559. ISBN   1-85291-585-4.
  2. 1 2 3 "Physio honoured". Chester City F.C. 14 July 1998. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  3. 1 2 "City's Keepers - 1970-94". York City South. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  4. ↑ "Shrews wait for Jemson verdict". BBC Sport. 3 February 2002. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  5. ↑ "Derby sack Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. 9 May 2003. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  6. ↑ "Gregory and Derby settle out of court". Evening Standard. 13 April 2004. Retrieved 6 January 2009.


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