Vince Bartram

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Vince Bartram
Personal information
Full name Vincent Lee Bartram
Date of birth (1968-08-07) 7 August 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1985–1986 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1991 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 (0)
1989 → Blackpool (loan) 9 (0)
1990 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 5 (0)
1991 → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 0 (0)
1991–1994 AFC Bournemouth 132 (0)
1994–1998 Arsenal 11 (0)
1997 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 12 (0)
1998 → Gillingham (loan) 9 (0)
1998–2004 Gillingham 178 (0)
Total361(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vincent Lee Bartram (born 7 August 1968) is an English football coach and former professional footballer.

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As a player he was a goalkeeper. As a player, he notably played in the Premier League for Arsenal, where he was understudy to David Seaman throughout the majority of his time at Highbury. He also played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Blackpool, Cheltenham Town, West Bromwich Albion, AFC Bournemouth, Huddersfield Town and Gillingham.

Playing career

Born in Birmingham, Bartram attended Hagley RC High School. His first professional club was Wolverhampton Wanderers who in 1985 signed him from a non-league team. Bartram made his first team debut on 23 August 1986 in a 2–1 home defeat to Cambridge United, which marked the club's first-ever game in the fourth tier of English football. However, this proved his only Wolves league outing until April 1991 as the club brought in Mark Kendall, and later Mike Stowell, of whom were both virtual ever-presents at the club. [2]

Instead, Bartram had loan spells with Blackpool, Cheltenham Town and West Bromwich Albion, before finally leaving Molineux for AFC Bournemouth in July 1991 for £35,000. He played 132 league games for Bournemouth before moving to Arsenal for £250,000 in 1994. At Arsenal he was David Seaman's understudy, and played just 11 league games in four seasons (all in 1994–95). To gain playing time, he spent 12 games on loan with Huddersfield Town in late 1997. [2]

He signed for Gillingham on loan in March 1998 before the move was made permanent in the summer of 1998. He firmly established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper at Priestfield Stadium and helped them to the Division Two play-off final in his first full season, where they lost out to Manchester City on penalties. The following season saw them go one step further as they beat Wigan Athletic in the play-off final to reach the second tier for the first time in the club's history. [3]

In total, he made over 200 appearances for the Gills, before his retirement from the game in February 2004 due to a wrist injury. The injury was caused by a collision with the opposition goalkeeper, Tony Warner, who had come upfield to try and score a goal from a last-minute corner. [2]

Coaching career

Bartram is now a Level 3 FA Coach and spent 12 and half years at the Southampton academy with responsibility for the development of goalkeepers. [4] Prior to this he held coaching roles at Bournemouth and Portsmouth. [5]

Personal life

Bartram is married to Tracy, a former international netball player and the couple have two sons, Heath and Miles. [6] Bartram also worked in the role of a summariser for BBC Radio Kent. [3] His son Miles is also a goalkeeper for Wessex League side Romsey Town. [7] His son Heath is also a goalkeeper, undertaking a scholarship with Eastleigh FC and playing for Wessex League side Brockenhurst and signing in June 2024 with Shaftesbury F.C. [8]

Honours

Gillingham

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References

  1. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 400. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. 1 2 3 "How con-Vince-ing!". 90Min.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Vince Bartram: Profile". Arsenal F.C.
  4. ↑ "Management Profiles". Southampton F.C. 13 September 2010. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  5. ↑ Warlow, Rob (9 December 2022). "Vince Bartram confirms Saints exit after more than a decade with academy teams". hampshirelive. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Former Wolves goalkeeper Vince Bartram: How a safe pair of hands saved his wife's life". Express and Star. Wolverhampton. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  7. ↑ @Romseytownfc1 (1 March 2023). "Another big performance from the new man between the sticks last night" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 March 2023– via Twitter.
  8. ↑ "iPro Heath Bartram". 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[1]

  1. ↑ Bartram, Vince (June 2024). "May the best man win". www.mancity.com.
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