Stephen Anthony Rimmer (born 23 May 1979) is an English former footballer. His career in the English Football League was brief but eventful, playing in front of a record low crowd at Maine Road and getting sent off 23 minutes into his Port Vale debut. In 2000, he ventured into non-League football, and turned out for Marine, Hyde United, and Skelmersdale United.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Anthony Rimmer[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Manchester City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1999 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | ||
| 1999–2000 | Port Vale | 2 | (0) |
| Marine | |||
| 2001 | Hyde United | 20 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | Marine | ||
| Skelmersdale United | |||
| Total | 2+ | (0+) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
A product of the Manchester City youth system, he made one first-team appearance for the club on 8 December 1998. City lost 2–1 to Mansfield Town in the First Round of the Football League Trophy. Rimmer picked up a booking in a match primarily remembered as having Manchester City's lowest ever recorded attendance (just 3,007 turned up). He spent January 1999 at Conference National side Doncaster Rovers. He left Maine Road at the end of the season and quickly signed up with First Division club Port Vale.
Handed his Vale debut by manager Brian Horton on 28 December 1999 at Oakwell, replacing Mark Snijders at half-time, he was sent off on 68 minutes for serious foul play.[3] He only one more appearance, on 12 February 2000, replacing Stewart Talbot at Blundell Park after just 13 minutes.[4] He was released at the end of the season.
He then went into non-League football with Marine and then joined Hyde United in January 2001. He made 21 appearances for Hyde in the second half of the 2000–01 season, scoring one goal against Gateshead at Ewen Fields.[5] He returned to Marine in 2001, staying with the club for two years before joining Skelmersdale United.
Post-retirement edit
After leaving the professional game he began working as a PE teacher at Parklands High School in Chorley.
Career statistics edit
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Manchester City | 1998–99 | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Port Vale | 1999–2000 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hyde United | 2000–01 | Northern Premier League Premier Division |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
References edit
- ^ "Steve Rimmer". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 1999/00". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Pierson, Mark (29 December 1999). "Football: Scowcroft's strike keeps Ipswich in contention". The Independent. Retrieved 30 July 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Grimsby v Port Vale Match facts". The Guardian. 12 February 2000. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
- ^ a b "Hyde United Football Club: Database". www.hydeunited.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ Steve Rimmer at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ Steve Rimmer at Soccerbase
- ^ "Hyde United Football Club: Database". www.hydeunited.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
