Stuart Balmer

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Stuart Murray Balmer (born 20 September 1969 in Falkirk) is a Scottish professional footballer, who played as a defender.

Playing career

Balmer was a young player at Celtic, having progressed from the Celtic Boys Club, in the late 1980s.[1] Having never made a competitive first team appearance at Parkhead, he was sold to Charlton Athletic in August 1990 for a fee of £120,000.[2] He has the distinction of being the first outfield player in the English league to be allocated the squad number 1; Charlton in the early 1990s allocated their squad numbers alphabetically, hence Balmer (and not a goalkeeper as is typical) wore the number 1 shirt for the season.[3][4]

After eight years at Charlton, Balmer moved to Wigan in September 1998 for £200,000.[2] In three seasons there, Balmer made over 100 appearances before going on to play for several lower league English sides.[2] Whilst at Wigan he also played in the final as they won the 1998–99 Football League Trophy.[5]

In July 2004, Balmer returned to Scotland as player/assistant-manager to Billy Reid at Clyde[6] and then followed him when he moved to Hamilton Academical a year later.[7] Balmer scored one goal for Hamilton, ironically in a game against former club Clyde.[8]

Coaching career

In January 2011, Balmer joined the coaching staff at Ross County as assistant to manager Willie McStay.[9] McStay was sacked as manager a month later, but Balmer remained on the coaching staff under Jimmy Calderwood who was appointed to manage the side until the end of the season.[9] Ross County only narrowly avoided relegation and Calderwood left at the end of the season.[9] Balmer was re-appointed assistant manager by Derek Adams on his appointment as manager in June 2011,[9] and that following season the management team helped Ross County win the Scottish First Division championship and promotion to the Scottish Premier League.[10] In a further readjustment of the coaching staff at Victoria Park in November 2012, Balmer took on the duties of coaching the Under-20 side.,[11] before leaving the club completely in May 2013.[12]

Balmer joined Airdrie in November 2013 as assistant to their recently appointed manager, Gary Bollan[13] and subsequently followed Gary, as his assistant, to Forfar in December 2015.[14] After Bollan was sacked by Forfar in September 2017, Balmer took charge of the side on an interim basis.[15]

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