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词条 Jimmy Walker (footballer, born 1973)
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Club career

     Walsall  West Ham United  Tottenham Hotspur  Return to Walsall 

  3. Coaching career

  4. Honours

  5. References

  6. External links

  7. Bibliography

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| name = Jimmy Walker
| image = Walker, Jimmy.jpg
|caption = Walker with Walsall in 2011
| fullname = James Barry Walker
| height = {{height|m=1.80}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|7|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sutton-in-Ashfield, England
| currentclub = Ipswich Town (goalkeeper coach)
| clubnumber =
| position = Goalkeeper
| youthyears1 = 1991–1993 |youthclubs1 = Notts County
| years1 = 1993–2004 |clubs1 = Walsall |caps1 = 406 |goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2004–2009 |clubs2 = West Ham United |caps2 = 13 |goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2008–2009 |clubs3 = → Colchester United (loan) |caps3 = 16 |goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2009–2010 |clubs4 = Tottenham Hotspur |caps4 = 0 |goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2010–2013 |clubs5 = Walsall |caps5 = 50 |goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2014–2015 |clubs6 = Peterborough United |caps6 = 0 |goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2016–2018 |clubs7 = Lincoln City |caps7 = 0 |goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 487
| totalgoals = 0
}}

James Barry Walker (born 9 July 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach at Ipswich Town.

Early life

Walker was born on 9 July 1973 at 3.00am in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, weighing 7lbs 13oz. His father, Barry, was employed as a miner before working in an office, while his mother ran her own hairdressing salon.[1] He has a younger sister, Elizabeth. When Walker was eleven years old, his parents divorced, and he continued to live with his mother. Within a year, his father married again to his step-mother, Hilary.[2]

Club career

Walsall

Walker joined Notts County as a trainee in July 1991, but failed to make a first-team appearance[3] and moved to Walsall in August 1993, making his debut in the same month. He went on to make 475 appearances in all competitions for Walsall in eleven years,[4] the most by any goalkeeper for the club and became a cult hero at Bescot Stadium.

While at Walsall he was a key player in three promotion seasons, won their Player of the Season award twice and was selected in the PFA Second Division Team of the Year in 2001. He was awarded a testimonial in the summer of 2003.[4] Walker's popularity proved such that an autobiography was commissioned to coincide with his testimonial season; ghosted by Walsall programme editor, Andrew Poole, it proved to be a relative success with fans of Walsall and of West Ham United.

Walker's successes at Walsall included promotion from Division Three in 1995 and from Division Two in 1999 and again in 2001. He was nicknamed "Wacka" by the Walsall fans.

West Ham United

West Ham acquired Walker's services from Walsall on a Bosman free transfer in the summer of 2004.[5] Walker, who provided competition for Stephen Bywater,[6] was the second choice goalkeeper at Upton Park but gained a regular first team place within a year of his arrival. Walker gained praise from West Ham fans on saving a penalty taken by Frank Lampard in the League Cup in October 2004, in front of the West Ham supporters' end at Stamford Bridge. However, despite his heroics, the Hammers lost the tie 1–0.[7]

Walker helped West Ham win promotion in 2005, but a serious knee injury in the closing stages of the play-off final[8] saw him miss the majority of the 2005–06 season. He made his first appearance since the knee injury, and his Premiership debut at the age of 32, in a 4–2 defeat to Portsmouth in March 2006.[9] He made only two more first team appearances, though collected a FA Cup Final runners up medal as an unused substitute in May 2006.[10] The presence of Roy Carroll and Robert Green as goalkeepers at West Ham during the 2006–07 season meant that Walker's first-team chances were limited; in spite of this, he still remained a popular figure at Upton Park.

On 27 November 2008, Walker signed on loan for Colchester United.[11] He made his debut for Colchester on 29 November 2008 in their 2–1 victory against Northampton Town[12] and played 16 times for the club before returning to West Ham.

On 3 June 2009, West Ham announced that Walker had been released.[13]

Tottenham Hotspur

At the start of September 2009, at the age of 36, Walker was signed on a short-term contract by Tottenham Hotspur as a third choice goalkeeper.[14] He was released by Tottenham on 1 July 2010 without making a first-team appearance.

Return to Walsall

On 29 October 2010, Walker re-signed for Walsall, on a short-term contract due to end in January 2011.[15] On 28 January 2011 he extended his contract to the end of the 2010-11 season.[16] On 12 April 2011 Walker made his 500th appearance for the "Saddlers", against Brentford, which ended in a 3–2 win for Walsall.[17] On 8 June 2011, Walker signed a further one-year contract with the club.

On 7 January 2012, in a 2–2 home draw with AFC Bournemouth, Walker made his 529th appearance in all competitions for the club, equalling Colin Harrison's appearance record. He broke the record, which had stood since 1981, in an away fixture against Brentford the following week, on 14 January 2012. He kept a clean sheet in a match that finished 0–0.[18] In July 2012, Walker signed a fresh one-year deal with Walsall which saw him working in a player-coach role with the League One club.

On 7 February 2013, after making 533 appearances for the club during two separate spells over the past two decades, Walker left Walsall by mutual consent.[19] He had failed to make a first-team appearance during his final season with the club.

Coaching career

In 2013, Walker replaced Barry Richardson as the first team goalkeeper coach at Peterborough United.[20] On 21 February 2015, Walker left Peterborough following the sacking of manager Darren Ferguson. He has since worked at Gillingham, Lincoln City, Sunderland and currently Ipswich Town.[21]

Honours

Walsall
  • Third Division runner-up: 1994–95
  • Second Division runner-up: 1998–99
  • Second Division play-off winner: 2000–01
West Ham United
  • Championship play-off winner: 2004–05
  • FA Cup runner-up: 2005–06
Lincoln City
  • National League: 2016–17
Individual
  • Walsall Player of the Year: 1998–99, 2001–02
  • Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year: 2000–01

References

1. ^Walker and Poole, p. 12
2. ^Walker and Poole, p. 13
3. ^{{cite news | date= | url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=8237 | title=Soccerbase: Jimmy Walker | publisher=Racing Post | accessdate=10 September 2009}}
4. ^{{cite news|date= |url=http://www.saddlers.co.uk/page/News/0,,10428~2200491,00.html |title=Exclusive! Wacca's back |publisher=www.saddlers.co.uk |accessdate=30 October 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102041937/http://www.saddlers.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10428~2200491%2C00.html |archivedate= 2 November 2010 |df= }}
5. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/3795647.stm |title=Hammers snap up Walker |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 June 2004 |accessdate=7 July 2007 }}
6. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/3800673.stm |title=Walker sad to leave Walsall |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 June 2004 |accessdate=7 July 2007}}
7. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/3947055.stm|title=Chelsea 1–0 West Ham|publisher=BBC Sport|date=27 October 2004 |accessdate=21 August 2009}}
8. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4663295.stm |title=Walker set for road to recovery |publisher=BBC Sport |date=8 July 2005 |accessdate=7 July 2007}}
9. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4796526.stm |title=West Ham 2–4 Portsmouth |publisher=BBC Sport|date=18 March 2006|accessdate=7 July 2007}}
10. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/4756045.stm |title=Liverpool 3–3 West Ham (aet) |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=7 July 2007 | date=13 May 2006}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whufc.com/page/News/0,,12562~1468620,00.html |title=Walker heads to Colchester |publisher=West Ham United F.C. |date=27 November 2008 |accessdate=10 September 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817004529/http://www.whufc.com/page/News/0%2C%2C12562~1468620%2C00.html |archivedate=17 August 2009 |df= }}
12. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/7742153.stm |title=Northampton 1–2 Colchester |publisher=BBC Sport |date=29 November 2008 |accessdate=10 September 2009}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.whufc.com/page/News/0,,12562~1670218,00.html |title=Summer squad latest |publisher=West Ham United F.C. |date=3 June 2009 |accessdate=10 September 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611150513/http://www.whufc.com/page/News/0%2C%2C12562~1670218%2C00.html |archivedate=11 June 2009 |df=dmy-all }}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/jimmyjoins030909.html |title=Jimmy joins |publisher=Tottenham Hotspur F.C. |date=3 September 2009 |accessdate=10 September 2009}}
15. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/walsall-fc/2010/10/29/jimmy-walker-returns-to-walsall/|title=Jimmy Walker returns to Walsall |publisher=www.expressandstar.com |date=29 October 2010 |accessdate=29 October 2010}}
16. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11757_6707423,00.html|title=Jimmy Walker Extends Deal |publisher=www.BskyB.com |date=28 January 2011 |accessdate=6 March 2011}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/walsall-fc/2011/04/13/analysis-of-walsall-3-brentford-2/ |title=Analysis of Walsall 3 Brentford 2 « Express & Star |publisher=Expressandstar.com |date=17 August 2006 |accessdate=14 April 2011}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/14012012/63/smith-hails-record-breaker-walker.html |title=Smith hails record-breaker Walker|publisher=Eurosport.yahoo |date=14 January 2012 |accessdate=15 January 2012}}
19. ^[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21367604 BBC Sport - Jimmy Walker: Walsall part company with veteran goalkeeper]
20. ^New Posh goalkeeping coach - Peterborough United - Peterborough Telegraph
21. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2018/november/jimmy-walker/|title=Jimmy Walker joins as goalkeeping coach|publisher=Ipswich Town FC |date=6 November 2018 |accessdate=7 November 2018}}

External links

{{Commons category|Jimmy Walker (footballer born 1973)}}
  • {{Soccerbase|name=James Walker}}
{{Walsall F.C. Player of the Season}}{{2000–01 Football League Second Division Team of the Year}}

Bibliography

  • {{Citation|last1=Walker|first1=Jimmy|last2=Poole|first2=Andrew|title=Wacka: Size Isn't Everything - The James Walker Story|publisher=Westpoint Printing|location=Birmingham|year=2003}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Jimmy}}

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