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Jimmy
Rimmer |
Arsenal FC
1 appearances,
2 goals against
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 3: A 2
(actual pitch goals F 0: A 2)
100% successful
1976
disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 45 |
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Timeline |
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John James Rimmer |
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Birth |
Tuesday, 10
February 1948 in Southport, Lancashire |
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registered in Southport, January-March 1948 |
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Marriage |
to Christine
Fanning, in late 1969 |
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registered in
Salford October-December 1969 |
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Children |
Jimmy and Chris
Rimmer have at least three children together. Kelly Marie
(mid-1973), Katie Ann (b.early 1977) and David
James (b.5 December 1980) |
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Death |
Friday, 14 August 2026,
probably in Gorseinon, Swansea |
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aged
78 years 185 days |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played schools football before joining Manchester United FC as an
apprentice in 1963, turning professional in May 1965. After a failed
transfer request in February 1969, Rimmer joined Swansea City FC on a loan
deal on 30 October 1973, intially for a month, but remained until Arsenal
FC signed him on a 'three-week trial' on 18 February. Signed permanently a month later, 19 March, in a £45,000
deal. Joined Aston Villa FC on 12 August 1977 for £70,000. A return to
Swansea City FC followed on 27 July 1983, in a fee totalling £35,000,
despite a £40,000 offer from Coventry City FC on the table.
Norman Hunter attempted to bring Rimmer to Rotherham Town FC in the 1985
summer. Rimmer remained in Wales to be released at the end of the
following season on a free transfer. He joined Maltese outfit Ħamrun
Spartans, before he returned to join Luton Town FC on 9 October 1986. |
League honours |
Manchester
United FC 1968-73 34 appearances
debut: 15 April 1968
Manchester United FC 3 Fulham FC 0.
Swansea City FC 1973-74
loan seventeen appearances
debut (division four): 3 November 1973
Arsenal FC 1974-77 124 appearances
debut:
24 April 1974 Liverpool FC 0 Arsenal FC 1.
Aston Villa FC 1977-83 229 appearances
debut: 20
August 1977 Queen's Park Rangers FC 1 Aston Villa FC 2.
Swansea City
FC 1983-86 66 appearances
debut (division two): 27 August 1983
Swansea City FC 0 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1.
last (division three): 26
April 1986 Swansea City 0 Notts County FC 0. |
Club honours |
UEFA European Challenge Cup winners
1967-68 (3ᵃ), 1981-82 (9ᵃ);
Football
League Division One runners-up 1967-68 (1ᵃ);
Champions 1980-81 (42ᵃ);
Football League Cup
semi-finalists 1970-71 (6ᵃ);
UEFA Cup quarter-finalists
1977-78 (8ᵃ);
FA Charity Shield shared
1981;
UEFA Super Cup winners 1982;
Intercontinental Cup
runners-up 1982; |
Individual honours |
Arsenal FC
Player of the Year 1974-75; |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
6'
1", 13st.
2lbs [1976]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One
of three who became the 921st
players (921) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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Only match |
No. 502, 28 May 1976, England 3 Italy 2, a
USA Bicentennial Cup match at The Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York City,
United States, substituted (ht), aged 28 years
108 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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One he hung up his gloves, Rimmer
became a goalkeeper coach for Swansea City FC, with two spells as
caretaker manager in December 1995 and February 1996. Before a spell in China that included
coaching the national side from February 1997. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.208. |
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