| Fullname | Jermaine Ashley Clifton Palmer |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 28 August 1986 (age 40) |
| Birth place | Derby, England |
| Position | Striker |
| Youthyears 1 | 2000–2002 |
| Youthclubs 1 | Stoke City |
| Years 1 | 2003–2005 |
| Clubs 1 | Stoke City |
| Caps 1 | 4 |
| Goals 1 | 0 |
| Years 2 | 2004 |
| Clubs 2 | → Víkingur (loan) |
| Caps 2 | 8 |
| Goals 2 | 3 |
| Years 3 | 2005 |
| Clubs 3 | → Hinckley United (loan) |
| Caps 3 | 9 |
| Goals 3 | 4 |
| Years 4 | 2005–2006 |
| Clubs 4 | Grimsby Town |
| Caps 4 | 0 |
| Goals 4 | 0 |
| Years 5 | 2005 |
| Clubs 5 | → Scarborough (loan) |
| Caps 5 | 4 |
| Goals 5 | 0 |
| Years 6 | 2005 |
| Clubs 6 | → York City (loan) |
| Caps 6 | 4 |
| Goals 6 | 0 |
| Years 7 | 2006 |
| Clubs 7 | → Alfreton Town (loan) |
| Caps 7 | 10 |
| Goals 7 | 1 |
| Years 8 | 2006 |
| Clubs 8 | Grantham Town |
| Caps 8 | 4 |
| Goals 8 | 3 |
| Years 9 | 2006 |
| Clubs 9 | Hinckley United |
| Years 10 | 2006–2007 |
| Clubs 10 | Halesowen Town |
| Caps 10 | 9 |
| Goals 10 | 3 |
| Years 11 | 2007–2008 |
| Clubs 11 | Ilkeston Town |
| Years 12 | 2008 |
| Clubs 12 | Worksop Town |
| Years 13 | 2008 |
| Clubs 13 | Halesowen Town |
| Years 14 | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs 14 | Corby Town |
| Years 15 | 2009 |
| Clubs 15 | Holbeach United |
| Years 16 | 2009 |
| Clubs 16 | Quorn |
| Years 17 | 2009 |
| Clubs 17 | Weymouth |
| Caps 17 | 7 |
| Goals 17 | 0 |
| Years 18 | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs 18 | Boston Town |
| Years 19 | 2010 |
| Clubs 19 | Ilkeston Town |
| Caps 19 | 5 |
| Goals 19 | 1 |
| Years 20 | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs 20 | Holbeach United |
| Years 21 | 2014 |
| Clubs 21 | Long Eaton United |
| Years 22 | 2014–2017 |
| Clubs 22 | Holbeach United |
| Years 23 | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs 23 | Holbrook Sports |
| Years 24 | 2018 |
| Clubs 24 | Kimberley Miners Welfare |
| Club-update | 21:46, 24 February 2019 |
Jermaine Ashley Clifton Palmer (born 28 August 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He played professionally for Stoke City, Grimsby Town and Icelandic side Vikingur, with loan stints at York City, Scarborough and Alfreton Town. Between 2006 and 2018, Palmer was a non-league journeyman who played for Grantham Town, Hinckley United, Halesowen Town, Corby Town, Holbeach United, Quorn, Weymouth, Boston Town, Ilkeston Town, Long Eaton United, Holbrook Sports and Kimberley Miners Welfare.
Career
Palmer was born in Derby and progressed through the academy at Stoke City, signing a professional contract in the summer of 2003. He made three substitute appearances for Stoke in 2003–04 and was loaned out to Icelandic club Víkingur where he scored three goals in eight matches in the summer of 2004. On his return to England, Palmer found himself loaned out again, this time spending time with Hinckley United.[1] He made one appearance for Stoke in 2004–05 coming on as a sub in a 1–0 defeat at home to Sunderland.[2]
He then joined Grimsby Town on trial and Mariners manager Russell Slade took a closer look at him as he participated in the club's reserve cup quarter final tie with Manchester United. Palmer returned to Stoke, but was the first new signing at Grimsby Town for the new 2005–06 season.[3]
Despite being the first signing of the season, and initially presented as a first team player, Palmer found his path to winning a place in the team permanently blocked, and he found himself playing second fiddle to the likes of fellow forwards Michael Reddy, Gary Jones and Martin Gritton. Grimsby even opted to loan in another striker, Calvin Andrew from Luton Town as attacking cover. With this in mind, almost straight into the new season Palmer was placed up for loan, and subsequently joined Scarborough for an initial one-month period to gain experience and maintain fitness. Following the conclusion of his month with The Seadogs, Palmer returned to Grimsby only to be loaned straight back out to York City and then later in the season he spent a month with Alfreton Town
His only senior appearance for Grimsby came in the Football League Trophy clash with Morecambe in which Palmer replaced Simon Francis in the 87th minute of play. The game went on to extra time, with Morecambe winning on a penalty shootout. This would be the only time Jermaine would appear on the Grimsby team sheet and after seeing the rest of the season out in the reserves he was released from his contract at the end of the 2005–06 season. Since leaving the club, Palmer went on to move into the English non-league game, featuring for Worksop Town, Grantham Town, Hinckley United and Halesowen Town initially before joining Corby Town in December 2008. In March 2009 he moved to cash strapped Weymouth, where he played out the remaining Conference season with the club. In April 2009 due to the club being relegated to the Conference South he left the club. He eventually signed for Boston Town at the start of the 2009–10 season.
Personal life
Since leaving professional football in 2006, Palmer has held down many jobs, most notably a postman for Royal Mail, a delivery driver, youth worker and for companies Alstom and Bombardier. He also spent a spell as a youth team coach at Derby County.[4]
Career statistics
Source:[5]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke City | 2003–04 | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Grimsby Town | 2005–06 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
- A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy.
References
- ^ "Stoke duo in Icelandic move". BBC Sport. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Stoke 0–1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. 27 November 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Striker Palmer makes Grimsby move". BBC Sport. 25 May 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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