Ian Gore

Football player infobox
playername= Ian Gore


fullname = Ian George Gore
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|1|10
cityofbirth = Prescot, Lancashire
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=11
position = Defender (retired)
youthyears = -1986
youthclubs = Blackpool
years = 1986-1987
1987-1988
1988-1995
1995-1996
1996-1998
1998
1998-1999
1999-2002
clubs = Birmingham
Southport
Blackpool
Torquay United
Doncaster Rovers
Marine Castle
Boreham Wood
Gainsborough Trinity
Career
caps(goals) = 000 (0)
00? (?)
200 (0)
025 (2)
066 (1)
00? (?)
00? (?)
00? (?)
291 (3)

Ian George Gore (born January 10 1968 in Prescot, Lancashire) is an English former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back.

Football career

Gore began his career as an apprentice with Birmingham City, turning professional in May 1986, but was released without playing a first-team game. He joined non-league Southport before joining Blackpool on a free transfer in January 1988, beginning a seven-year spell at Bloomfield Road in which he would play exactly 200 league games. He was voted the Blackpool supporters' Player of the Year for 1990-91, ["The Seasiders" DVD] and the following year he was a member of the Blackpool side that won promotion, via the Division Four play-off final at Wembley, to the new Division Two in 1991-92.

In August 1995, Gore joined Torquay United on a free transfer, having played against the Gulls at Wembley for Blackpool in the 1991 play-off final, which Torquay won on penalties. Although a regular in the side he moved to Doncaster Rovers in March 1996 for a fee of £5,000. He played 66 times for Rovers, mostly alongside Darren Moore, who he had replaced at Torquay. Gore scored once before being released.

Gore played the summer of 1998 in Singapore with Marine Castle before returning to England with non-league side Boreham Wood. He then moved on to Gainsborough Trinity in September 1999. He retired in 2002.

Honours

Blackpool
*Supporters' Player of the Year: 1990-91
*Division Four play-off winner: 1991-92

Notes

References

* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=2967 Gore's profile at Soccerbase]
* [http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=player_details&playerID=87866 Profile at PlayerHistory.com]