- Gary Pallister
Infobox Football biography
playername = Gary Pallister
fullname = Gary Andrew Pallister
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1965|6|30|df=y
cityofbirth =Ramsgate ,Kent
countryofbirth =England
Nickname(s) = Pally
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
nickname =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1984–1989
1985
1989–1998
1998–2001
clubs = Middlesbrough
→ Darlington (loan)
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
caps(goals) = 156 0(5)
007 0(0)
317 (12)
055 0(1)
nationalyears = 1988–1996
1989–1992
nationalteam = England
England B
nationalcaps(goals) = 022 0(0)
009 0(0)Gary Andrew Pallister
OBE (born30 June 1965 inRamsgate ,Kent ,England ) is an English footballer, most noted for his nine-year spell at Manchester United from 1989 until 1998. He was also capped 22 times by England between 1988 and 1996.Career
His footballing career started at non-league Billingham Town, but at the age of 19, he joined his boyhood heroes Middlesbrough as a defender, making 156 League appearances over nearly five seasons, sandwiching a loan spell to Darlington during the first season, before he moved to Manchester United on
29 August 1989 for a then British record of £2.3 million. Amongst the most important achievements with the club was his part in the victory in theUEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in which Manchester United participated, winning 2–1 over Barcelona.Although it was his excellent defensive displays that helped Manchester United to the league title along with
Steve Bruce at the heart of the defence, forming one of the best central defensive partneships in the club's history, in the 1992–93 season, he scored a memorable goal in the final home game of the season against Blackburn Rovers. Into stoppage time, with his team winning 2–1, he stepped up to drive a free-kick into the bottom corner from the edge of the penalty area. It was his first goal of the season and just about summed up an incredible season for Manchester United.The final season Pallister played for Manchester United was the 1997–98 season in which Manchester United came second in the league table, losing by one point to Arsenal.
During his time at Manchester United, Pallister won three
FA Cup s, four Premier League titles, one League Cup and oneCup Winners' Cup .Transferred back to Middlesbrough in
July 1998 (his departure from Old Trafford at least partly prompted by United's acquisition ofJaap Stam ), he scored one goal in 55 League appearances, as well as appearing in two FA Cup matches and four League Cup matches.His final playing season, in which Middlesbrough finished 14th in the table, was season 2000–01.
He has since become a regular TV football pundit, where his laid back demeanour brings a living room style of punditry to our screens.
External links
* [http://www.4sportsake.com Gary Pallister blog] at 4sportsake.com
*soccerbase|6080|Gary Pallister
* [http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Archive/?pf=p&i=4105&searchname=Pallister&] at thefa.com
Persondata
NAME=Pallister, Sir Gary Andrew
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DATE OF BIRTH=30 June 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH=Billingham ,England
DATE OF DEATH=
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