Jim Stannard
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| Jim Stannard | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | James David Stannard | |
| Date of birth | October 6, 1962 | |
| Place of birth | Harold Hill, England | |
| Height | 6'0" | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | n/a | |
| Number | n/a | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Ford United | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1980-1985 1984 1985 1985-1987 1987-1995 1995-1999 |
Fulham Southend United (loan) Charlton Athletic (loan) Southend United Fulham Gillingham |
41 (0)[1] 6 (0)[1] 1 (0)[1] 109 (0)[2] 348 (1)[1] 104 (0)[3] |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2005 | Redbridge | |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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James David "Jim" Stannard (born Harold Hill, 6 October 1962) is an English retired football goalkeeper. Whilst playing for Gillingham he set a record for the lowest number of goals conceded in a 46-match season in the Football League, when he let in just 20 goals in the 1995–96 season.
[edit] Playing career
Having previously played for non-league Ford United (now Redbridge), Stannard began his professional career with Fulham but managed only 41 Football League appearances for the Craven Cottage club in five years, during which he was also loaned out to Southend United and Charlton Athletic. In 1985 Southend signed him on a permanent basis and he made over 100 appearances before being sold back to Fulham in 1987.[1]
For the next eight years he was Fulham's first-choice keeper, making nearly 350 appearances and even managing to score one goal.[1][4] In 1995 manager Tony Pulis made him one of his first signings for Gillingham and, despite the fans' initial reservations about his age and burly build,[5] Stannard proved instrumental in the Kent club's promotion from Division Three as he let in just 20 goals all season, a record for a 46-match league season. He also kept 29 clean sheets.[3]
[edit] Post-playing career
Stannard was forced to retire in 1999 due to injury and later served as goalkeeping coach at Gillingham and Brentford.[3] In January 2005 he was appointed manager of non-league Redbridge,[6] the club where he had started his career in 1980, but his reign only lasted until October of the same year.[7] It was announced on July 16, 2007 that he had returned to Gillingham as goalkeeping coach on a part time basis.[8]
Stannard is currently goalkeeping coach for Crystal Palace.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Fulham all-time players' records
- ^ Southend United all-time players' records
- ^ a b c Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd, p306. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
- ^ Goalscoring Goalies
- ^ Past Players section of official Gillingham website
- ^ Redbridge website
- ^ Harrow Borough website
- ^ Official Gillingham website
- ^ Palace sign Serrant and Stannard - but Burns departs. Crystal Palace F.C. (2007-11-20). Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
