Ashley Grimes (Irish footballer)

Ashley Grimes
Personal information
Full name Augustine Ashley Grimes
Date of birth 2 August 1957 (1957-08-02) (age 54)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Left back
Youth career
Stella Maris
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1977 Bohemians
1977–1983 Manchester United 90 (10)
1983–1984 Coventry City 32 (1)
1984–1989 Luton Town 87 (3)
1989–1991 Osasuna 15 (0)
1991–1992 Stoke City 10 (1)
Total 234 (15)
National team
1978–1988 Republic of Ireland 18 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Augustine Ashley Grimes (born 2 August 1957 in Dublin) is an Irish former footballer.[1] He won 18 caps for the Republic of Ireland and scored one goal, a spectacular long-range strike against Spain in a Euro 84 qualifier at Lansdowne Road in November 1982.

He also scored two penalties in six appearances for the Republic of Ireland U21 side. Grimes, who played as a defender and midfielder, began his career with junior side Villa United before joining Stella Maris Football club. He had a trial with Manchester United in August 1972, but returned to Bohemians. After a second trial, he joined Manchester United in March 1977 for £35,000.

Between 1977 and 1983 Grimes made 107 first team appearances and scored 11 goals for Manchester United, where he won an FA cup winners medal as a non-playing substitute in the 1983 final against Brighton. He subsequently joined Coventry City for a fee of £200,000. After only one season he moved to Luton Town where he made 117 appearances and scored 4 goals. In 1988 he won a Littlewoods Cup (League Cup) winners medal, coming on a substitute and crossing the ball to set up Luton's last minute winning goal as they achieved a shock 3-2 win over Arsenal to attain the first - and to date only - major trophy of Luton's history.

In 1989 he joined Osasuna, making his La Liga debut on 8 November 1989 against Celta Vigo. Grimes played 15 games for CA Osasuna in total before returning to England. After retiring as a player, he worked on the coaching staff at Stoke City and Huddersfield Town.

He resides in Bolton with his wife Joanne.

References

  1. ^ Ashley Grimes Statistics National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 February 2010.

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