Bobby Mimms
Mimms as goalkeeping coach for West Ham United in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Robert Andrew Mimms | ||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | York, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981 | Halifax Town | 0 | (0) |
| 1981–1985 | Rotherham United | 83 | (0) |
| 1985–1988 | Everton | 29 | (0) |
| 1986 | → Notts County (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | → Sunderland (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1987 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1987 | → Manchester City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1988–1990 | Tottenham Hotspur | 37 | (0) |
| 1990 | → Aberdeen (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1990–1996 | Blackburn Rovers | 128 | (0) |
| 1996 | Crystal Palace | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Preston North End | 27 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Rotherham United | 43 | (0) |
| 1998 | → York City (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | York City | 53 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Mansfield Town | 45 | (0) |
| Total | 477 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1985–1986 | England U21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Robert Andrew "Bobby" Mimms (born 12 October 1963) is an English former footballer. As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1981 until 2001 notably for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League when the club won the title in 1995. He also played as a professional for Halifax Town, Everton, Rotherham United, Notts County, Sunderland, Manchester City, Aberdeen, Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, Preston North End, York City and Mansfield Town. He was goalkeeping coach at Hull City until January 2017.
Born in York, Mimms began his football career as an apprentice at Halifax Town. However, he failed to break into the first team and joined Rotherham United in November 1981 for a fee of £15,000. In 1985, he was sold to Everton, who had just won the league title and European Cup Winners' Cup. During the 1980s, Mimms played for no less than eight different clubs, as he went out on loan from Everton more than once. However, due to an injury to Neville Southall, Mimms played in goal for Everton in the final weeks of the 1985–86 season. Everton were top of the league for most of the last three months of the season, but were pipped to the title on the last day by local rivals Liverpool. Liverpool won the FA Cup as well that season, beating Everton 3-1 in the final, with Mimms in the goal for the losers. He was later sold to Tottenham Hotspur in 1988 following the retirement of Ray Clemence, and had more first team chances at White Hart Lane than he had been given at Goodison Park. In December 1990, Blackburn Rovers manager Don Mackay signed him for a fee of £250,000 from Tottenham Hotspur making him Blackburn's most expensive transfer at the time. He was signed in the early stages of Jack Walker's backing of Blackburn, and just weeks before Walker took full control of the Second Division club.
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