Gary Walsh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary Walsh | ||
| Date of birth | 21 March 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Wigan, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Aston Villa (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1984 | Wigan Athletic | ||
| 1983–1985 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1995 | Manchester United | 50 | (0) |
| 1988 | → Airdrieonians (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Middlesbrough | 44 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Bradford City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1997–2003 | Bradford City | 128 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Wigan Athletic | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 242 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1987 | England U21 | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gary Walsh (born 21 March 1968 in Wigan) is an English football coach and former footballer who is the goalkeeping coach for Aston Villa.
As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1985 to 2006, notably playing Premier League football with Manchester United, Oldham Athletic, Middlesbrough, Bradford City and Wigan Athletic. He also played in Scotland for Airdrieonians, He became goalkeeping coach at Wigan under manager Paul Jewell before teaming back up with Jewell at Derby County.
Walsh left school in 1984 and signed for Wigan Athletic as an apprentice. He was originally a striker but was fielded as goalkeeper in a game being watched by a Manchester United scout. He was promptly offered an apprenticeship by Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson, and accepted the offer. He kept goal for United as they finished runners-up to neighbouring Manchester City in the 1986 FA Youth Cup.
Walsh was given a professional contract for the 1986–87 season (during which Ron Atkinson was sacked in favour of Alex Ferguson) and make his first-team debut soon after. He played 14 league games that season.
For a short time in the 1987–88 season, a 19-year-old Walsh was made first-choice goalkeeper after Gary Bailey retired due to injury and Chris Turner was dropped from the team. He played in 16 league games before his run in the first team was halted by a head injury sustained in a mid-season friendly in Bermuda, and a succession of further injuries ruled him out until the 1990–91 season. He was on the substitutes bench as United lifted the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup that season, and the arrival of Peter Schmeichel that summer made his first-team opportunities even more limited.
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