Joe Gallagher (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Anthony Gallagher | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1970 | Liverpool | ||
| 1970–1972 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1981 | Birmingham City | 286 | (17) |
| 1981–1982 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | West Ham United | 9 | (0) |
| 1983–1987 | Burnley | 47 | (3) |
| 1983 | → Halifax Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1984 | → Padiham (loan) | ||
| 1994–1995 | Kings Heath | ||
| National team | |||
| 1980 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1989–1990 | Coleshill Town | ||
| 1991–1992 | Atherstone United | ||
| 1994–1995 | Kings Heath | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Joseph Anthony Gallagher (born 11 January 1955) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-half for Birmingham City and various other clubs. He was a hard-working, competitive defender, good in the air (though less good on the ground), and his authority on the field was such that he was first chosen to captain the Birmingham side at the age of only 19.
Gallagher was born in Liverpool, and began his football career as a schoolboy with home-town club Liverpool F.C. When he left school at 15 he signed for Birmingham City as a trainee. He turned professional on his 17th birthday and made his first team debut in October 1973 against Arsenal at Highbury. He made over 20 appearances in his debut season, and from then on hardly missed a game until a broken leg sustained in a car accident kept him out for several months. He scored on his return to first team duty in December 1977, and for the remainder of his Birmingham career he was virtually ever-present.
It was due in no small part to Gallagher's partnerships with the likes of Kenny Burns and Colin Todd in the Birmingham defence that the club kept its First Division status for all but his last season with them. In 1980–81 he helped them gain promotion back to the top flight, from which they had been relegated the previous year, and was awarded a testimonial match against Aston Villa in recognition of ten years' service. Also that season he was capped for England B in a 1–0 win against Australia at his home ground of St Andrew's. He left Birmingham having made 335 appearances and scored 23 goals.
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