Bobby Mimms
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Robert Andrew Mimms | |
| birthday | October 12, 1963 | |
| place of birth | York , England | |
| size | 188 cm | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1979-1981 | Halifax Town | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1981 | Halifax Town | 0 (0) |
| 1981-1985 | Rotherham United | 83 (0) |
| 1985-1988 | Everton FC | 29 (0) |
| 1986 | → Notts County (loan) | 2 (0) |
| 1986-1987 | → Sunderland AFC (loan) | 4 (0) |
| 1987 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 6 (0) |
| 1987 | → Manchester City (loan) | 3 (0) |
| 1988-1990 | Tottenham Hotspur | 37 (0) |
| 1990 | → Aberdeen FC (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) |
| 1998-2000 | York city | 63 (0) |
| 2000-2001 | Mansfield Town | 45 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1985-1986 | England U-21 | 3 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Robert Andrew "Bobby" Mimms (born October 12, 1963 in York ) is a former English football goalkeeper . As the second goalkeeper behind Neville Southall , he won the English championship with Everton in 1987 . At the beginning of the 1990s he played a significant role in the development of the Blackburn Rovers from second division club to championship contender, but then fell behind Tim Flowers in the pecking order when they won the runner-up in 1994 and the Premier League title in 1995 .
Athletic career
Via Rotherham to Everton (1981–1988)
In October 1979 Mimms joined the youth department of Halifax Town as a student and at the end of the 1980/81 season he was promoted to the professional squad. The sporting perspective of the then fourth division club was limited, however, as he was only the third goalkeeper behind John Kilner and Lee Smelt and in November 1981 he was drawn to the second division at Rotherham United . On May 8, 1982 Mimms made his professional league debut against Blackburn Rovers and after he was initially a substitute behind Ray Mountford and later Alan Stevenson , he won a regular place after the club's relegation in March 1984. In the subsequent 1984/85 season he did not miss a single game and thus played himself in the focus of the English U-21 selection , for which he ultimately completed three games. Despite his size, he showed himself to be extraordinarily agile in his actions and with these recommendations he moved to the reigning English champions FC Everton in the summer of 1985 .
As the second goalkeeper behind Neville Southall , he made his debut for his new club in October 1985. In March 1986, the Toffees loaned him to Notts County , but called him back shortly afterwards because Southall was injured. As a result, Mimms stood between the posts of Everton FC during the last eleven competitive games in the 1985/86 season and conceded only one goal in the first six games. He was also part of the team that lost 3-1 in the FA Cup final against local rivals Liverpool . Although Mimms played sporadically in his almost three years for Everton, his final breakthrough was denied and instead he briefly gained a little more match practice in the second division at the loan clubs AFC Sunderland , Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City . The greatest success for Mimms in Everton was winning the English championship in 1987 , when he completed eleven league games, which in turn was sufficient for the official receipt of a medal. When, shortly before the end of the 1987/88 season, the first division competitor Tottenham Hotspur revealed the prospect of a regular place, Mimms did not hesitate and moved to White Hart Lane in February 1988 .
Via Tottenham to Blackburn (1988–1996)
The joy of being promoted to "number 1" did not last long, however, which was due to the fact that the Norwegian newcomer Erik Thorstvedt successfully competed for his regular place from January 1989 and after almost two years as a replacement behind Thorstvedt and a short loan period with the Scottish First division FC Aberdeen found Mimms in December 1990 with the second division Blackburn Rovers a new employer. Blackburn he immediately replaced the previously available only on loan from Port Vale employed Mark Grew . He completed the last 22 matches of the 1990/91 season and was involved in the fact that his club avoided the case in the third division in the penultimate game with a 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers . When the Rovers finally signed a new coach with Kenny Dalglish and made a number of new signings, Mimms initially retained his regular place and together they rose through the play-offs to the Premier League, which was newly created in 1992 .
With new high-profile players such as Alan Shearer , Stuart Ripley , Graeme Le Saux and Kevin Gallacher , the team got in many places a new face, but Mimms initially defended its position and denied all 42 Premier League matches which the club to fourth final table place earned . After 13 league appearances at the beginning of the subsequent 1993/94 season, he lost his regular place in November 1993 to the national goalkeeper Tim Flowers , who had just been transferred from Southampton FC for 2.4 million pounds , and he sat in the remaining matches that led to the runner-up on the bench. Little changed in his status in the championship season 1994/95 , when he could only contribute four league games to the overall success. This in turn resulted from a substitution after a red card for Flowers from the game against Leeds United (1: 1) and the subsequent three games for which Flowers was suspended. In his last season in 1995/96 for the Blackburn Rovers, he represented Flowers again after a suspension in a total of two games and although he was in good shape there, the club management in Blackburn gave him the clearance for a change in the summer of 1996. It was also decisive that with Shay Given , another talented goalkeeper had developed well at loan clubs, which should now be gradually built up as a long-term successor for Flowers.
The last professional years (1996-2001)
At the end of August 1996, Mimms only found a successor club for a short time in second division club Crystal Palace . For the Londoners, he played only one competitive game as part of a personnel crisis, before he was hired a week later in the third division at Preston North End . There he was in 33 competitive games of the 1996/97 season and was in good shape despite the brief loss of his regular place towards the middle of the round. In August 1997 he returned to an old place of work at Rotherham United, which now only played in the fourth division, and showed himself to be responsive as usual in 47 missions from the start, although he lost a little self-confidence, especially "when running out" seemed to have. Another return brought Mimms to York, the city of his birth, in August 1998. For the third division club York City , which was active there , he was mostly set as a regular goalkeeper in the 1998/99 season and he also helped the club out in the coaching staff from the second half of the season. Nevertheless, the season ended disappointingly with relegation to the fourth division. In the following season 1999/2000 Mimms was initially set in goal before the new coach Terry Dolan decided to rejuvenate the goalkeeper position and in March 2000 Mimms gave the clearance for a change. Mimms initially rejected an offer from the Scottish FC St. Johnstone and then moved to fourth division rivals Mansfield Town on a free transfer . After two good games, he signed a new contract in Mansfield and from then on served the club as a substitute goalkeeper and Kotrainer. The contract was then extended for another year until summer 2001 and in his last active professional season he even ousted regular goalkeeper Ian Bowling . To this end, he established himself as a future goalkeeping coach, where he looked for his activities from now on outside of Mansfield.
Between 2001 and 2008 Mimms worked in his new role for Wolverhampton Wanderers before returning to Blackburn in August 2008 to also work as a goalkeeping coach.
literature
- Hugman, Barry J .: Premier League: The Players - A Complete Guide to Every Player 1992-93 . Tony Williams Publishing, 1992, ISBN 1-869833-15-5 , pp. 249 .
Title / Awards
- English Championship (1): 1987
- Charity Shield (2): 1986, 1987
Web links
- Bobby Mimms in the soccerbase.com database
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ England - U-21 International Results 1986–1995 - Details in the RSSSF database (English)
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1995-96 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1995, ISBN 0-09-180854-5 , pp. 145 .
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1996-97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1996, ISBN 1-85291-571-4 , pp. 166 .
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1997-98 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1997, ISBN 1-85291-581-1 , pp. 187 .
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998-99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1998, ISBN 1-85291-588-9 , pp. 204 f .
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1999, ISBN 1-85291-607-9 , pp. 208 f .
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2000, ISBN 1-85291-626-5 , pp. 220 .
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2001, ISBN 0-946531-34-X , pp. 207 f .
- ^ "Mimms returns as coach to Rovers" (BBC Sport)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mimms, Bobby |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mimms, Robert Andrew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English football goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | York |