Carlton Lloyd Palmer was born on 5 December 1965 and is an English football manager, former footballer and football television pundit whose last management role was as manager of Grantham Town.
19 Facts About Carlton Palmer
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Carlton Palmer played for West Bromwich Albion, Watford and Dublin City.
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Carlton Palmer was capped 18 times by England and was part of the squad at UEFA Euro 1992.
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Carlton Palmer went into management in 2001 when he was appointed player-manager of Stockport County, later holding the same position at Mansfield Town from 2004 to 2005.
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Carlton Palmer made his league debut in September 1985, as a substitute against Newcastle United.
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Carlton Palmer missed Wednesday's victory in the 1991 Football League Cup Final due to suspension.
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Jones said of Carlton Palmer "He covers every blade of grass out there, but that's only because his first touch is so crap".
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Carlton Palmer had a loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday, before joining Stockport County in November 2001 as player-manager.
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Carlton Palmer briefly played for Dublin City in Ireland, whom he joined in August 2004 and played three games before leaving the club.
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Carlton Palmer scored his only goal for England against San Marino.
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Carlton Palmer was a member of the England squad that went to the 1992 European Championships in Sweden.
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Carlton Palmer was capped 5 times for the England B team.
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Carlton Palmer was sacked by the club in September 2003, following a poor start to the season.
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Curle was later dismissed and Carlton Palmer signed a contract until 2006 as manager of Mansfield Town.
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On 9 November 2021, Carlton Palmer resigned as manager of Grantham Town.
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Carlton Palmer had joined Grantham to work alongside chairman Darren Ashton, and left as Ashton had resigned from his role.
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Carlton Palmer owned an online estate agency in Sheffield called The Home Game which ceased trading in August 2008.
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In December 2016, Carlton Palmer required a life-saving five-hour operation for a heart condition.
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In March 2023, Carlton Palmer was admitted to hospital after suffering a suspected "small heart attack" while he was running the Sheffield half-marathon.