Gary Walsh was born on 21 March 1968 and is an English football coach and former professional player who is a goalkeeping coach at EFL League Two club Port Vale.
24 Facts About Gary Walsh
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Gary Walsh played as a goalkeeper in a 21-year professional career, making 282 league and cup appearances.
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Gary Walsh kept goal in the 1985 FA Youth Cup final and was an unused substitute in the 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup final, 1991 European Super Cup, 1994 FA Charity Shield, 1994 League Cup final, 1994 FA Cup final, and the 1995 FA Cup final.
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Gary Walsh had brief loan spells at Airdrieonians and Oldham Athletic.
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Gary Walsh spent a brief spell in 2000 on loan at Middlesbrough and ended his career in 2006 following three years with Wigan Athletic.
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Gary Walsh worked as a goalkeeping coach at Wigan Athletic, Derby County, Hartlepool United, Hull City and Aston Villa.
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Gary Walsh was originally a striker but was fielded as goalkeeper in a game being watched by a Manchester United scout.
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Gary Walsh was promptly offered an apprenticeship by Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson, and accepted the offer.
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Gary Walsh kept goal for United as they finished runners-up to Manchester derby rivals Manchester City in the 1986 FA Youth Cup, though was praised for "keeping the score down" by coach Eric Harrison.
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Gary Walsh played a total of 14 league games that season.
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Gary Walsh 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.
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Gary Walsh was an unused substitute in the 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup final win over FC Barcelona at De Kuip.
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Gary Walsh similarly sat on the bench for the 1991 European Super Cup win over Red Star Belgrade at Old Trafford.
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Gary Walsh did manage to play six games on loan at Premier League rivals Oldham Athletic.
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Gary Walsh rejoined his former club Middlesbrough on a one-month loan in September 2000 after Mark Schwarzer, Marlon Beresford, Mark Crossley and Brad Jones were all sidelined due to injury or illness.
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Gary Walsh was Filan's backup for three years before he retired in 2006.
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Gary Walsh transitioned from goalkeeper to goalkeeping coach at Wigan Athletic, before he was taken to Derby County by former Wigan manager Paul Jewell in January 2008.
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Gary Walsh was praised by new goalkeeper Jake Kean in September 2010 for helping him to settle at the club.
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In December 2011, Gary Walsh was recruited by his former Middlesbrough teammate Nick Barmby to take over as goalkeeping coach at Hull City.
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In November 2016, Gary Walsh left Hull City and joined Steve Bruce at Aston Villa as goalkeeping coach.
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On 3 October 2018, head coach Steve Bruce and his entire coaching staff, including Gary Walsh, were fired by the club.
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Gary Walsh was recruited by West Bromwich Albion manager Darren Moore in January 2019, in a move that reunited him not only with former Bradford teammate Moore, but former Villa goalkeeper Sam Johnstone.
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Gary Walsh stayed with the club for five years, leaving The Hawthorns after being fired by Carlos Corberan in July 2023.
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Gary Walsh joined Darren Moore at Port Vale in February 2024.