Ashley Grimes (footballer, born 1957)

Ashley Grimes
Personal information
Full name	Augustine Ashley Grimes
Date of birth	2 August 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder; Left-back;
Youth career
	Stella Maris
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1977	Bohemians
1977–1983	Manchester United
1983–1984	Coventry City
1984–1989	Luton Town
1989–1991	Osasuna
1991–1992	Stoke City
Total
International career
1978–1979	Republic of Ireland U21
1978–1988	Republic of Ireland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Augustine Ashley Grimes (born 2 August 1957) is an Irish former footballer.^[3] He played for Manchester United, Coventry City, Luton Town, Stoke City and Osasuna (Spain). He won 18 caps for the Republic of Ireland and scored one goal, a long-range strike against Spain in a Euro 84 qualifier at Lansdowne Road in November 1982.

Career

On 8 March 1978 at Dalymount Park, Dublin, Grimes played in the first ever Republic of Ireland U21 game; he went on to win six under-21 caps, scoring two goals, both from penalty kicks. Grimes, who played as a defender and midfielder, began his career with junior side Villa United before joining Stella Maris Football club. He had a trial with Manchester United in August 1972, but returned to Bohemians. After a second trial, he joined Manchester United in March 1977 for £35,000.

Between 1977 and 1983, Grimes made 107 first-team appearances and scored 11 goals for Manchester United, where he won an FA Cup-winner's medal as a non-playing substitute in the 1983 final against Brighton. He subsequently joined Coventry City for a fee of £200,000. After only one season he moved to Luton Town where he made 117 appearances and scored 4 goals. In 1988, he won a League Cup winners medal, coming on a substitute and crossing the ball to set up Luton's last-minute winning goal as they achieved a shock 3–2 victory over Arsenal to secure the first major trophy in their history.

In 1989, he joined Osasuna, making his La Liga debut on 8 November 1989 against Celta Vigo. Grimes played 15 games for CA Osasuna in total before returning to England to play for Stoke City where he made 15 appearances in 1991–92.^[4]

He retired from playing in May 1992 and became youth team manager at Stoke^[5] and Celtic under Lou Macari^[6] and later at Huddersfield Town. He joined the coaching staff at Welsh side Colwyn Bay in February 2013.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

Sourced from Ashley Grimes at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Manchester United	1977–78	First Division	13	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	17	2
	1978–79	First Division	16	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	21	1
	1979–80	First Division	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	3
	1980–81	First Division	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
	1981–82	First Division	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
	1982–83	First Division	16	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	21	2
	Total		90	10	5	1	6	0	6	0	107	11
Coventry City	1983–84	First Division	32	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	35	2
Luton Town	1984–85	First Division	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	0
	1985–86	First Division	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	1986–87	First Division	31	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	36	2
	1987–88	First Division	32	1	5	0	4	1	4	0	45	2
	1988–89	First Division	12	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	17	0
	Total		87	3	11	0	12	1	4	0	114	4
Osasuna	1989–90	La Liga	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	1990–91	La Liga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Stoke City	1991–92	Third Division	10	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	15	1
Career total			234	15	16	1	21	2	15	0	286	18

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Full Members Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs, UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

International

Source:^[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Republic of Ireland	1978	3	0
	1979	3	0
	1980	2	0
	1981	3	0
	1982	2	1
	1983	1	0
	1984	2	0
	1987	1	0
	1988	1	0
Total		18	1

Honours

Bohemians

League of Ireland (1): 1974–75
League of Ireland Cup (1): 1974–75
FAI Cup (1): 1975–76

Manchester United

FA Cup (1): 1982–83

Luton Town

Football League Cup (1): 1987–88

Stoke City

Football League Trophy (1): 1991–92

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ashley Grimes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
^ "Ashley Grimes". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
^ ^a ^b "Former Manchester United star joins Colwyn Bay FC". North Wales Pioneer. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
^ McGuirk, Brian (2009). Celtic FC - the Ireland Connection. Black and White Publishing. ISBN 978-1845022488. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
^ Grimes, Ashley at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Ashley Grimes at Sporting Heroes

[Hugman-1] "Ashley Grimes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[2] Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.

[3] "Ashley Grimes". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 10 February 2010.

[The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-4] Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

[coach-5] "Former Manchester United star joins Colwyn Bay FC". North Wales Pioneer. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[6] McGuirk, Brian (2009). Celtic FC - the Ireland Connection. Black and White Publishing. ISBN 978-1845022488. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[7] Grimes, Ashley at National-Football-Teams.com

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