Members News: Carlton’s Our Saturday ‘Special’ For Sheff. Wed. Game!
Carlton in the Sky Blue
The Association is delighted to announce that Sky Blues star from the late 90’s Carlton Palmer will be our ‘special guest’ at the Sky Blues upcoming Championship game against another former club Sheffield Wednesday, at the CBS Arena next Saturday. He was last here performing a similar role at last February’s 4-1 Sky Blue F.A.Cup win over the Owls. He is pictured then below right with CCFPA chairman Billy Bell and fellow Association member Clinton Morrison. Mark Robins men could well do with a repeat result this season!
The former England player (18 full caps) made 35 appearances scoring one goal for CCFC over two seasons (1999-2001).
Carlton in Sky Blue action
Carlton will do a tour of the lounges and undertake some Q&As with his fellow ex Sky Blue CCFPA member Brian ‘Harry’ Roberts (CCFC’s club host), he may well also do a half-time pitch-side interview, then after the match you’ll be able to catch him on stage in the G-Casino in Lady Gs with CCFPA’s Billy Bell.
Born in Rowley Regis in 1965 Carlton started off his league career from an apprentice with West Bromwich Albion where he played 138 games netting five times between 1984-89 before joining the Owls for £750k in February 1989. There he became a fixture clocking up 264 games and 18 goals until moving across Yorkshire to join Leeds United for £2.6m in June 1994. At Elland Road he joined up with future City players Gordon Strachan, Gary McAllister and Noel Whelan (both Noel and Gordon are CCFPA members now) and ended up with 133 appearances and seven goals.
Games for both Southampton (1997) and Nottingham Forest (1999) followed before he found himself at Highfield Road, signed for £500k in September 1999. Whilst with the Sky Blues Carlton also had loan spells, twice back at Sheffield Wednesday in 2001 for 22 games and also at Watford (5 games).
Finally transferred from CCFC to Stockport County (November 2001) on a free the defenders skills were utilised for a further 48 appearances and five goals before Carlton finally hung up his English League boots after a lone game at Mansfield Town in July 2005. He also ended up as player-manager at both clubs sandwiching a short spell with Dublin City.
Carlton in Sky Blue action with Robbie Keane
After leaving Field Mill late in the 2005 season Carlton has since concentrated on media work though he also also managed a game for Staveley Miners Welfare in a brief return to playing the game in 2013 and managed non-league Grantham Town from April-November 2021.
Oggy in the Press Box
We look forward to meeting you again next week, Carlton and hope you enjoy your evening with us as the Sky Blues attempt to beat the Owls!
No doubt CCFPA member, and club goalkeeping legend, Steve Ogrizovic will be doing his usual magnificent match-day job doing commentary and analysis for the BBC CWR team which those of you unable to get to the match can tune into! Former CCFPA chair Jim Brown and long-time committee member Mike Young will have their usual contributions in the club’s excellent match-day magazine, PUSB!
Thanks to CCFPA’s Mike Young for sourcing the images
