Gary Innes (footballer)

Gary Innes

Personal information
Full name	Gary John Innes[1]
Date of birth	7 October 1977[1]
Place of birth	Consett, County Durham, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
–	Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Sheffield United	0	(0)
1996–1997	Darlington	15	(0)
1997	→ Waterford United (loan)
1997–1998	Gateshead	35	(5)
1998–0000	West Auckland Town
0000–2000	Seaham Red Star
2000–2002	Blyth Spartans
2002	Tow Law Town
2002–2003	Whitley Bay
2003	Blyth Spartans
2003–2004	Tow Law Town
2004–200?	Whickham
National team
–	England youth
Teams managed
2015	Bedlington Terriers
2015–	Willington
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Gary John Innes (born 7 October 1977) is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Darlington. He began his career with Sheffield United, though never played for their first team, spent a short spell with League of Ireland club Waterford United, and played non-league football for numerous clubs in the north-east of England. He represented England at youth level.^[1]

Life and career

Innes was born in Consett.^[1] He was diagnosed diabetic at the age of nine.^[3] As a student at Derwentside College, he played for Durham schools at under-19 level, and made four appearances for the English Schools' under-18 team in 1996.^[4] He also represented England at youth level.^[4][5]

He began his senior career with Sheffield United, but never played first-team football for them, and moved on to Darlington in 1996.^[1] He made his Football League debut on 17 August 1996, as a late substitute in a 3–2 defeat away to Hull City in the Third Division.^[2] Described as "a nippy, twisting and turning former English under-18 striker with good close control",^[5] Innes spent time on loan with League of Ireland club Waterford United in early 1997,^[6] playing and scoring in the League of Ireland.^[7] He played three times for Darlington on his return, and was released in March 1997 to join Conference club Gateshead.^[2]

Innes played the last eight games of the 1996–97 Football Conference season, scored the only goal of the game away to Dover Athletic,^[8] and scored a further four times from 27 Conference appearances in 1997–98.^[9] He went on to play non-league football, mainly in the Northern League, for West Auckland Town,^[10] Seaham Red Star,^[11] Northern Premier League club Blyth Spartans,^[12][13] and Tow Law Town,^[14] where he had little first-team football so submitted a transfer request.^[15] He left for Whitley Bay,^[16] but a few months later rejoined Blyth Spartans.^[17] By September 2003 he had returned to Tow Law,^[18] and in March 2004, he signed for Whickham.^[19] In early 2005, a large benign tumour was removed from behind his eye; he was playing for Whickham within weeks of the operation,^[3] and was still with the club two years later.^[20]

From 2010, he was assistant manager of former clubs Tow Law^[21] and Whickham, before spending the last few months of the 2014–15 season as manager of Northern League Bedlington Terriers.^[22][23] He took over as manager of Northern League Second Division club Willington in October 2015.^[24]

References

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3. "A match of the day for Uncle Billy". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. 1 March 2005. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
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6. "Two from the archives". Waterford United. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
7. "Soccer round-up". Irish Times. 15 February 1997. p. A5.
8. "Gateshead F.C. Season 1996/97". Gateshead FC Stats 1977–2014. Alan Percival. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
9. Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 292, 296. ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7.
10. Parkes, Ian (24 November 1998). "Meadow no golden field for Murphy". The Independent. London. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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12. "The UniBond league". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. 27 October 2000. Retrieved 27 December 2014 – via NewsBank.
13. "Still no win for Shoulder". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. 4 February 2002. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
14. "Thornaby in dire need of a Star turn". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. 23 March 2002. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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17. "Archived News and Information 2 to 11 February, 2003: Blyth signing". Altrincham F.C. 8 February 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
18. "The Albany Northern League Today". The Northern Echo. Middlesbrough. 26 September 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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20. Simpson, Ray (10 March 2007). "Arngrove Northern League". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 28 December 2014 – via NewsBank.
21. "Northern Leaguers ring the changes". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle upon Tyne. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
22. "Innes appointed as new manager at Bedlington Terriers". News Post Leader. Morpeth. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
23. McDonnell, Andrew (25 May 2015). "Ferrell appointed manager at Bedlington Terriers". News Post Leader. Morpeth. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
24. Simpson, Ray (8 October 2015). "Innes appointed as Willington boss". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 24 October 2015.