Geoffrey Salmons (born 14 January 1948) is an English former

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who played for

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Leicester City Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...

Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...

and

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

as a

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Career

Salmons was born in

Mexborough Mexborough is a town in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. Situated between Manvers and Denaby Main, it lies on the River Don close to where it joins the River Dearne, and the A6023 road runs through the town. It is contiguous ...

and joined Sheffield United as a schoolboy and made his league debut at

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pla ...

on 30 September 1967. He became a regular starter under manager John Harris at the end of the 1960s and played 31 times in 1970–71 helping the "Blades" gain promotion to the First Division. Salmons and Sheffield United adapted to life in the top tier well finishing in mid table three seasons in a row. After making 204 appearances for the

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side he moved to

for a fee of £160,000. Salmons' first season at the

Victoria Ground The Victoria Ground was the home ground of Stoke City from 1878 until 1997, when the club relocated to the Britannia Stadium after 119 years. At the time of its demolition it was the oldest operational ground in the Football League. History ...

saw Stoke come within four points of winning the title and play

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in the

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. In January 1976 a severe storm in

Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...

saw the Victoria Ground badly damaged and as a result the club had to sell their players to fund the repair costs. A weakened Stoke side were relegated in 1976–77 and Salmons re-joined Sheffield United on loan, playing five matches before signing for

for £45,000. He spent one season at

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scoring four goals in 28 matches before leaving for

. He spent four seasons with the "Spireites" scoring 19 goals in 153 appearances helping them to win the

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in 1981 1980–81. He later played for non-league

Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the Football League in 1893 and remained members of the Second Division until 1912, making Gainsbo ...

and after he ended his playing career he went on to run his own pub in his native

Career statistics

Source: :A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the

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and

Watney Cup The Watney Mann Invitation Cup (normally referred to as simply the Watney Cup) was a short-lived English football tournament held in the early 1970s. It was held before the start of the season, and was contested by the teams that had scored th ...

References

External links

Profile of Geoff Salmons
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salmons, Geoff 1948 births Living people People from Mexborough Footballers from Doncaster English footballers Association football wingers Sheffield United F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players English Football League players