Jamie Pollock

This article is about the English retired footballer born 1974. For the Scottish footballer, see Jamie Pollock (footballer, born 1992). For the American soccer player, see Jamie Pollock (soccer, born 1989).

Jamie Pollock

Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-03-16) 16 March 1974
Place of birth	Stockton-on-Tees, England
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1996	Middlesbrough	155	(18)
1996	CA Osasuna	2	(0)
1996–1998	Bolton Wanderers	52	(5)
1998–2000	Manchester City	60	(5)
2000–2002	Crystal Palace	31	(4)
2001	→ Birmingham City (loan)	5	(0)
Total		305	(32)
Managerial career
2003–2005	Spennymoor United
2005–2007	Spennymoor Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jamie Pollock (born 16 February 1974) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 300 appearances in the Football League.

Playing career

His career began at Middlesbrough where he played as a defensive midfielder. He left Middlesbrough in 1996 joining Spanish side CA Osasuna. After failing to make an impression in Spain he returned to England, signing for Bolton Wanderers. He later played for Manchester City, a team which then fell into what was then Division Two. Pollock scored a bizarre own goal in the penultimate game of the season, against Queens Park Rangers, where he flicked the ball over an opposing player before sending a looping header over his own goalkeeper. The own goal condemned Manchester City to relegation to the third tier for the first time, whilst keeping QPR in the division. As a result, a group of QPR fans thanked him by voting him the "most influential man of the past 2,000 years" in an internet poll, where "Jesus came second, apparently."

He was transferred to Crystal Palace, later spent a spell on loan to Birmingham City. On 1 March 2002, Pollock announced his retirement from professional football. He had been without a club since he left Crystal Palace by mutual consent. He was training with Grimsby Town but opted instead to play non-League football and become a director in his family's glass-making business.

Management career

He was the manager of non-League club Spennymoor Town until 2007, after his previous club Spennymoor United folded in 2005. He also coaches a Polton Allstars team that plays in the Teesside Junior Alliance – North Riding League.

Personal life

After his short-lived spell as a football manager, he is now concentrating on his personal training company and is also co-owner of a glass and glazing company based in Middlesbrough near the Transporter Bridge called Polton Glass.

Honours

Middlesbrough

• First Division: 1994–95

Bolton Wanderers

• First Division: 1996–97

External links

• Jamie Pollock career statistics at Soccerbase