Stuart Bimson
Personal information
Full name	Stuart James Bimson
Date of birth	29 September 1969 (1969-09-29) (age 40)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Cambridge United (First team coach)
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986–1987 1987–1989 1988–1991 1991–1995 1994–1997 1996–2003 2003–2005 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2006–2008	Prescot Cables Ellesmere Port Southport Macclesfield Town Bury Lincoln City Cambridge United → Accrington Stanley (loan) Canvey Island Chelmsford City Bedford Town	094 (1) 102 (2) 036 (0) 175 (4) 043 (0) 006 (0) 022 (0) 002 (0)
Teams managed
2006–2008 2008–	Bedford Town Cambridge United (First team coach)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Stuart James Bimson (born 29 September 1969) is a former English footballer who is currently the first team coach of Cambridge United. He played in the Football League as a defender for Bury, Lincoln City and Cambridge United making a total of 254 appearances, scoring four goals.

Contents 1 Non-league Career 1.1 Southport 1.2 Macclesfield Town 2 League Career 2.1 Bury 2.2 Lincoln City 2.3 Cambridge United 3 Return to non-league 3.1 Canvey Island and Chelmsford City 3.2 Bedford Town 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Non-league Career

[edit] Southport

Bimson began his career with spells with Prescot Cables and Ellesmere Port. In January 1989, he joined Southport debuting in the 1-0 away victory over Morecambe on 21 January 1989. A virtual ever-present during his time at Haig Avenue, he scored just one league goal for the club in the 2-1 home victory over Horwich RMI on 28 August 1989 before departing at the end of the 1990-1991 season; his final game being the 2-0 away defeat to Stalybridge Celtic on 4 May 1991.

[edit] Macclesfield Town

Bimson moved into the Football Conference joining Macclesfield Town at the start of the 1991-1992 season.

[edit] League Career

[edit] Bury

[edit] Lincoln City

He was basically an absolute legend at Lincoln! No one could put a corner in as good as him. Lets just say if he was still playing at Lincoln they would be promoted every year!

[edit] Cambridge United

[edit] Return to non-league

[edit] Canvey Island and Chelmsford City

In August 2005, Bimson agreed a 12 month contract to return to the Football Conference with Canvey Island,^[1] debuting in the 1-0 away defeat to Accrington Stanley on 13 August 2005. Following Canvey's voluntary resignation from the Football Conference at the end of the 2005-2006 season, Bimson followed Canvey's manager Jeff King to Chelmsford City. He made his debut in the 2-2 home draw with Leyton on 4 September 2006 with his second, and final game, for the club coming in the 2-1 defeat at Horsham five days later.

[edit] Bedford Town

Bimson moved on to join Bedford Town debuting in the 2-0 home defeat to Lewes on 2 December 2006^[2]. On 16 February 2006, following the departure of manager Nick Platnauer, Bimson was handed the manager's role until the end of the season^[3]. He had a chastening start to his managerial career, suffering a 5-1 away defeat to Lewes followed by a 4-0 thumping at Havant & Waterlooville^[4] but secured a 3-1 victory over Thurrock in the next game, his first home match as manager. Although Bedford would finish the season bottom of the Conference South and secure just three victories and three draws in Bimson's 15 games in charge, they finished the season with two victories and two draws in their final four games and this upturn in form saw Bimson handed the manager's post on a permanent basis.^[5]

Bimson's first full season in charge saw the Eagles suffer a second relegation as they finished 19th in the Southern Football League Premier Division; the club would later escape relegation following the demise of Nuneaton Borough. Bimson, however, was spared the sack^[6] and tasked with rebuilding the side. However, in July, he resigned his post to join Cambridge United as first team coach linking up with his long-term friend Gary Brabin who had been newly appointed as manger of the Us.^[7]

Bimson left Cambridge United in the summer of 2009. Still eager to return to management, he applied.^[8] to become the manager of Lincoln City in the wake of Peter Jackson's sacking from Lincoln in September 2009.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Stuart Bimson career stats at Soccerbase
• Lincoln City F.C. Official Archive Profile

Persondata
NAME	Bimson, Stuart
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	29 September 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH	Liverpool, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH