He has just turned 30 and believes that the time is right to explore other career opportunities which are available to him. Sky Sports' Voice of Football Martin Tyler has been behind the microphone for many of the Premier League's greatest moments. Rumours of his exit from Liverpool were confirmed on 16 May 1997 when Collymore was signed by boyhood club Aston Villa for a club record £7 million. [31][32][18] Later, in December 2000, while playing for Bradford City, Collymore suffered a broken nose after he was assaulted by two men in a Birmingham nightclub. He began to seek counselling after he was diagnosed with clinical depression, stress and anxiety in 1999 while playing for Aston Villa. [53] Jim Jefferies soon took over as new City manager, and Collymore once again lead the front line in Jefferies' first home game in charge against Coventry City, scoring Bradford's first goal. "[7], Collymore's work at Southend attracted attention from a number of different teams, including boyhood club Aston Villa of the Premiership and newly relegated Nottingham Forest. Collymore would remain with Palace for nearly two years, but struggled to find a place in the first team ahead of the prolific goalscoring partnership of Mark Bright and Ian Wright, and left the club in November 1992. Ligue 1 outfit Montpellier HSC showed interest, but rescinded their offer after Collymore refused to play in a practice match before signing. Twenty years on, we reflect on Liverpool's legendary 4-3 win over Newcastle - a game widely regarded as the greatest in Premier League history…. [73][2], He is a supporter of Republic, a campaign group that campaigns for an elected UK head of state. 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Collymore subsequently faced additional charges from the F.A. on 28 November. The far-post header was the 19-year-old's 27th goal of the campaign, and it set the tone for the pulsating drama that followed. Represented by NMP Live, speaker bureau and celebrity booking agency. [64] Before the end of the year, Oviedo had begun court proceedings against Collymore for breach of his contract, unsuccessfully suing him for £7 million. Frank Clark eventually signed him to the latter on 5 July 1993 for an initial fee of £2.25 million. [70], On 20 October 2008, Collymore won more than £1.5 million in damages from his financial advisers, for the poor investment advice he had been given since retiring from professional football in 2001. Perennial title challengers Liverpool signed him in 1995, where he initially formed a successful partnership with Robbie Fowler, but was eventually ousted in favour of younger striker Michael Owen and sold on to boyhood club Aston Villa in 1997, where his form dipped and he struggled to break into the first team. As his starts for Liverpool became more sporadic, rumours of his departure from Anfield began to circulate prior to the summer. The Sky Sports commentator explains why Liverpool's 4-3 win was the greatest game he has worked on. [72] Since retiring, he has continued to struggle with depression, and uses his Twitter account to raise awareness of the condition. It was fantastic. [6] Collymore later said "I count helping to keep Southend in the First Division in my season there as one of my finest achievements. [68], Collymore contributed to his biography Stan: Tackling my demons with Oliver Holt. He made his début at Wembley Stadium against Japan, partnering Alan Shearer in a 2–1 win. There is a consensus in some quarters that Stan Collymore is one of English football’s great lost causes; a classic case of a man who had it all chronically underachieving and failing to make the most of his undoubted talents. FOOTBALL pundit Stan Collymore has sparked outrage after controversially posting on Twitter that the UK 'stole' the Falkland Islands. Liverpool worked the ball to Jason McAteer on the right-hand side, and the Irishman's teasing cross was met with impeccable timing by Collymore to level the scores once again. In Episode 2, Stan went to The Royal Hotel in Crosby to chat with Liverpool legend and Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher about his career before and after retirement, … VFB Stuttgart and Celtic both made offers for Collymore, but he would eventually choose to sign with Spanish outfit Real Oviedo after just 8 games and 10 weeks with Bradford. – Player of the Year, Liverpool F.C. He failed to break into the first team and subsequently dropped down to the Second Division (renamed as the First Division in 1992) with Southend United, for whom his goalscoring record helped save from relegation and attract attention from Nottingham Forest, who he joined in the summer of 1993 for £2.25 million. Collymore debuted for the Villans on 9 August 1997 in a 1-0 loss to Leicester City. Evans, of course, was right. [74][failed verification] He supported the Labour Party before leaving them for the Scottish National Party in December 2015 after a notable minority of Labour MPs supported airstrikes in Syria. "We were third and Newcastle were second and we were going to try to keep things tight and try to nick a win," reflected former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore. Following this, he announced he would seek counselling and checked himself into the Priory Group Hospital in Roehampton, where he stayed for several weeks. Scans later revealed he had suffered a broken left leg after an awkward landing, and he missed the rest of the season. Just days after signing for the club, he made front page news during a team break in Spain, when he set off a fire extinguisher during a night of drinking inside La Manga Club, which resulted in £700 of damage to the bar and the entire team being sent home. [30][18], Collymore and Aston Villa mutually agreed to separate after he returned from his loan spell at Fulham, and he spent the rest of 1999 training with the youth team and looking for a new club. On December 28 1974, Sky Sports' 'Voice of Football' made his commentary … With the clock ticking down and both sides still searching for a winning goal, John Barnes and Ian Rush combined for the former to tee up the onrushing Collymore on the left-hand side of the Newcastle box. [36], Having fully recovered, Collymore remained with Leicester through the summer transfer window and was thought to be the club's new first choice striker after Emile Heskey had left for Liverpool in the summer; however, with Martin O'Neill having departed Leicester to manage Celtic, he was dropped by replacement manager Peter Taylor in favour of new signing Ade Akinbiyi and instead often bought on as a midfield substitute. After two unsuccessful years with Villa, he joined Leicester City in 2000 where he saw a brief career resurgence under Martin O'Neill, but struggled under his successor Peter Taylor and was sold to Bradford City in October 2000, but would leave the club after just 10 weeks due to his high wage bill. Collymore was fined £30,000 and ordered to undertake community work by boss Martin O'Neill for the incident; O'Neill also warned Collymore that he would terminate his contract if any more incidents like this would occur. "All I can remember thinking was: 'Hit the target'," said Collymore. [3][4] He started playing soon after as a centre forward for Cannock Peelers and Penkridge Juniors, before starting his professional career as an apprentice with Walsall, and later Wolverhampton Wanderers, before being released and signing for then Conference team, Stafford Rangers. [69], In 2005, he played the character Kevin Franks in the film Basic Instinct 2 alongside Sharon Stone. In the Newcastle dugout, Keegan's despair was famously captured on camera. While a talented and prolific goalscorer, Collymore's career was often marred by controversy, including his public struggles with mental health, outbursts on the pitch and arguments with coaches and teammates.[1][2]. The Sky Sports cameras panned to dejected Newcastle supporters in the away end, but things were about to get a whole lot worse. He later apologised for the incident. By Dion Dassanayake PUBLISHED: 18:00, … [55][56][57][58], Collymore signed an 18 month contract with Primera Liga side Real Oviedo on 31 January 2001. [40][38][41] Two days after the incident with Gascoigne, Collymore submitted a transfer request to Leicester. Born on January 22nd, 1971 in Stone. Despite that ugly evening, I’ve watched Stan Collymore’s career with interest, glad the years helped him bury his demons. Collymore was initially placed in a forward partnership with veteran Ian Rush, though Rush was soon replaced with the younger Robbie Fowler early in the season. Two decades have passed but the memories of Newcastle's trip to Anfield in 1996 still burn brightly. Stanley Victor Collymore (born 22 January 1971) is an English football pundit and former player who played as a striker from 1990 to 2001, most notably for Nottingham Forest and later Liverpool, who he joined from the former for an English transfer record of £8.5 million in 1995. Watch Jamie Carragher and Jamie Redknapp join Ed Chamberlin to dissect Liverpool's 4-3 win over Newcastle on a Monday Night Football special at 6.30pm and 10.30pm on Sky Sports 1 HD. [76] Around the same time, he was in a relationship with television personality Ulrika Jonsson, which ended after he assaulted her in a Paris bar on 9 June 1998. In a rant via … News about Stan Collymore on Sports Mole with the latest player news, biographical information, pictures and more. [37] On 24 September, during a 1-1 draw against Everton, Collymore was alleged to have "stamped on, and later elbowed" Paul Gascoigne. Given his history with Harkness, Collymore was accused of holding a grudge and purposely trying to injure his former teammate; he denied the allegations. Newcastle and Liverpool failed to overhaul United in the final weeks of the season, and Sir Alex Ferguson's men clinched their third Premier League title with a four-point cushion. Stan Collymore is an English former footballer who played as a centre-forward from 1990 to 2001.He held the English transfer record when he moved from Nottingham Forest to Liverpool for £8.5 million in 1995 and was capped three times at senior level by the England national football team.He is currently a football pundit. The home of Stan Collymore on talkSPORT - Bringing you the latest Stan Collymore news, exclusive interviews, Transfer Rumours and features. April 9, 2020 9:30 am . [79], English association footballer (born 1971), Southend United F.C. Hire Stan Collymore — Contact — email booking.agent@nmp.co.uk or call +44 (0)1372 361004. [27] Shortly after this, he began to publicly struggle with his mental health, and was diagnosed with clinical depression, stress and anxiety in January 1999. [71], Collymore has talked openly about his mental health issues. Expectations were high for Liverpool and the Collymore/Fowler partnership the following season after the promise they had showed in the previous campaign. Pep Guardiola was unaware of who Stan Collymore was when asked about him in a news conference. He would score 4 times in 6 appearances in his debut campaign for the Foxes, a season that saw them reach the League Cup Final, where they defeated Tranmere Rovers 2-1, though Collymore, having turned out for Fulham earlier in the season, was cup-tied and unable to feature. Watch the best live coverage of your favourite sports: Football, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA, plus the latest sports news, transfers & scores. Sport Published: Jul 14, 2016. Sport 'I like Stan… but I don’t think I got it right' Collymore in the words of his managers. – 100 players who shook the Kop, Liverpool met league leaders Newcastle in a thrilling 4-3 win, qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, "Stan Collymore tweets about his battle with depression", "Stan Collymore, Former Aston Villa Striker, Documents His Depression Over Twitter", "Stan Collymore: 'The thing white men hate most is outspoken black men, "Stan Collymore: One of English Football's Great Underachievers", "Stan Collymore | Football Stats | No Club | Season 1995/1996 | 1989-2001 | Soccer Base", "Southend United made club record £4.6million when Stan Collymore left to join Nottingham Forest", "Stan COLLYMORE - Biography of Stan's Forest career. Collymore was born in Stone, Staffordshire to a Barbadian father and English mother. Former Liverpool and England striker turned award winning broadcaster. [8][9][5] Collymore's prolific goalscoring form continued with Forest, as he scored 19 goals in 28 games and led the attack as Forest became a fixture in the top of the table and looked to win automatic promotion back to the Premiership. Kevin Keegan's faltering 'Entertainers' were in urgent need of victory having seen a 12-point lead over Manchester United replaced by a three-point deficit, while third-placed Liverpool harboured title ambitions of their own. [43][44] Having fallen out of favour with another manager, and demoted to the reserve squad, where he was involved in a half time altercation with teammate Trevor Benjamin,[45][46] Collymore and Leicester would eventually agree to part ways, and he was allowed to leave on a free transfer in October 2000. During a match against Liverpool on 28 February 1998, Collymore accused former teammate Steve Harkness of racist abuse, an incident that was later picked up by the Professional Footballer's Association (PFA), but went unresolved and was closed after both players met in private and agreed to move on without charges. "[61] He was offered a chance to return to Southend United[62] and was also approached by Boston United and Wolverhampton Wanderers,[63] but never made a return to football, however, he applied but was turned down for the manager's position at Bradford City following the dismissal of Jim Jefferies in December 2001. [18][19] His debut season for Villa coincided with a major dip in form, as well as injury and disciplinary problems, as he managed just 6 goals all season and struggled to break into the starting lineup ahead of longtime main striker Dwight Yorke. He first took an interest in football as a child, and grew up supporting Aston Villa. While playing for Stafford Rangers, Collymore was spotted by a scout from First Division side Crystal Palace and signed with the club on 4 January 1991, when he was 19 years old. Newly promoted Bradford City also tried and failed to sign him, put off by Villa's £3 million asking price. He was subsequently cautioned by manager Jim Jefferies. The encounter featured a plethora of attacking talent and had all the ingredients to be a classic, but it still managed to exceed just about everyone's expectations. "Incredible game," said the Sky Sports pundit. See Stan Collymore's bio, transfer history and stats here. Agent for host & presenter Stan Collymore. This weekend sees a clash at Anfield between two teams who played out arguably the greatest Premier League match of all time 22 years ago This weekend sees a clash at Anfield between two teams who played out arguably the greatest Premier League match of all time 22 years ago [11] Collymore scored 22 goals as Forest remained a consistent challenger for a top 3 finish in 1994/95, and a thirteen game unbeaten run from February–May saw them finish third and earn a place in the next season's UEFA Cup. [18] After returning from his ban, Collymore, and other highly paid players Benito Carbone and Dan Petrescu were transfer-listed in January 2001 by chairman Geoffrey Richmond in a bid to reduce the club's high wage bill. [15][5] Along with a strong league finish, Collymore was part of the Liverpool side that reached the 1996 FA Cup Final, played against Manchester United on 11 May 1996. After an impressive debut season in the Premier League, Collymore was called up to Terry Venables' England squad for the Umbro Cup in June 1995. "Great for the fans but realistically nobody will win the championship defending every week like these teams did tonight.". [68], Collymore made his third and final appearance for England as a substitute in a 4–0 win over Moldova during qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. "That was kamikaze football," he said. [18][31][32][33][34] After returning to England, his second appearance and home debut for the club saw him score a hat-trick in a 5-2 drubbing of Sunderland. Collymore joined First Division strugglers Southend United for £150,000 on 20 November 1992, as the club was stuck firmly in the second tier relegation battle with the likes of Birmingham, Oxford and Peterborough. "We were an entertaining team," he said, "but we then realised we could lose games." Collymore uploaded a video via Periscope to Twitter, which showed him following England fans through the streets of Lille as they chanted anti-Russian songs. He won his second cap as a 90th minute substitute against Brazil. [23][24][25][26], Collymore made front page news in February 2000 while playing for Leicester City, when, during a team break in Spain, he set off a fire extinguisher during a night of drinking inside La Manga Club which resulted in the entire team being sent home and banned from the resort. [5] On 3 April 1996, with the title still very much up for grabs, Liverpool met league leaders Newcastle in a thrilling 4-3 win at Anfield, with Collymore scoring the winner in the second minute of stoppage time to severely weaken Newcastle's grip on first place and eventually play a part in them falling to second as Manchester United would take the trophy on the final day. Former England, Aston Villa and Liverpool striker Stan Collymore walked Reem Shahwa through memory lane on his playing career Within 12 minutes, Newcastle had turned the game on its head. This was realised on 30 April 1994, when a last minute winner from Collymore saw Forest beat Peterborough United 3-2, securing a second place finish and automatic promotion to English football's top flight. Though he started the game, Collymore failed to get on the scoresheet and was subbed off in the 74th minute for Ian Rush, in what went on to be Rush's final appearance for the club. "Game plans went out the window pretty early on, though.". It would be the closest that Collymore would come to winning a major trophy in his playing career. Eighteen years later Stan Collymore and I were in a lift going up to the commentary positions for a World Cup game in Brazil in 2014. Stan Collymore: Why I left talkSPORT . Ginola described the defeat as "the turning point" for Newcastle in a campaign that had promised so much. [35] Collymore was stretchered off the pitch during a game against Derby County on 2 April after just 17 minutes, having audibly screamed and collapsed in the middle of the pitch. Soccer star Stan Collymore has made an astonishing admission that he has been having sex with strangers in public places for the past two years Stan Collymore called maligned Aston Villa players Joleon Lescott and Micah Richards out in a rant on talkSPORT back in 2016 The Sky Sports commentator explains why Liverpool's 4-3 win was the greatest game he has worked on. The Newcastle manager rejected criticism of their gung-ho playing style after the game, but Liverpool boss Roy Evans was rather more pragmatic. Collymore enjoyed two prolific seasons at Forest, earning promotion to the Premier League in his first season and scoring 22 goals as Forest finished in third place during the 1994-1995 season. STAN Collymore has been branded a “vile hypocrite” by ex Ulrika Jonsson for his campaign against Twitter trolls. Stan Collymore has explained that his talkSPORT contract was withdrawn because of legitimate criticism of its new owner, News Corp. On 4 October, he was sent off after getting into a fistfight with Bolton Wanderers' Andy Todd and subsequently handed a three match ban by the F.A. Stan Collymore: One of English Football’s Great Underachievers. He made his first team debut for Palace on 23 April, coming on as a 76th minute substitute in a match against Liverpool. Collymore watched from the sidelines as Eric Cantona fired home the winning goal with five minutes left on the clock, consigning Liverpool to another year with no major silverware. The lift doors opened and there staring us in … [5] Collymore would score 15 goals in 30 league appearances that season, with his goalscoring record and form helping Southend to claw their way out of the bottom three and finish the season in 15th, after being tipped by many to be relegated at the start of the season. Stan Collymore. The up front pairing of Collymore and Fowler proved to be successful, as they scored a combined 55 goals in 1995/96 and established Evans' Liverpool side as serious contenders for that year's Premiership trophy. MUST LISTEN: Stan Collymore's first-hand account of fan violence in Lille Football Euro 2016: Watch Stan Collymore’s incredible Periscope of violence in Marseille [47] He made his Bradford debut in a West Yorkshire derby against Leeds United at Valley Parade on 29 October, scoring a memorable overhead kick in a 1-1 draw, however, his controversial celebration in front of the away crowd caused uproar and led to two Leeds fans being restrained by stewards. [10], He made his first appearance for Forest in the Premiership on 22 August 1994, scoring a 26th minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw against Manchester United at City Ground. "Newcastle took the lead, we came back, Newcastle took the lead, we came back… It had everything, and in that last minute, I think it was Barnes to Rush, to Barnes, to Rush, to Collymore.". [54] On 28 November, he attended a disciplinary hearing for the incident with Paul Gascoigne while he was still at Leicester, and upon video review of the incident, he was handed a three match ban, which meant he would miss key games against Liverpool, Sunderland and Chelsea. Profile page for football player Stan Collymore (Striker). While he failed to make a major impact and was not signed, he did score the winner in a 2-1 League Cup win over West Bromwich Albion on 12 October 1999. He scored once more for the Foxes, in a 2-0 win against Chelsea F.C. [59] He was again brought on during the second half of his home debut a week later in a loss against Villarreal, but was dropped by coach Radomir Antić after the game and told to improve his fitness. The judge ruled that Collymore had been given advice that was in breach of statutory obligations. [28][29], After a summer move to Greek side Panathinaikos failed to materialise, Collymore was sent out on a three month loan to Fulham at the start of the 1999-00 season, with an option for the club to sign him for £1 million at the end. [5][17] He eventually fell out of favour with Evans, and was gradually replaced with the up-and-coming Michael Owen towards the end of the season. 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