Michael Ingham
Michael Gerard Ingham (born 9 July 1980) is a former professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Tadcaster Albion . He has played in the Football League for Carlisle United , Darlington , York City , Wrexham , Doncaster Rovers and Sunderland and at senior international level for the Northern Ireland national team . He is assistant coach at Scarborough Athletic . Ingham started his career with Northern Irish club Cliftonville before moving to England with Sunderland in the Premier League in 1999. He was loaned out by the club on eight occasions before eventually joining former loan club Wrexham on a permanent deal in 2005. After leaving the club in 2007 he joined Hereford United , where he made one appearance, and a year later dropped into non-League football with York City. He played for them in the 2009 FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium and after gaining the captaincy in 2010 he returned to Wembley Stadium to play in the 2010 Conference Premier play-off final . Ingham was victorious with York in the 2012 FA Trophy Final and the 2012 Conference Premier play-off final at Wembley Stadium, the latter meaning the club was promoted to League Two . Born in England, Ingham has represented Northern Ireland at international level. He was capped once by the under-18 team before winning four caps for the under-21s in 2001. He earned three caps for Northern Ireland, gaining his first against Germany in 2005. He was last capped against Wales in 2007. — Wikipedia
- Position
- GK
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birthplace
- Preston
- Born
- 9 Jul 1980
- Height
- 193 cm
Having been watched by a number of clubs, Ingham joined newly promoted Premier League club Sunderland on 28 July 1999 for a £30,000 fee following a trial in February. [ 12 ] [ 11 ] He was loaned out to Third Division club Carlisle United on 1 October 1999, [ 12 ] making his Football League debut the following day in a 1–1 home draw against Southend United . [ 13 ] He finished the successful spell with seven appearances for Carlisle. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] He returned to Northern Ireland by rejoining former club Cliftonville on loan for the first three months of 2000–01 on 11 August 2000 to gain more first-team experience, saying "That's why I jumped at the chance of three months back in my old jersey. There was an option to join Lincoln City instead but they were only offering reserve games." [ 15 ] [ 16 ] He finished this spell with 22 appearances, [ 9 ] before being recalled by Sunderland in early January 2001. [ 17 ] He made his Sunderland debut by starting in a 4–2 defeat away to Sheffield Wednesday in the League Cup on 12 September 2001, [ 18 ] which proved to be his only appearance of 2001–02 . [ 19 ] This appearance resulted in former club Cliftonville receiving a payment from Sunderland, which was agreed when he was transferred to Sunderland. [ 20 ] He joined Stoke City of the Second Division on a one-month loan on 18 December 2001, where he failed to make any appearances after joining as cover for Neil Cutler following an injury to Gavin Ward . [ 19 ] [ 21 ] Ingham was forced further down the Sunderland pecking order after the signing of Thomas Myhre in July 2002 and he joined Second Division club Stockport County on a one-month loan on 23 August. [ 12 ] [ 22 ] He made his only appearance in a 3–1 victory away to Lincoln in the League Cup on 10 September 2002 and the loan was extended for a second month, [ 23 ] [ 24 ] before being recalled by Sunderland in October due to an injury crisis. [ 25 ] Despite this, he was forced further down Sunderland's pecking order aft — Wikipedia
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