| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1974-02-16)16 February 1974 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Stockton-on-Tees, England | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1996 | Middlesbrough | 155 | (18) |
| 1996 | 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1993 | England U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | England U21 | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2005 | Spennymoor United | ||
| 2005–2007 | Spennymoor Town | ||
| 2018–2019 | Billingham Synthonia | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jamie Pollock (born 16 February 1974) is an English formerfootball club chairman,manager and professional player. As a player he was amidfielder from 1990 to 2002. He playedPremier League football forMiddlesbrough,Bolton Wanderers andManchester City. He also more than 300 appearances inthe Football League also appearing forCrystal Palace andBirmingham City as well as a short spell inLa Liga withCA Osasuna. From 2003 to 2007 he managed bothSpennymoor United andSpennymoor Town.
His career began atMiddlesbrough where he played as a defensive midfielder. He left Middlesbrough in 1996 joining Spanish sideCA Osasuna. After failing to make an impression in Spain he returned to England, signing forBolton Wanderers. He later played forManchester City, a team which then fell into what was then Division Two. Pollock scored an own goal in the penultimate game of the season, againstQueens 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."[1] Speaking toThe Athletic in 2021, Pollock said "When something of that nature happens, quite often people rally around and support you. The Manchester City fans were brilliant. They have a good sense of humour. I was expecting a lot of abuse but it never came." He added that people regularly still spoke to him about his infamous own goal with Pollock also saying "It's always a good icebreaker. When I'm coaching young kids, someone will come up to me, or I'll tell them to watch it. It's funny to laugh at now. There was a time when I couldn't watch it. But it's done and dusted now."[2]
He was transferred toCrystal Palace and later spent a spell on loan toBirmingham 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 withGrimsby Town but opted instead to playnon-League football and become a director in his family's glass-making business.
Pollock was the manager of non-League clubSpennymoor Town until 2007,[3] after his previous clubSpennymoor United folded in 2005. His Spennymoor side won theNorthern League Division 2 title in 2007. He also coaches a Polton Allstars team that plays in the Teesside Junior Alliance – North Riding League.
Pollock took over asBillingham Synthonia manager at the start of the 2018–19 season.[4] Synthonia finished 10th at the end of season. He stepped down as manager in August 2019 to focus more on his chairman role.[5] In 2019 he set up Billingham Synthonia Football Academy.[6] He stepped down as chairman of the club in July 2021.[7]
His sonsBen andMattie also became professional footballers.[8]
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Bolton Wanderers
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