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Nicholas Charles Holmes (born 11 November 1954) is an English former professional footballer. He won the FA Cup Final with Southampton in 1976 and, from July 2002 to July 2009, was manager of Salisbury City.

Nick Holmes
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Charles Holmes[1]
Date of birth (1954-11-11) 11 November 1954 (age 67)[1]
Place of birth Southampton,[1] England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Full-back / Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1987 Southampton 444 (56)
1987–1988 East Cowes Victoria
Teams managed
2002–2009 Salisbury City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career


Holmes was born in Southampton and educated at St. Mary's College.[citation needed]


Southampton


Holmes was an apprentice with Southampton in the early 1970s. He made his first team debut on 2 March 1974 away to Arsenal. A natural left-sided player, he was equally at home at full-back, midfield, centre-back or sweeper. Holmes spent 14 years at The Dell. Naturally left-sided, he could play at left-back or midfield and was a thoughtful, yet thrusting, player who was as reliable as he was skilful.[citation needed]

He played at left-midfield in the 1976 F.A. Cup Final against Manchester United which Saints won 1–0, and also played and scored in the 1979 League Cup final against Nottingham Forest, which was lost 2–3. Between these two Wembley appearances, he was an integral member of the Southampton team that gained promotion from Division 2 at the end of the 1977–78 season.

He became club captain in March 1980, and on his 400th appearance for the club, Lawrie McMenemy praised his "reliability, dependability and flexibility", adding that he was "a man for all seasons".

On 16 August 1986, Saints recognised his loyalty by awarding him a testimonial match against John Mortimore's Benfica, which was won 4–1, with Holmes scoring one of the goals.

International honours eluded Holmes, although he was picked for England under-23 only for injury to prevent him playing.

His last appearance for Southampton was on 14 Feb 1987 at Tottenham Hotspur. A pelvic injury forced him to retire from the game in May 1987, by which time only Terry Paine and Mick Channon had made more appearances for the Saints. In total, he played 543 times for Southampton, scoring 64 goals.


After Southampton


After leaving Saints he spent the 1987–88 season with East Cowes Vics, before spending a season as coach back at Southampton working with manager Chris Nicholl. He left football in 1989.[citation needed]


Salisbury City


In July 2002, he was tempted back into football when he was offered the manager's job at Salisbury City. Under Holmes' management, Salisbury gained promotion to the Conference South in the 2005–06 season by finishing top of the Southern League Premier Division, followed by winning the play-off final in the 2006–07 season to participate in the Conference Premier in 2007–08.

In January 2008, following the departure of George Burley, Holmes was linked with a return to Southampton as manager. Although he was not offered the job, Holmes stated that Southampton was "the only club I'd leave Salisbury for".[3] He became Salisbury's general manager in July 2009, with Tommy Widdrington taking control of the first team.[4] Holmes left Salisbury on 14 July 2010 by mutual consent.[citation needed]


Honours



As a player


Southampton


As a manager


Salisbury City


References


  1. "Nick Holmes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. "Holmes flattered by Saints link". BBC Sport. 25 January 2008.
  4. "Widdrington named Salisbury boss". BBC Sport. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

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- [en] Nick Holmes (footballer)

[es] Nick Holmes

Nick Holmes (nacido el 11 de noviembre de 1954, en Southampton) es un futbolista profesional, que ganó el FA Cup Final con el Southampton en 1976 y se desempeña como mánager del Salisbury City.

[it] Nicholas Holmes

Nick Holmes (Southampton, 11 novembre 1954) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore inglese, di ruolo difensore o centrocampista.



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