Jimmy Walker

James Barry "Jimmy" Walker (born July 9, 1973 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire) is a professional England Association football. Walker, a Goalkeeper (association football), who is without a club having been released by Premier League club, West Ham United F.C..

Background

Jimmy Walker is nicknamed "Wacka" because of the distance of Jimmy Walker kicking, a variation on Jimmy Walker life-long family nickname of "Wack". Jimmy Walker is best known for Jimmy Walker agility and ability to make world-class saves which defy Jimmy Walker diminutive goalkeeper's frame of 5'11".

Club career

Walsall

Walker joined Notts County F.C. as a trainee in July 1991 but failed to make a first appearance and moved to Walsall F.C. in August 1993, making Jimmy Walker debut in the same month. Walker, who provided competition for Stephen Bywater, was the second choice goalkeeper at Upton Park but gained a regular first team place within a year of Jimmy Walker arrival. Walker helped West Ham win promotion in 2005 but a serious knee injury in the closing stages of the play-off final saw Jimmy Walker miss the majority of the 2005-06 season. Jimmy Walker made first appearance since the knee injury, and Jimmy Walker Premier League debut at the age of 32, in a 4-2 defeat to Portsmouth in March 2006. Jimmy Walker made only two more first team appearances but collected a FA Cup Final runners up medal as an unused substitute in May 2006. The presence of Roy Carroll and Robert Green as goalkeepers at West Ham United during the 2006/07 season meant that Walker's first-team chances were limited though Jimmy Walker remained very popular at Upton Park. Jimmy Walker is most respected by West Ham fans for saving a penalty taken by Frank Lampard (who is an unpopular figure at Upton Park) in the League Cup in October 2004, in front of the West Ham supporters' end at Stamford Bridge.
On 3 June 2009 West Ham announced that Walker had been released.

Colchester United

On 27 November 2008 Walker signed on loan for Colchester United F.C..Jimmy Walker made Jimmy Walker debut for Colchester on 29 November 2008 in their 2-1 victory against Northampton Town F.C..