Christopher Scott Plummer (born 12 October 1976) is an English

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manager and former professional player. He is currently assistant manager of

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...

Playing career

Plummer played for

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...

(QPR),

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been c ...

Barnet Barnet may refer to: People *Barnet (surname) * Barnet (given name) Places United Kingdom *Chipping Barnet or High Barnet, commonly known as Barnet, one of three focal towns of the borough below. *East Barnet, a district of the borough below; an ...

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

and

Rushden & Diamonds Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Nicknamed "The Diamonds", the club played at Nene Park. The club's main rivals were county neighbours Kettering Town. The cl ...

. Plummer made his QPR début in May 1996 versus Nottingham Forest and played 62 league games and scored two goals before leaving Loftus Road for Barnet in 2003. In December 2006, he retired aged 30 to work in

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subsequently working fo
Tortoise Property
in Hampton, Peterborough. He played semi-professional football for

Peterborough Northern Star Peterborough Northern Star F.C. was a football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. They last played in the in 2021. History Originally, Northern Star, was called Northam Star. Supposedly, Peterborough Northern Star had its ...

in the United Counties League, until May 2009, when he was announced as the new manager of Northern Star, following Tommy Cooper's move from the dug-out to the board room as he became the club's new Director of Football. He left the club in May 2012.

Coaching career

On 12 September 2012, he was named manager of

Corby Town Corby Town Football Club is a football club based in Corby, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Steel Park. History The club was established in 1948, taking over from Stewarts & Lloyds as the main team i ...

. However, following two poor displays at the start of the 2013–14 season Plummer tendered his resignation at Corby Town. In January 2023, Plummer followed manager Jimmy Dean to

as his assistant manager having held the same role at Peterborough Sports, whom Plummer had previously managed.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Plummer, Chris 1976 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players Peterborough Northern Star F.C. players Corby Town F.C. managers Peterborough Sports F.C. managers Premier League players English Football League players National League (English football) players Footballers from Isleworth English football managers Scunthorpe United F.C. non-playing staff