Jermaine Ashley Clifton Palmer (born 28 August 1986) is an English former professional

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who played as a striker. He played professionally for

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and

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ic side Vikingur, with loan stints at

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and

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. Between 2006 and 2018, Palmer was a non-league journeyman who played for Grantham Town, Hinckley United,

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, Holbeach United,

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, Weymouth, Boston Town, Ilkeston Town, Long Eaton United, Holbrook Sports and Kimberley Miners Welfare.

Career

Palmer was born in

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and progressed through the academy at

, signing a professional contract in the summer of 2003. He made three substitute appearances for Stoke in 2003–04 and was loaned out to

ic club

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where he scored three goals in eight matches in the summer of 2004. On his return to England, Palmer found himself loaned out again, this time spending time with Hinckley United. He made one appearance for Stoke in 2004–05 coming on as a sub in a 1–0 defeat at home to

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. He then joined

on trial and Mariners manager

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took a closer look at him as he participated in the club's reserve cup quarter final tie with

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. Palmer returned to Stoke, but was the first new signing at

for the new 2005–06 season. Despite being the first signing of the season, and initially presented as a first team player, Palmer found his path to winning a place in the team permanently blocked, and he found himself playing second fiddle to the likes of fellow forwards

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, Gary Jones and

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. Grimsby even opted to loan in another striker,

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from

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as attacking cover. With this in mind, almost straight into the new season Palmer was placed up for loan, and subsequently joined

for an initial one-month period to gain experience and maintain fitness. Following the conclusion of his month with The Seadogs, Palmer returned to Grimsby only to be loaned straight back out to

and then later in the season he spent a month with

His only senior appearance for Grimsby came in the

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clash with

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in which Palmer replaced Simon Francis in the 87th minute of play. The game went on to extra time, with Morecambe winning on a penalty shootout. This would be the only time Jermaine would appear on the Grimsby team sheet and after seeing the rest of the season out in the reserves he was released from his contract at the end of the 2005–06 season. Since leaving the club, Palmer went on to move into the English non-league game, featuring for

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, Grantham Town, Hinckley United and

initially before joining

in December 2008. In March 2009 he moved to cash strapped Weymouth, where he played out the remaining Conference season with the club. In April 2009 due to the club being relegated to the

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he left the club. He eventually signed for Boston Town at the start of the 2009–10 season.

Personal life

Since leaving professional football in 2006, Palmer has held down many jobs, most notably a

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for

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, a delivery driver, youth worker and for companies

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and Bombardier. He also spent a spell as a youth team coach at

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Career statistics

Source: :A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Jermaine 1986 births Living people Footballers from Derby English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Stoke City F.C. players Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur players Halesowen Town F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players York City F.C. players Alfreton Town F.C. players Grantham Town F.C. players Hinckley United F.C. players Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players Worksop Town F.C. players Corby Town F.C. players Holbeach United F.C. players Quorn F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Boston Town F.C. players Long Eaton United F.C. players English Football League players English expatriates in Iceland National League (English football) players Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Kimberley Miners Welfare F.C. players Derby County F.C. non-playing staff 21st-century English sportsmen