Jimmy Carter 1986

James "Jimmy" William Charles Carter was born 9th November 1965, in Hammersmith, London. He left school in 1981 to join Crystal Palace as an apprentice footballer, two years later he signed professional forms.
In 1985, Jimmy joined QPR where he spent around 18 months learning his trade in the reserve team. In 1986, Jimmy was a member of the QPR team that played under the name of the Rowdies in the Coca-Cola Classic International Soccer Series.
Millwall Football Club bought Jimmy in 1987, where he finally made his football league debut in a 0-0 draw with Oldham at the Den. He quickly eastablished himself in the Millwall First Team and was an integral part of the team which gained Millwall promotion to the top flight, the first time ever in Millwall’s 100 year history.
Jimmy’s reputation was growing and in 1991, Kenny Dalglish signed him for Liverpool Football Club. Unfortunately Dalglish resigned shortly after and within a year Jimmy found himself returning to London where he signed for Arsenal, a club he supported as a young boy, having grown up very close to Highbury, the home of Arsenal.
He spent 3 and a half years at Highbury and was part of the Squad who won the the FA Cup and the Carling Cup in 1993 and in 1994 went on to win the European Cup Winner’s Cup.
In 1995 he then signed for Portsmouth Football Club where he had 3 happy years. In 1999, Jimmy signed for Millwall, a club where he spent 4 good years with a great deal of success, a club where the fans had always held him in very high esteem. He eventually was forced to retire from football through injury later that year.
Today, Jimmy lives in Fife, Scotland. In 2002, he bought Easterheughs Castle, a magnificent baronial style 20th Century tower house. He set about restoring the property to an extremely high standard, a restoration project which has culminated in the finishing touches being added and it is now available for luxury short term holiday lets.
Many thanks to David Hoebarth.