Walker who left Walsall for West Ham in the Summer of 2004 after 10 years service at Bescot, instantly became a big favourite with his new club, after saving former 'Hammer' 'Fat Frank' Lampards penalty in a League Cup Clash at Stamford Bridge in his third game for the club.
After beating off competition from Stephen Bywater and Shakka Hislop, he established himself as no.1. It was in the Championship Play-off final which should have been his career highlight to date, where serious knee injury struck. However he still managed to get onto the pitch to celebrate promotion to the Premiership on the Millenium Stadium pitch after being helped by team-mates.
In March 06 his return from injury was complete when he took his place in goal against Portsmouth in a Premiership fixture. They lost the game 4-2.
In his next Premier League fixture 'Super Jim' kept a clean sheet at home to Man City and his final game in the Premier League was against Liverpool, a 2-1 defeat.
Walker won a FA Cup Runner's up medal with West Ham, being an unused substitute, in a game regarded as one of, if not the greatest FA Cup final of all time. However he found it hard to get first team football after West Ham signing a string of keepers in his injury abscene including internationals Roy Carroll and Rob Green. Despite his lack of first team games Walker always remained a fans favourite. Highlighted in this you tube clip from West Ham's Uefa Cup trip to Palermo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWfpGrKN_Ag
Last season Walker spent 3 months on loan at Colchester United in League One, which enabled his return to Walsall in a competitive fixture. The place where he won 3 promotions, 2 player of the year awards and made 476 appearances.
Jimmy Walker (Floating) Information | |||
Date of birth | Monday, 9th July 1973 | Height | 5.10 |
Place of birth | Sutton In Ashfield, England | Weight | 13.3 |
Nationality | England | Position | Goal |
Comments | Squad No. | ||
Recent Career History By Club (1999 onwards) | ||||||
Team | Debut | Apps (+ sub) | Goals | Yellows | Reds | |
| 29 Nov 2008 | 16 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 Aug 2004 | 20 (0) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 230 (2) | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
Recent Career History By Season (1999 onwards) | ||||||
Season | First App. | Apps (+ sub) | Goals | Yellows | Reds | |
| 29 Nov 2008 | 16 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 Mar 2006 | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 Aug 2004 | 17 (0) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 09 Aug 2003 | 46 (0) | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 Aug 2002 | 48 (0) | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 11 Aug 2001 | 45 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 12 Aug 2000 | 52 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 Sep 1999 | 39 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Appearances 266 (+ 2 as sub); Goals 0; Yellow cards 7; Red cards 3 | ||||||