Eric Hulme

Eric Hulme
Personal information
Full name Eric Martin Hulme[1]
Date of birth (1949-01-14) 14 January 1949 (age 75)[1]
Place of birth Houghton-le-Spring,[1] County Durham, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1970 Spennymoor United
1970–1972 Nottingham Forest 5 (0)
1972 → Lincoln City (loan)
1972–1974 Lincoln City[a] 23 (0)
1974 → Gainsborough Trinity (loan)
1974–19?? Worksop Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric Martin Hulme (born 14 January 1949) is an English former footballer who made 28 appearances in the Football League playing for Nottingham Forest and Lincoln City as a goalkeeper.[2]

Hulme joined Nottingham Forest from non-league club Spennymoor United in March 1970.[1] He made his Forest debut 18 months later, after an injury to regular goalkeeper Jim Barron in a League Cup tie against Chelsea, making several good saves before Chelsea finally scored after 63 minutes. The Daily Express's Steve Curry wrote that "Hulme tried, often with brilliance, sometimes with luck, to preserve Forest's lead. He made saves from Peter Osgood and Tommy Baldwin of a quality one hardly expects from a reserve."[3][4] He played five times more for the first team before joining Lincoln City of the Fourth Division, initially on loan, in late 1972.[1] He stayed at Lincoln for two seasons, including a loan spell in non-league football with Gainsborough Trinity, and then joined Worksop Town.[1]

He later became a cook.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Eric Hulme". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Nottingham Forest: 1946/47–2011/12". and "Nottingham Forest: 1946/47–2011/12". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  3. ^ Miller, Harry (11 October 1971). "Forest flop to Chelsea fight-back". Daily Mirror. p. 31.
  4. ^ Curry, Steve (11 October 1971). "Osgood pounces". Daily Express. p. 18.
  5. ^ "Where Are They Now – From A to I". Nottingham Forest F.C. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.


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