[2] Having never made a competitive first team appearance at Parkhead, he was sold to Charlton Athletic in August 1990 for a fee of £120,000.
[3] In three seasons there, Balmer made over 100 appearances before going on to play for several lower league English sides.
[6] In July 2004, Balmer returned to Scotland as player/assistant-manager to Billy Reid at Clyde[7] and then followed him when he moved to Hamilton Academical a year later.
[9] In January 2011, Balmer joined the coaching staff at Ross County as assistant to manager Willie McStay.
[15] After Bollan was sacked by Forfar in September 2017, Balmer took charge of the side on an interim basis.