- Martin Paul
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Martin Paul Personal information Date of birth 2 February 1975 Place of birth Whalley, Lancashire, England Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Playing position Forward Youth career – Bristol Rovers Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1993–1996 Bristol Rovers 22 (1) 1996 Doncaster Rovers 0 (0) 1996–2001 Bath City 164 (84) 2001–2002 Newport County 2002–2005 Chippenham Town 2005 Bath City 27 (4) 2005–2006 Mangotsfield United 2006 Chippenham Town 2007–2008 Bath City 13 (4) 2008– Chippenham Town * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Martin Paul (born 2 February 1975 in Whalley, Lancashire) is an English former professional footballer.
Paul began his career as a trainee with Bristol Rovers. He played 29 first-team games before being released in 1996. He joined Doncaster Rovers, but in November 1996 joined Bath City.[1] After initially struggling to establish himself, Paul became a regular goalscorer for Bath, including scoring 30 goals in the 1998-99 season to be the top scorer in the Southern League.[1]
He was sold to Newport County in May 2001 for £3,000,[1] from where he moved to Chippenham Town, again for a four-figure fee, in July 2002.[2] He returned to Bath City in February 2005.[3] However, his second spell with Bath was not as successful as his first and he left to join Mangotsfield United in December 2005.[4]
He was linked with a move to Paulton Rovers in September 2006,[5] and later played for Chippenham before retiring during the 2006-07 season. He did however come out of retirement to play for Bath City in their Errea cup tie against Tiverton Town in January 2007,[6] and began playing in their league side again while on non-contract terms.
In February 2008 he signed again for Chippenham Town.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Past Players: P". I Love Bath City. http://www.ilovebathcity.com/pastplayers_p.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ^ "Player Profile: Martin Paul". NonLeagueDaily. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/teams/players.php?pid=2226. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ "Paul makes surprise return to City". NonLeagueDaily. 2005-02-15. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=24454. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ "Striker completes Mangotsfield switch". NonLeagueDaily. 2005-12-13. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=31649. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ "Rovers want Paul". NonLeagueDaily. 2006-09-26. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=37524. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ "City retire gracefully from Errea Cup to concentrate on real goal". I Love Bath City. 2007-01-24. http://www.ilovebathcity.com/news_jan07.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ^ "Paul joins Bluebirds for the third time". Wiltshire Times. 2008-02-15. http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/2048443.paul_joins_bluebirds_for_the_third_time/. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
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Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Bristol Rovers F.C. players
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- Bath City F.C. players
- Newport County A.F.C. players
- Chippenham Town F.C. players
- Mangotsfield United F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Conference National players
- Southern Football League players
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