Paul Linwood

Football player infobox
playername = Paul Linwood


fullname = Paul Anthony Linwood
nickname =
height = height|ft=6|in=2
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|10|24
cityofbirth = Birkenhead
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Chester City
clubnumber = 5
position = Defender
youthyears = 2000-2002
youthclubs = Tranmere Rovers
years = 2002-2006
2005
2006-
clubs = Tranmere Rovers
→ Wrexham (loan)
Chester City
caps(goals) = 44 0 0 (0)
9 0 0 0(0)
82 0 0 (3)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 1 September 2008

Paul Linwood (born October 24, 1983 in Birkenhead, England) is a professional football (soccer) Defender currently playing in Football League Two for Chester City. He was educated in Wirral at Hilbre High School.

Linwood was with hometown club Tranmere Rovers from 2002 to 2006, having been a trainee previously. He made his first-team debut in a LDV Vans Trophy tie at Blackpool in October 2003, with his Football League debut following a few days later in a 2-1 win over Oldham Athletic.

Linwood spent the start of the 2005-2006 season on loan to Wrexham , before enjoying a short spell back in the Tranmere first-team. But in the summer of 2006 he opted to join neighbours Chester City, with a £15,000 transfer fee set at tribunal. He made his Chester debut as the Blues beat Accrington Stanley on August 5 2006, the club he would score his first league goal for Chester against later in the season. He also found the net in a Johnstone's Paint Trophy tie at Chesterfield during the campaign.

He has become an established figure at the Deva Stadium was voted the club's player of the season for 2007–08. He was named the official captain after a contract dispute involving fellow defender Paul Butler.

External links

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* [http://www.chestercityfc.net/Player?playerId=460330 Chester City Official Profile]