- Paul Manns
Football player infobox
playername = Paul Manns
fullname = Paul Henry Manns
height = height|ft=5|in=6
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1961|4|15
cityofbirth =Great Haywood ,Staffordshire
countryofbirth =England
currentclub = Retired
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position = Midfielder
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years = c.1978–1979
1979–1983
1983–1984
1984–??
clubs = Cardiff City
Notts County
Chester City
Brereton Social
caps(goals) = 0 0 0 0(0)
7 0 0 0(1)
28000 (3)
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ntupdate =Paul Manns (born
15 April 1961 ,Great Haywood ,Staffordshire ) was an English professional footballer who played inThe Football League for Notts County and Chester City.Playing career
Manns began his career with Cardiff City, but left for Notts County in August 1979 without making a league appearance. He spent three and a half years with County, making seven league appearances (four of them coming in the club’s promotion season from Division Two in 1980–81).
In March 1983, Manns joined Division Four side Chester City on non-contract terms [cite book | author=Chas Sumner | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997 | year=1997| pages= p.98 |id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6] . Manns made his Chester debut in a 3–2 win at Swindon Town on
12 March 1983 and played in the club’s final 12 games of the season, scoring three times [cite book | author=Chas Sumner | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997 | year=1997| pages= stats section |id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6] . He impressed sufficiently to win a full contract for the following season [cite book | author=Chas Sumner | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997 | year=1997| pages= p.98 |id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6] , playing regularly in the first half of the campaign. However, he did not play again after being substituted against Bury on3 December 1983 [cite book | author=Chas Sumner | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997 | year=1997| pages= stats section |id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6] and he moved into non-league football with Brereton Social [cite book | author=Chas Sumner | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997 | year=1997| pages= p.140 |id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6] .Manns’ current whereabouts are not known in football circles [Cite news
title= Caught in time
url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article3216359.ece
publisher= TimesOnline | date=2008-01-20 | accessdate= 2008-01-24] .External links
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article3216359.ece Article on Notts County promotion squad from 1981] .
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