Martin Paul

Martin Paul
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-02-02) 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.


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

  1. 1 2 3 "Past Players: P". I Love Bath City. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  2. "Player Profile: Martin Paul". NonLeagueDaily. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  3. "Paul makes surprise return to City". NonLeagueDaily. 2005-02-15. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  4. "Striker completes Mangotsfield switch". NonLeagueDaily. 2005-12-13. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  5. "Rovers want Paul". NonLeagueDaily. 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  6. "City retire gracefully from Errea Cup to concentrate on real goal". I Love Bath City. 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  7. "Paul joins Bluebirds for the third time". Wiltshire Times. 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
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