Paul Stewart (footballer born 1964)
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Paul Andrew Stewart | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder, Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1981–1987 | Blackpool | 201 | (56) |
| 1987–1988 | Manchester City | 51 | (26) |
| 1988–1992 | Tottenham Hotspur | 131 | (28) |
| 1992–1996 | Liverpool | 32 | (1) |
| 1994 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 18 | (3) |
| 1994 | → Wolves (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 1995 | → Burnley (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Sunderland (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Sunderland | 34 | (5) |
| 1997–1998 | Stoke City | 21 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | Workington | 55 | (15) |
| Total | 559 | (139) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988 | England U21 | 1 | (1) |
| 1989–1992 | England B | 5 | (1) |
| 1991–1992 | England | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Paul Andrew Stewart (born 7 October 1964 in Manchester) is an English former professional footballer who played for the full England side.
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[edit] Club career
Stewart started his career as an apprentice with Blackpool, turning professional in October 1981. He made his debut for the Seasiders as a substitute for Dave Bamber in a home draw with Rochdale on 10 February 1982. For the remainder of the season, he alternated between midfield and forward. It wasn't until Sam Ellis became manager that Stewart found his true role, at centre-forward. In his final season (1985–86) with the Tangerines, he notched-up 21 goals and helped Mark Taylor net fourteen.[1]
After over 200 first team appearances, he joined Manchester City in March 1987 for a fee of £200,000, then a welcomed record for hard-up Blackpool. On 7 November 1987 he was one of three players, the others being David White and Tony Adcock to score a hat-trick in a 10-1 victory over Huddersfield Town.
In total that season, he scored 24 goals, convincing Terry Venables to sign him in June 1988 for Tottenham Hotspur for £1.7m (a portion of which went to his first club, Blackpool). At the time it was one of the highest fees paid by an English club, and the highest for a Second Division player.
Stewart made his debut for Spurs on 1 October 1988, as a substitute in a 2-2 draw at home to Manchester United. Bought as a striker and scoring 12 goals in his first league season at White Hart Lane, when his goals dried up, he was successfully converted to a midfield role. He was part of a fine Tottenham midfield which also included Nayim, Paul Gascoigne and Paul Allen, backing up the strikerforce of Gary Lineker and Paul Walsh.
On 5 January 1991, Stewart returned to Bloomfield Road when Tottenham beat Blackpool 1-0 in the Third Round of the FA Cup. It was the only time Stewart faced his first club.[2] He would go on to score Spurs' first goal in the 1991 FA Cup Final win against Nottingham Forest.
After speculation that he would sign for Manchester United or return to Manchester City,[3] Stewart was transferred to Liverpool during in July 1992 for £2.3million, but injuries and lack of form plagued his time at Anfield. He became their second striker to Ian Rush after Dean Saunders was sold to Aston Villa in September, but managed just one league goal (against Sheffield United on his Anfield debut)[4] from 24 games as Liverpool spent most of the season struggling in the new Premier League before finishing sixth.
On a rare positive note at Anfield, he scored twice for the Reds in their European Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg victory over Apollon Limassol on 16 September 1992.[5]
He played just eight league games in 1993-94 as new arrival Nigel Clough and then rising star Robbie Fowler took his place alongside Rush, and went out on loan to Crystal Palace, helping them return to the Premier League at the first attempt as Division One champions. He never played for Liverpool after the 1993-94 season, although he remained contracted to the club (and assigned the number 8 squad number for another season) until March 1996. Stewart scored just three goals during his spell at Liverpool.
He had loan spells at Crystal Palace (January 1994), Wolverhampton Wanderers (September 1994), Burnley (February 1995) and Sunderland (August–November 1995), before joining Sunderland on a free transfer in March 1996 and helped them win promotion to the Premier League as Division One champions. He was unable to keep them in the Premier League after their relegation he signed for Stoke City.
Loan spells at Wolves and Burnley followed, before he finally joined Sunderland on loan in December 1995 and signed a permanent contract three months later as Peter Reid's team achieved promotion to the Premier League as Division One champions - the second time in three seasons that Stewart had played in such a team.
His spell at Stoke City was his last at senior club, and he played 24 games in the 1997-98 Division One campaign before retiring from senior football. Stoke were relegated to Division Two that season.
Stewart then signed for non-league side Workington, scoring 15 goals in 55 games over two years, and helping them win promotion from the North West Counties League in his first season, before retiring from playing completely at the end of the 1999-2000 season with Workington re-established in the Northern Premier League First Division.
[edit] Blackpool F.C. Hall of Fame
Stewart was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Bloomfield Road, when it was officially opened by former Blackpool player Jimmy Armfield in April 2006.[6] Organised by the Blackpool Supporters Association, Blackpool fans around the world voted on their all-time heroes. Five players from each decade are inducted; Stewart is in the 1980s.[7]
[edit] International career
Stewart played for England at England under-21, B and full levels.
[edit] Personal life
Stewart lives in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.
[edit] References
- ^ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record: 1887-1992. Breedon Books.
- ^ "Matchday memories: Spurs visit Bloomfield Rd" - Blackpool Gazette
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- ^ [3]
- ^ Singleton, Steve, ed. (2007). Legends: The great players of Blackpool FC (1 ed.). Blackpool: Blackpool Gazette. pp. 82–85. ISBN 9781845471828.
- ^ "The Hall Of Fame - 1980's". Blackpool Supporters Association. http://www.bsaweb.info/HOF80.aspx. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
[edit] Further reading
- Calley, Roy (20 October 1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 187362607X.
- Singleton, Steve, ed. (2007). Legends: The great players of Blackpool FC (1 ed.). Blackpool: Blackpool Gazette. ISBN 9781845471828.
[edit] External links
- Liverpool FC profile
- LFCHistory.net profile
- Stewart in the Blackpool Supporters Association Hall of Fame
- Paul Stewart career stats at Soccerbase
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- England under-21 international footballers
- England international footballers
- England B international footballers
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
- Burnley F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Workington A.F.C. players
- People from Manchester
- People from Poulton-le-Fylde
- Premier League players
