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Paul Trollope
Personal information
Full name Paul Jonathan Trollope
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bristol Rovers (First-team coach)[1]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 2. 2007

Paul Jonathan Trollope (born 3 June 1972) is an English born Welsh international football player and coach. He is currently the first team coach and manager of Bristol Rovers.

Playing career

He is the son of former Swindon defender John Trollope and began his career at Swindon as a trainee, turning professional in December 1989, but failed to make the first team. He joined Torquay United on loan in March 1992 and signed on a free transfer for the Plainmoor side that summer. after 106 league games and 16 goals for Torquay, he was a regular under manager Don O'Riordan and started to attract Premier League clubs and moved to Derby County in December 1994 for a fee of £100,000. He had loan spells with Grimsby Town in August 1996 and Crystal Palace in October 1996 and made his full international debut for Wales in May 1997 in a 1–0 victory at Kilmarnock. He went on to earn nine full caps.

He moved to Fulham in November 1997 for a fee of £600,000 and left the Cottagers five years later. The move saw him join Coventry City on a free transfer in March 2002 after losing his place at Craven Cottage. He stayed only a few months at Highfield Road, moving to Northampton Town in July 2002 after being released at the end of the season.

Bristol Rovers player & management

In June 2004 he moved to Bristol Rovers on a free transfer. In his second season he became caretaker manager and was then appointed First-team coach in a two-tier managerial structure, alongside Director of Football Lennie Lawrence in November 2005. His first season in charge ended in a respectable midtable position of 12th place in League Two. The following year Rovers reached the Football League Trophy final but lost to Doncaster Rovers.[2] They made up for this loss by winning promotion to League One via the play-offs.[3]

In the 2007–08 season, Trollope steered Bristol Rovers to mid-table security after a shaky start. Rovers also made the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time in 50 years.

In September 2009, following more success at Bristol Rovers, he signed a new one-year deal, keeping him at the club until 2010, as well as changing his title to 'manager'.

Manager stats

As at 07:05, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[4]
Club From To P W D L %Won
England Bristol Rovers 22 September 2005 Present 234 90 59 85 38.5
Season Club League Position Achievements
2005–06 Bristol Rovers League Two 12th None
2006–07 Bristol Rovers League Two 6th Manager of the Month – April

Football League Trophy Runners Up

Play-Off Winners

2007–08 Bristol Rovers League One 16th Equalled club record for progression in the FA Cup (quarter-finals)
2008–09 Bristol Rovers League One 10th Manager of the Month – October
2009–10 Bristol Rovers League One Manager of the Month - September

References

  1. ^ Trollope's role of first-team coach is different from the traditional role of a first-team coach in England, which is usually the third in command. Rovers employ a continental model, and Trollope's role is closer to that of a manager, working with Director of Football Lennie Lawrence.
  2. ^ Bristol Rovers 2-3 Doncaster AET, BBC Sport, 1 April 2007. Retrieved on 17 May 2007.
  3. ^ "Bristol Rovers 3-1 Shrewsbury". BBC. 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  4. ^ Paul Trollope's managerial career from Soccerbase.

Known in the local Bristol paper the Evening Post and by gasheads alike as "Trolls"

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