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Paul Holsgrove
Personal information
Full name Paul Holsgrove[1]
Date of birth (1969-08-26) 26 August 1969 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth Wellington, Shropshire, England[1]
Height 6 ft 02 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 Aldershot 3 (0)
1990 Farnborough Town
1990–1991 Wokingham Town
1991 Luton Town 2 (0)
1991–1992 Heracles Almelo 21 (6)
1992–1994 Millwall 11 (0)
1994–1997 Reading 70 (6)
1997 → Grimsby Town (loan) 10 (0)
1997–1998 Crewe Alexandra 8 (1)
1998 Stoke City 12 (1)
1998 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
1998–1999 Hibernian 17 (1)
1999 → Airdrieonians (loan) 4 (0)
2000 Darlington 3 (0)
2000 Hayes 30 (0)
2000–01 Slough Town 32 (3)
2001 Windsor & Eton
Total 223 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Holsgrove (born 26 August 1969) is an English former professional football player who played as a midfielder.

He played professional football from 1987 until 2001 and played in three countries, His native England, Netherlands and Scotland. Holsgrove played for Aldershot, Wokingham Town, Luton Town, Heracles Almelo, Millwall, Reading, Grimsby Town, Crewe Alexandra, Stoke City, Hibernian, Airdrieonians, Darlington, Hayes, Slough Town and Windsor & Eton.[1]

Career

Holsgrove was born in Wellington, Shropshire and began his career with Aldershot. He played for the Shots four times, after which he dropped into non-League, playing for Farnborough Town and Wokingham Town.[2] Following failed trials at Wimbledon and West Bromwich Albion he joined Luton Town. Holsgrove only played twice for the Hatters in two seasons at Kenilworth Road and then decided to move to the Netherlands to play for Eerste Divisie side Heracles Almelo.

Holsgrove played 21 times for "Heraclieden" scoring six goals for the 1991–92 season before returning to England. He joined Millwall in August 1993 where he played 15 times in 1992–93 but injury kept him out of the 1993–94 season. He joined Reading in August 1994 and played 29 times in 1994–95 scoring four goals. He played in 37 games in 1995–96 and 17 times in 1996–97 before finding himself out of the side in 1997–98. He joined Grimsby Town on loan playing in ten matches in two months.[3]

He left Reading to join Crewe Alexandra on a non-contract basis in November 1997 and played nine times for the Alex before joining Stoke City in January 1998.[1] He played 12 times for Stoke scoring once which came in a 1–1 draw with Ipswich Town on 7 February 1998. He left Stoke after they suffered relegation and he went on to play for Hibernian, Airdrieonians, Darlington, Hayes, Slough Town and Windsor & Eton.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[4]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aldershot 1985–86 Fourth Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1986–87 Fourth Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987–88 Third Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1988–89 Third Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Luton Town 1990–91 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1991–92 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Heracles Almelo 1991–92 Eerste Divisie 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 6
Millwall 1992–93 First Division 11 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 15 0
1993–94 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reading 1994–95 First Division 24 3 1 0 4 1 0 0 29 4
1995–96 First Division 30 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 37 1
1996–97 First Division 14 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 17 2
1997–98 First Division 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Grimsby Town (loan) 1997–98 Second Division 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Crewe Alexandra 1997–98 First Division 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Stoke City 1997–98 First Division 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
Hibernian 1998–99 Scottish First Division 17 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 1
Airdrieonians 1999–2000 Scottish First Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Darlington 1999–2000 Third Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2000–01 Third Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hayes 2001–02 Conference National 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
Career Total 191 15 7 0 14 1 4 0 216 16
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League Trophy.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  2. ^ Paul Holsgrove Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  3. ^ "Paul Holsgrove". The Fishy. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  4. ^ Paul Holsgrove at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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