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Paul Stewart
Personal information
Full name Paul Andrew Stewart
Date of birth (1964-10-07) 7 October 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) 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 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (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)
International career
1988 England U21 1 (1)
1989–1992 England B 5 (1)
1991–1992 England 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Andrew Stewart (born 7 October 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played top division football for Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, and was capped three times at senior level for England in the early 1990s, also winning the FA Cup with Tottenham Hotspur.

Club career

Blackpool

Stewart started his career as an apprentice with Blackpool, turning professional in October 1981. He made his debut for the Seasiders 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]

Manchester City

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, but he was unable to keep City in the First Division. 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 the Second Division.

Tottenham Hotspur

In total that season, he scored 24 goals for City, but was unable to get them promoted. Terry Venables signed him in June 1988 for Tottenham Hotspur, paying £1.7million (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.

Liverpool

After speculation over the summer of 1992 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) from 24 games as Liverpool spent most of the season struggling in the new Premier League before finishing sixth.[4] 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.

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 it went to Stan Collymore) until March 1996. Stewart scored just three goals during his spell at Liverpool.

Later career

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 and after their relegation he signed for Stoke City. Stewart's spell at Stoke City was not a successful one as he played 25 times in 1997–98 scoring three goals and ended with Stoke suffering relegation to the third tier.[5]

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 1999–00 season with Workington re-established in the Northern Premier League First Division. However Stewart remains one of the very few players to have the distinction of playing in a north London derby, a Manchester derby, a Merseyside derby and a North east derby.

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]

International career

Stewart played for England at England under-21 and B before being capped three times in the early 1990s for the senior side under Graham Taylor.

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Blackpool 1981–82 Fourth Division 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3
1982–83 Fourth Division 38 7 0 0 4 1 0 0 42 8
1983–84 Fourth Division 44 10 4 1 1 1 0 0 49 12
1984–85 Fourth Division 31 6 0 0 2 1 2 0 35 7
1985–86 Third Division 42 8 2 1 1 0 2 0 47 9
1986–87 Third Division 32 22 1 0 2 0 2 1 37 23
Total 201 56 7 2 10 3 6 1 224 62
Manchester City 1986–87 First Division 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
1987–88 Second Division 40 24 6 1 4 2 2 1 52 28
Total 51 26 6 1 4 2 2 1 63 30
Tottenham Hotspur 1988–89 First Division 30 12 1 0 4 1 0 0 35 13
1989–90 First Division 28 8 1 0 6 1 0 0 35 9
1990–91 First Division 35 3 5 2 6 4 0 0 46 9
1991–92 First Division 38 5 2 0 7 1 9 0 56 6
Total 131 28 9 2 23 7 9 0 172 37
Liverpool 1992–93 Premier League 24 1 1 0 3 0 3 2 31 3
1993–94 Premier League 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 0
1994–95 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 32 1 1 0 6 0 3 2 42 3
Crystal Palace (loan) 1993–94 First Division 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3
Total 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 1994–95 First Division 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 2
Total 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 2
Burnley (loan) 1994–95 First Division 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Total 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Sunderland 1995–96 First Division 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
1996–97 Premier League 24 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 28 4
Total 36 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 40 5
Stoke City 1997–98 First Division 22 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 3
Total 22 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 3
Career Total 505 124 25 5 48 12 22 4 600 145
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League Trophy, Full Members Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

References

  1. ^ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record: 1887–1992. Breedon Books.
  2. ^ "Matchday memories: Spurs visit Bloomfield Rd" - Blackpool Gazette
  3. ^ Winter, Henry (23 July 1992). "Football: Rocastle's move to Leeds leaves room for Thomas". The Independent. London.
  4. ^ "Paul's pearler". LFC History. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  5. ^ Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era - A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  6. ^ Singleton, Steve, ed. (2007). Legends: The great players of Blackpool FC (1 ed.). Blackpool: Blackpool Gazette. pp. 82–85. ISBN 978-1-84547-182-8.
  7. ^ "The Hall Of Fame - 1980's". Blackpool Supporters Association. Retrieved 29 November 2009.

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