Leigh Palin

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Leigh Palin
Personal information
Full name Leigh Granville Palin [1]
Date of birth (1965-09-12) 12 September 1965 (age 60) [1]
Place of birth Worcester, England [1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1985 Aston Villa 0 (0)
1984–1985 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2 (0)
1985–1986 Nottingham Forest 0 (0)
1985–1986 South China (HK) 16 (9)
1986–1989 Bradford City 71 (10)
1989–1990 Stoke City 19 (3)
1990–1992 Hull City 57 (7)
1992 → Rochdale (loan) 3 (0)
1992 Burnley 1 (0)
1992–1993 Partick Thistle 5 (0)
1993 Tadcaster Albion
Total158(20)
International career
1985 England U19 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leigh Granville Palin (born 12 September 1965) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City, Burnley, Hull City, Rochdale, Shrewsbury Town and Stoke City. [1] His father, Granville, was also a professional footballer. [3]

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Career

Born in Worcester, he started his career with Aston Villa. He never played a league game for Aston Villa, and following a short loan spell with Shrewsbury Town, he moved to Nottingham Forest, where he also failed to reach the first team. After a short stint in Hong Kong where he played for South China A.A., scoring 9 goals in 16 appearances, he moved to Bradford City, where his career took off and in three season with the "Bantams" Palin played 94 matches, scoring thirteen goals and also played in the Second Division play-off against Middlesbrough in the 1987–88 season.

He then joined Mick Mills at Stoke City in 1989–90 but Stoke were having a terrible season and were well on their way to relegation and Mills was sacked in November 1989 and in came Alan Ball. [1] Ball made a large number of changes to the squad in an attempt to avoid the drop and in March Palin was allowed to leave for Hull City. [1] He spent three years at Hull and had a brief loan spell with Rochdale followed by a short spell at Burnley, before he moved to Scottish football with Partick Thistle. He dropped into non-league football with Tadcaster Albion.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [4]
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOther [A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 1983–84 First Division 0000000000
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 1984–85 Second Division 2000000020
Nottingham Forest 1985–86 First Division0000000000
Bradford City 1986–87 Second Division213301020273
1987–88 Second Division203104040293
1988–89 Second Division304204122387
Total71106091829413
Stoke City 1989–90 Second Division193002020233
Hull City 1989–90 Second Division9100000091
1990–91 Second Division355103010405
1991–92 Second Division131201021182
Total577304031678
Rochdale (loan) 1991–92 Fourth Division 3000000030
Burnley 1992–93 Second Division1000000010
Career Total153209015113319024
A.  ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs, Football League Trophy and Full Members' Cup.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN   0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  78. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ↑ "Tributes paid to former Walsall and Wolves defender Granville Palin". Express and Star. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Leigh Palin at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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