Leigh Palin

Leigh Palin
Personal information
Full name	Leigh Granville Palin
Date of birth	12 September 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth	Worcester, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1985	Aston Villa
1984–1985	→ Shrewsbury Town (loan)
1985–1986	Nottingham Forest
1985–1986	South China (HK)
1986–1989	Bradford City
1989–1990	Stoke City
1990–1992	Hull City
1992	→ Rochdale (loan)
1992	Burnley
1992–1993	Partick Thistle
1993	Tadcaster Albion
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated October 11, 2023

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]

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

Source:^[4]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aston Villa	1983–84	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shrewsbury Town (loan)	1984–85	Second Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Nottingham Forest	1985–86	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bradford City	1986–87	Second Division	21	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	27	3
	1987–88	Second Division	20	3	1	0	4	0	4	0	29	3
	1988–89	Second Division	30	4	2	0	4	1	2	2	38	7
	Total		71	10	6	0	9	1	8	2	94	13
Stoke City	1989–90	Second Division	19	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	23	3
Hull City	1989–90	Second Division	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
	1990–91	Second Division	35	5	1	0	3	0	1	0	40	5
	1991–92	Second Division	13	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	18	2
	Total		57	7	3	0	4	0	3	1	67	8
Rochdale (loan)	1991–92	Fourth Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Burnley	1992–93	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Career Total			153	20	9	0	15	1	13	3	190	24

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs, Football League Trophy and Full Members' Cup.

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References

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

External links

Leigh Palin at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database

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[The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-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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Personal information
Full name	Leigh Granville Palin^[1]
Date of birth	(1965-09-12) 12 September 1965 (age 58)^[1]
Place of birth	Worcester, England^[1]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)^[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(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
Total		158	(20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals