Paul Birch (footballer, born 1968)

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Paul Birch
Personal information
Full name Paul Anthony Birch [1]
Date of birth (1968-12-03) 3 December 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Reading, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–1986 Arsenal
1986–1987 Portsmouth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1988 Brentford 18 (2)
Rothwell Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Anthony Birch (born 3 December 1968) is an English retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a forward. [3] He quit League football in October 1988 to become an estate agent. [4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1987–88 [5] Third Division 16200001 [lower-alpha 1] 0172
1988–89 [5] 201030
Career total182001010202

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References

  1. "Paul Birch". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. Rollin, Jack (1988). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1988–89. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 82. ISBN   0-356-15880-2.
  3. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 21. ISBN   978-0955294914.
  4. Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 367. ISBN   978-1906796716.
  5. 1 2 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 399–400. ISBN   0951526200.