Paul Bradshaw (footballer, born 1953)

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Paul Bradshaw
Personal information
Full name Paul Bradshaw
Date of birth (1953-10-02) 2 October 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1976 Burnley 13 (2)
1976–1978 Sheffield Wednesday 64 (9)
International career
1969 England Schoolboys 2 (1)
1971-1972 England Youth 9 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Bradshaw (born 2 October 1953) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He started his career with Burnley, where he spent more than six years prior to joining Sheffield Wednesday in 1976. Bradshaw made a total of 91 senior appearances before being forced to retire from football in 1978 through injury.

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Career

Born in Sheffield, Bradshaw represented both the Sheffield and Yorkshire Schoolboys teams as a youngster before going on to play for England at the same level. In 1969, he joined Football League First Division side Burnley as an apprentice and went on to sign his first professional contract with the club on his seventeenth birthday, although he played solely for the reserve team during his first two seasons in Lancashire. Bradshaw was selected in the England squad for the 1972 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship and appeared in all five of his country's matches as the team won the tournament, beating West Germany 2–0 in the final. [1] He made his first-team debut for Burnley in the Watney Cup tie against Bristol Rovers on 2 August of the same year. It was almost three years before Bradshaw made another appearance for the senior side; he made his league debut in the 3–3 draw with Arsenal on 22 March 1975, coming on as a substitute for Brian Flynn. [2]

Following the sale of Leighton James to Derby County in November 1975, Bradshaw was drafted into the first team. He made nine appearances but when manager Jimmy Adamson was replaced by Joe Brown two months later, he was dropped in favour of Colin Morris. Bradshaw started the 1976–77 campaign as first-choice and scored two goals in three matches before again being dropped for new signing Tony Morley. In September 1976 he transferred to his hometown club Sheffield Wednesday for a fee of £20,000. [1] He scored on his debut in a 2–2 draw with Wrexham and quickly became a regular starter at Hillsborough and went on to net seven goals in 37 league appearances during the remainder of the season. Bradshaw kept his place in the team throughout the 1977–78 campaign, playing 35 games in all competitions. [3] However, he then suffered an injury which led him to retire from professional football at the age of 25 in October 1978. [1] He later worked as a physical education teacher in a secondary school in Sheffield.

Career statistics

ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueFA CupLeague CupWatney CupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burnley [1] 1972–73 Second Division 0000001010
1973–74 First Division 0000000000
1974–751000000010
1975–7690101000110
1976–77 Second Division 3200100042
Sheffield Wednesday [3] 1976–77 Third Division 377200000397
1977–78272206200354
Career total77115082109113

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References

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  2. ↑ "Paul Bradshaw". The Longside Reference. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
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